OBELA Analysis

Globally, the use of cryptocurrencies is on the rise. In Latin America there has been an increase in the use and awareness of new digital currencies.

There are different ways of looking at the causes of the increase in the use and acceptance of cryptocurrencies in Latin America: accessibility due to their anonymity; the security they generate among citizens due to the economic crises in their countries; and the incentives they offer to evade institutions.

The depreciation of the dollar due to expansive monetary policies is leading to this currency being abandoned as a reserve currency in some countries and, above all, is in the process of opening a large market for these cryptocurrencies.

The crisis unleashed by COVID19 in 2020 has been novel. It has brought with it a collapse in GDP and tax collection, an increase in average reserves of 3.8% and a rise in commodity prices.

The current economic crisis is not an external crisis but a fiscal one. The debt is a domestic problem while at the same time it combines a generous disposition of foreign currency to meet international commitments.

What has led to the misunderstanding of the problem is that the debt/GDP ratio jumped between 2019 and 2020 as a result of the contraction of the denominator - this was accompanied by an increase in fiscal deficits that have generally been financed within countries with the result of a healthy external sector and a complicated internal problem.

The technological development of recent decades has transformed global value chains, in which there are inputs that have become indispensable and strategic. The semiconductor supply chain is unique.
Due to the increasing complexity of the technology and the need for mass production, this chain has been shaped by a set of specialized players at each stage of creation and production.
The nation that overcomes the obstacles of global chains and is able to produce chips autonomously will have control of the technology industry.