Argentina plans to offer citizenship for a $350,000 Treasury contribution or an $800,000 seven-year bond, in a scheme its advisers say could raise up to $2.5bn. At best that covers about a tenth of the nearly $25bn in foreign-currency debt the Treasury faces in 2027.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder
- Builder 5%
- Operator
- Operator 39%
- Investor
- Investor 56%
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+40
- Incentives75
- Confidence60
Delhi took 25 years to cut its grid losses from about 50% to 5%
Delhi cut its grid's electricity losses from about 50% to 5% over 25 years, IEEE Spectrum reports. For countries still losing a tenth or more of their power, the case shows that cutting losses can meet part of rising demand, though it takes decades.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives30
- Confidence55
Argentines route 94 percent of peso crypto trading into dollar stablecoins
A16z crypto traces the demand back to a 2002 deposit decree and a $200 monthly purchase cap, which means the product Argentines buy on these apps is dollar access, and access now costs about 4% more than the bank's.
Publishers:a16zcrypto.com
Reality
- Evidence44
- Adoption63
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives78
- Confidence55
Hanke is now inside Venezuela's Assembly, and his plan abolishes the central bank
The Johns Hopkins economist advising Caracas puts approval odds at 50 to 80 percent. What passes or fails is the largest retirement of a currency since the euro, and the end of a lender of last resort.
Reality
- Evidence32
- Adoption38
- Hype gap+42
- Incentives78
- Confidence44
buildOne report1 publisher Amnesty's Argentina numbers price a national surveillance stack at about $600,000 a year
Amnesty says Argentina bought social-media monitoring, facial recognition and drones for at least $1.2 million across 2024 and 2025. The invoice is small because the expensive work sits elsewhere.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption28
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives68
- Confidence41