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Latam Insights: Brazil's Banking Giant Updates Bitcoin Advice, TRM Labs Highlights Venezuelan Crypto Growth
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Dec 15, 2025
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Brazil’s Itau recommends holding up to 3% in bitcoin, TRM Labs releases a report highlighting Venezuela’s positive crypto adoption, and El Salvador plans to roll out an AI-based education plan.
Brazil’s Largest Bank Updates Bitcoin Portfolio Recommendations
Itau Unibanco, the largest bank in Brazil, with nearly 100 million customers, has updated its recommendations regarding bitcoin holdings.
In a recent report, Itau assesses bitcoin as a diversification tool and a hedge against currency devaluation. The document highlights that bitcoin has evolved and can function as a relevant element in portfolios that suffer from changes derived from today’s economic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions.
For Itau’s analysts, bitcoin has detached from other assets and, due to its decentralized structure, offers different investment opportunities than these. In this sense, they state that an allocation of up to 3% might help investors benefit from the upside that bitcoin might still enjoy and its properties as a Brazilian currency hedge.
TRM Labs Underscores Venezuela’s Positive Crypto Adoption in a Risky Ecosystem
TRM Labs, a global blockchain forensics and analytics firm, has discussed the current state of the cryptocurrency ecosystem in Venezuela against a backdrop of increased sanctions.
In a recent article, the firm acknowledged that, even with renewed global compliance concerns, the usage of stablecoins remains primarily driven by “necessity rather than speculation or criminal intent.”
TRM Labs found that stablecoin adoption in Venezuela follows a similar pattern observed in countries like Argentina, becoming key actors in both household and commercial transactions as dollar proxies.
El Salvador and xAI Partner to Implement Nationwide AI Education Plan
El Salvador is prepared to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) led educational experience into their classrooms.
The country has announced a collaboration with xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, to implement a nationwide rollout of Grok, the LLM model, during the next 2 years, to aid Salvadoran students in their educational journey.
According to a press release, the model will be implemented across 5,000 schools in El Salvador, going from cities to more rural environments.
The experience seeks to provide a personalized learning experience for each student, with Grok adapting to the particularities, language, learning pace, and interests of every student.
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