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.
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- Builder 5%
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- Operator 39%
- Investor
- Investor 56%
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+40
- Incentives75
- Confidence60
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.
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- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives30
- Confidence55
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.
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- Evidence44
- Adoption63
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives78
- Confidence55
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.
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- Evidence32
- Adoption38
- Hype gap+42
- Incentives78
- Confidence44
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.
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- Evidence42
- Adoption28
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives68
- Confidence41