Pix, Brazil’s flagship instant payment system, has returned to the spotlight after being mentioned in the recent report from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

The report determined that, alongside other alleged causes, including preferential tariffs, anti-corruption enforcement, intellectual property protection, ethanol market access, and illegal deforestation, Pix burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, and the policies behind its establishment are “actionable under Section 301(b) of the Trade Act.”

A two-year investigation has resulted in the arrest of 18 individuals who operated a scheme that included crypto assets to launder the proceeds of illicit activities or the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang in Chile.

The operation, executed on Tuesday by the Chilean police and the Southern Prosecutor’s Office, was carried out in three regions of the country and uncovered a complex network of bank accounts, irregular companies, and cryptocurrency remittances.

Juan Carlos Pérez Asencio, a Venezuelan national who served as Banco Santander’s recovery executive since 2019, played an important role in providing the group’s tools to effectively carry out its operation.

Adecoagro, one of the largest agricultural companies in Latam, has announced a new project that seeks to combine one of its trademark crops with the rise of the data center wave. The company, which manages over 500k hectares of land in Brazil, Argentina, and other countries in Latam, is launching a project to power a bitcoin mining farm with energy obtained from sugarcane.

According to local media, Matheus Lechuga, project manager at Adecoagro, presented this initiative as part of the “Roots of the Future” agenda, demonstrating the company’s future operations in Mato Grosso do Sul.

He stated:

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