Argentina's largest bank Banco Galicia and its fastest-growing challenger, digital bank Brubank, both decided to start allowing their customers to acquire cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC).
What Happened: The two banks made the decision after 60% of the respondents to a Banco Galicia survey asked for easy access to cryptocurrencies through their banks, according to a Tuesday Bloomberg report.
Ignacio Carballo, a specialist at market research firm Americas Market Intelligence, confirmed in a Tuesday tweet with screenshots of Banco Galicia's interface showing the options to acquire Bitcoin, Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), USD Coin (CRYPTO: USDC) and Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP).
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Argentina is ranked sixth in the world for its rate of crypto adoption, with Statista estimating that 21% of Argentines had used or owned crypto by 2021.
Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins could provide a handy escape route from the rapidly inflating Argentine peso, considering Argentina’s inflation rate being estimated to be 55% back in April.
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