The news exploded abruptly: virtual wallets such as Mercado Pago y Cocos Capital stopped selling an official dollar. The Central Bank clarified that there was no new standard, but that these platforms actually had authorization to operate in the exchange market. From now on, users can only access the official dollar through banks and exchange houses.
The change did not affect large volumes of operations, but it did generate a strong discomfort in the networks. Many users interpreted the measure as a “more stock” and expressed it with irony and anger on Twitter, where the issue became trending topic and climbed among the most commented on the day.
The humorist Diego Winstein wrote: “There is no stock. Only you can no longer buy. Because it should never be sold.” Another user was more graphic: “Every day they put a new stocks that say it is not a stocks.” There were also criticism from sectors linked to the digital economy, who pointed out that limiting Fintech reduces competition and ends up making financial services more expensive.
“Greet the stocks that are about to return,” said a tweeter. Others read it with indignation towards what the ruling had promised: “The stock has returned with everything: you cannot buy dollars in virtual wallets in Argentina, not that your dollars, your decision? Milei and Caputo, serial liars.” Among the most shared comments, the idea that the Government seeks to gain time and control the exchange pressure at any cost was repeated.
The discussion was filled with comparisons with previous stocks and complaints about the lack of options for small savers, which must now resort exclusively to banks to buy the quota of 200 dollars per month. Although the Central Bank insisted that it is not a new restriction, the episode again showed social sensitivity around the dollar and how each movement in the exchange market is immediately translated into the indignation in networks.
