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Argentina under Milei: fiscal wins, social strain, crypto reform
President Javier Milei rode to power in 2023 on a pledge to reboot Argentina’s economy after decades of stagnation and triple‑digit inflation. Two years on, the paradox of his program is clear: striking fiscal wins paired with a steep social bill. 
Since the start of 2023, the Australian financial regulator (ASIC) has closed over 7,300 fraudulent investment websites and schemes, including 615 cryptocurrency projects. Fake investments continue to be a major issue, with Australians losing over $1.3 billion to such scams in the past year. 
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will close its regional office in Salt Lake City, and two of its attorneys have resigned. This decision follows the regulator's defeat in court against the mining company Digital Licensing and its DEBT Box project, which began in July 2023. 
What Is Sui? Are There Any Tradeoffs to Its Fast Performance?
Since its mainnet launch in May 2023, Sui has grown into one of the largest blockchains. According to DefiLlama, currently, the network’s TVL (Total Value Locked) across different apps stands above $1 billion. Over the last year, Sui’s native coin has been up by around 430%. 
Since early 2023, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) injected more than $750 million into Magic Leap, an augmented reality company. The investments were split into two tranches: $590 million at the start of 2023 and $160 million a year later as convertible debt. What Is Bitcoin Virtual Machine (BVM)?
Bitcoin Virtual Machine, shortly BitVM or BVM, is a blockchain infrastructure that brings complex smart contracts to the Bitcoin Network, thus enabling new use cases for it. The solution was first proposed in the paper “BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin” by developer Robin Linus on October 9, 2023. Rust: Review of the Programming Language
The Rust programming language has been widely adopted by tech companies. In 2023, Microsoft announced rewriting core Windows libraries in Rust, and Google has been using Rust in its Android code. Rust is the core language of Solana, Polkadot, Near, and many other blockchains. Why is the language popular, and what is it used for? Read on to find out.