🇦🇷 Argentina's presidential candidate Sergio Massa is promising to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) if elected, to "solve" the country's long-term inflation crisis.
- Massa says inflation is a huge problem in Argentina
- He rejects the idea of switching to the US dollar
- Argentine elections will take place on October 22
- Two of three major voting polls show Massa slightly behind Javier Milea, a Bitcoin supporter and opponent of the central bank
The Argentine peso has fallen 99% against the US dollar since December 2023.
- Massa says inflation is a huge problem in Argentina
- He rejects the idea of switching to the US dollar
- Argentine elections will take place on October 22
- Two of three major voting polls show Massa slightly behind Javier Milea, a Bitcoin supporter and opponent of the central bank
The Argentine peso has fallen 99% against the US dollar since December 2023.