Expat News: Bukele’s Bitcoin Bank, Portugal Shuns Expats, & Milei’s Surplus
Jul 03, 2024 12:16 pm
A Bitcoin bank in El Salvador?
That's the headline that sits atop this week’s Expat News, the third edition in this series, where I analyze the latest news affecting the expat world.
We've had a lot of really great feedback about this new segment we're doing on the show, so I do plan on making this a regular aspect of the show, so enjoy today’s Expat News!
LISTEN NOW:
https://expatmoneyshow.com/episodes/304-expat-news
TODAY’S EDITION OF EXPAT NEWS:
- Listen in and get my take on El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s place to create a “Bitcoin bank.”
- Learn about Portugal’s “brilliant” new housing policy, which is primed to scare off expats.
- Is Javier Milei really turning Argentina around? Argentina’s reported record surpluses seem to suggest that he may be seeing some success on the economic front.
- Could Turkey become the next expat crypto hub? Hear me dissect the recent announcement that the country will exempt profits from cryptocurrencies from taxation.
- Discover which Caribbean nation is raising its CBI prices, as I have been warning about for some time.
- Should there be concern over Mexico’s newly elected socialist President, Claudia Scheinbaum? I’ll examine her policies and how they could affect expats in the country.
- Uncover which Latin American country I am definitely not recommending for expats, particularly considering recent political events in that country.
- Lastly, we’ll look at the recent plea deal that freed heroic journalist Julian Assange.
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CONCLUSION
I hope you enjoyed this third edition of Expat News. A lot goes into these episodes, from sourcing the articles to laying out my thoughts and forming my opinions, but I really enjoy doing them and will continue to do these regularly so long as interest remains.
Hopefully these help to keep you informed about everything affecting expats in this rapidly-changing world.
Are you a fan of these expat news episodes? Be sure to let us know, and I’ll see you back here next Wednesday.
Speak soon,
Mikkel
PS. I have some seats available for our upcoming tour to Panama, July 15th - 18th. Join me in Panama to learn all about local real estate, how to structure the properties, immigration, banking, and basically everything that goes into investing in a property in Panama. Learn more here: https://expatmoney.com/panama-fly-n-buy-real-estate-tour
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