Daily LATAM brief — 2026-07-19

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Broker & industry updates

FX week in review: Plus500 shares fall, EBC and Eightcap UK CEOs, Cyprus scam arrests, Pepperstone MENA head

Source: fxnewsgroup.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: What led to a double digit percent fall in the share price of CFDs broker Plus500? Which TradFi co invested $400 million into Crypto.com?

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Weekly Recap: NinjaTrader-Alpha Futures Split; FundedNext Brings AI to Prop Trading

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Source snapshot: Alpha Futures and NinjaTrader split, Plus500 shares fall, while FundedNext brings AI assistants to prop trading.

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Interactive Brokers enables traders to connect their accounts to any MCP-compatible AI application

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Source snapshot: Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers has released version 1.1.5 of IBKR Connector.

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cTrader partners with Vertex1 Brokers

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Source snapshot: Multi-asset trading platform cTrader today announced a partnership with Vertex1 Brokers.

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Forex & macro

MX: 17.5242 MXN = 1 USD 2026-07-17 BM FIX

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USD/MXN: El Peso mexicano cae a mínimos de ocho días frente a un Dólar respaldado por la subida de los precio…

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Source snapshot: El USD/MXN registra su segunda jornada consecutiva de ganancias este viernes, elevándose desde un mínimo diario en 17.41 a un máximo no visto desde el 9 de julio en 17.55. A media…

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Pronóstico del USD/CHF: Los compradores cotiza por debajo de 0.8150 mientras el impulso se desvanece

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Source snapshot: USD/CHF cotiza con sesgo bajista el viernes, ya que el Franco suizo (CHF) supera a sus principales pares, mientras que el Dólar estadounidense (USD) apenas registra cambios. Al mo…

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EUR/USD at 1.14 Hinges More on the Fed Than the ECB

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Crypto

Trump targets Brazil's payments system while dollar stablecoins are quietly overtaking country's payments

Source: coindesk.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Washington views Brazil’s promotion of non-dollar payment channels, including Pix and the growth of stablecoins, as a potential threat to dollar-based trade.

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Bitcoin’s quantum problem gets a recovery tool, but not for Satoshi’s 1.1 million coins

Source: coindesk.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Project Eleven says it has funded a proof that lets a wallet's own key-derivation path stand in as ownership after quantum computers can forge its signatures. It runs in 243…

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Electronic Transactions Association CEO Expecting More Partnerships with Bitcoin Startups

Source: cointelegraph.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: ETA welcome BitPay

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Crypto executives say digital native generations may never need a bank account

Source: coindesk.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Finance leaders managing over $4 billion in decentralized vaults predict younger consumers will treat the internet as their primary financial ledger.

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