argentina has a mega merger on its hands cablevision is joining up with telecom argentina it will create argentina's biggest public company with a market value of more than eleven point five billion dollars in a first for the country the new company will legally be allowed to offer packages of wireless landline fixed internet and television services to its customers this is something competitors want to get in on and now they've got to play catch up it puts the sector right in line with president crees a to increase service quality and digitization across argentina telecom argentina will issue one point one nine billion new shares to the owners of cablevision cablevision's holders will own fifty five percent of telecom argentina. and crypto currencies are everywhere these days from the king of the mall to up and comers like in syria today they have a total market cap of about one hundred billion dollars but why are so many hot right now where did it all start joining me today to answer these questions is brian patrick technology journalists and the co-author and the author rather of the