Argentina Financial News

The Wallabies have turned in a horror first Test under coach Eddie Jones, falling 43-12 to South Africa to continue their 60-year drought in Pretoria.

Rugby Championship in South Africa will provide a perfect stage to assess preparedness ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France. Southern hemisphere rugby powerhouses Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and South Africa are taking on each other to address respective concerns ahead of the crucial tournament in France. The Rugby Championship fixture list has been cut from six games to three to allow for World Cup warm-up matches. South Africa host Australia in Pretoria and New Zealand travel to Mendoza to meet Argentina in the opening fixtures on Saturday.

India's Rohan Bopanna and his men's doubles partner Matthew Ebden from Australia survived a scare before prevailing over Argentine duo of Guillermo Duran and Tomas Etcheverry to advance to the second round of the Wimbledon. The sixth-seeded Indo-Australian duo outwitted the spirited Argentine pair 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (10-8) in their opening match that lasted two hours and 12 minutes.

On today’s Macro Markets show, veteran stock market and Cointelegraph analyst Marcel Pechman starts by analyzing Argentina’s 150% inflation, which proves that people continue to work and consume (somehow) even if their local currency loses its value.

From thumbs-ups from friendly strangers to midnight police searches, a Bitcoin-themed van continues a whirlwind tour around Europe.

New Delhi: Disney+ Hotstar, the video streaming platform owned by the Walt Disney Co, has announced that its new show, The Trial starring Kajol, will stream on 14 July. Over-the-top streaming platforms are increasingly relying on the innate urge of Bollywood A-listers to find an audience and reach out to the masses, to expand their subscriber base, said media experts.

Stan Wawrinka set up a Wimbledon third-round clash with seven-time champion Novak Djokovic on Thursday, hoping to «not get killed» by a rival he first faced 17 years ago. The 38-year-old Wawrinka, who has won three Grand Slam titles, made the last 32 by seeing off Argentina's 29th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. It will be his first time in the third round at the All England Club since 2015, when he went on to make the quarter-finals.

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and French national team player Kylian Mbappe's future remains uncertain as he enters the new football season. The 24-year-old marquee player has refused to extend his contract with PSG, which expires next year. While he has indicated his desire to stay for one final season, the club's president, Nasser al-Khelaifi, stated that Mbappe must sign a new contract this summer or leave the club. PSG is now faced with the dilemma of whether to sell Mbappe during this transfer window or risk losing him for nothing when his contract expires. The club had signed Mbappe from Monaco in 2017 for a staggering 180 million euros ($196 million), and he has since established himself as one of the world's most prominent players. Mbappe played a crucial role in helping PSG secure their 11th French title and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 World Cup final, in which France was defeated by Argentina.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he wants the Mercosur bloc to advance in talks for trade deals with Canada, South Korea and Singapore, while also aiming to increase commerce with other countries in South America.

The Rugby World Cup 2023 will commence on September 8, with a match between France and New Zealand. The final is scheduled for October 28. Broadcast Information

Also Read: Decoding the dilemma behind escalating cooking oil imports But lower imports in May and the price correction encouraged Indian buyers to increase purchases in June, Sandeep Bajoria, CEO of Sunvin Group, a vegetable oil brokerage and consultancy firm told Reuters. Price-sensitive Asian buyers typically rely on palm oil because of the low cost and quick shipping times.

Crypto giant Binance opened a regional headquarters in Paris last year, hoping to expand its business in Europe. Things haven’t gone its way. The Netherlands and Belgium have shut their doors to the exchange.

Emiliano Martinez, the acclaimed goalkeeper who played a crucial role in Argentina's World Cup triumph in Qatar, arrived at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to an exuberant reception from passionate supporters. The atmosphere was electric as fans enthusiastically cheered for the football star.  During his stay from July 3 to July 6, Martinez is scheduled to participate in various engagements. These include meet-and-greets, engaging in discussions with schoolchildren at Santosh Mitra Square, and unveiling the names of Pele, Diego Maradona, and Garfield Sobers at the gates of the esteemed Mohun Bagan Club.  "I am really excited, feeling great.

Superstar footballer Lionel Messi announced Wednesday he intends to play for Inter Miami, turning down offers from Barcelona and Saudi Arabia, in a move that shocked soccer fans around the world. 

This week in crypto, we had FTX: it was having initial talks with investors on bringing back the FTX.com exchange through structures such as a joint venture, the new FTX leadership team recouped approximately $7 billion in liquid assets, the exchange put a pause on the sale of its stake in the AI startup Anthropic, it was revealed that Sam Bankman-Fried had shot a tutorial video on cryptocurrency for MasterClass, and Sequoia Partner Alfred Lin claimed that the FTX investment was a correct decision at the time.

Livent had agreed earlier this year to supply lithium to the new plant, which was developed by Y-TEC, a unit of Argentine state oil firm YPF. «We will start to produce the first lithium-ion battery cells in the country,» said Roberto Salvarezza, president of Y-TEC, in a government statement, noting that the batteries will use lithium carbonate extracted by Livent in northern Argentina.

Argentina’s top financial regulator says it wants to adopt the crypto regulations set out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog.

Digital asset exchange Bitfinex has launched a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform in Venezuela, Argentina and Colombia.

Three suspected Brazilian crypto fraudsters have been detained while trying to flee to Argentina – as police continue to probe the troubled Braiscompany.

On the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s Macro Markets, analyst Marcel Pechman explores how Turkey’s recent interest rate increase might attract hundreds of millions of new cryptocurrency investors, and how China’s looming economic crisis could affect Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto globally.

Bitcoin (BTC) tapped $31,000 for a third time this year on June 25 as the weekly close promised volatility.