Brazil News

CBDC pilots, exchange growth, regulation, and enterprise adoption in Brazil’s crypto economy.

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Brazil to hold first hearing on proposed $19 billion Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

The legislation aims to diversify Brazil's Treasury assets and protect international reserves against exchange rate fluctuations and geopolitical risks.

6 months ago

Technology

Brazilian firm VERT pioneers $130 million agribusiness tokenization on XRP Ledger

VERT seeks greater efficiency, transparency in Brazil's agricultural finance through blockchain platform debut on XRPL.

7 months ago

Hacks

Hackers steal $140M from Brazilian central bank reserve accounts via partner breach

According to sources who prefer to remain anonymous, the hackers are having issues to buy crypto via Brazilian OTC desks.

7 months ago

A glowing XRP symbol is displayed within a digital globe held in a hand, symbolizing Ripple’s global institutional roadmap for XRPL innovations - Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate. Article's Title: Ripple unveils institutional-focused roadmap for XRPL with native lending protocol and ZKP features

RWA

XRP Ledger logs 34% in RWA monthly growth, eyes bigger boost from Mercado Bitcoin partnership

XRP Ledger is the 10th-largest blockchain by total tokenized RWA value, but it displays the third-smallest number of projects, with six initiatives.

7 months ago

CBDCs

Brazil’s central bank plans to use CBDC data to guide interest rate decisions

Central bank executive Henrique Videira outlined a workflow in which anonymized data passes through internal filters and merges with wholesale settlement flow.

8 months ago

Adoption

Brazilian Méliuz announces $26M share sale to grow Bitcoin treasury, shares drop 7%

The move is part of a plan announced in March to convert 10% of its gross cash reserves into a Bitcoin treasury.

9 months ago

Stablecoins

XRP Ledger sharpens competitive edge with fresh stablecoin additions of EURØP, USDB, and XSGD

XRP Ledger's stablecoin surge reflects its appeal to fintech firms aiming for currency stability and fast cross-border transactions.

9 months ago

ETF

First spot XRP ETF issued by Hashdex begins trading in Brazil

The fund gives a head start to Hashdex in a race to conquer an $8 billion market.

10 months ago

Stablecoins

Brazil’s largest lender becomes latest TradFi institution to consider launching its own stablecoin

Global trend sees traditional banks embracing stablecoins as regulatory clarity and peer success shape strategies.

10 months ago

Brazilian judge allows NFT subpoenas to Bitcoin wallets in high-profile fraud case

Legal 11 months ago

Méliuz becomes first publicly-traded Brazilian company to invest in Bitcoin, allocates 10% of cash reserves

Adoption 11 months ago

XRP outperforms Bitcoin and Ethereum following news of Brazilian ETF approval

Crypto 12 months ago