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Brazil’s B3 Readies Tokenized Stock Trading Platform for Early 2027
10.10.2026
B3, Brazil’s largest stock market, intends to enable tokenized trading of securities that will be fungible and equivalent to traditional stocks in the first half of 2027. Nonetheless, advanced developments like 24/7 trading and instant settlements still require regulatory approval from...
Stake Is Back Online in Brazil After Court Reprieve From Betting Ban
9.10.2026
The Brazilian arm of crypto casino brand Stake has relaunched its local site after a federal judge in São Paulo shielded its license until Oct. 25, in what Stake said is a first for a licensed operator under Brazil’s betting ban. The government said it will appeal the decision. One Site Back on...
Brazil Seizes Record Crypto Funds From Self-Custody Wallets
9.10.2026
During Operation ClickFix, which targeted a criminal group that used social engineering for phishing purposes, the Civil Police of Santa Catarina recovered over $1.7 million held in self-custody wallets—the largest seizure of this nature ever recorded by law enforcement agencies in Brazil. Over...
Brazil Calls Its Own Betting Laws Unconstitutional as Shutdown Begins
6.10.2026
Brazil’s government has asked the Supreme Court to strike down the core of the laws that created its licensed betting market, two years after defending them. The filing landed days before licensed sites go dark on Oct. 6, with Justice Luiz Fux yet to rule on industry requests to suspend...
Brazilian Markets Spike After Bolsonaro’s First-Round Election Win
5.10.2026
Brazilian markets, including Ibovespa futures and the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ), rose up to 12% overnight after Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, seen as a more market-friendly option, defeated President Lula in the first round of Sunday’s Brazilian presidential election ahead of an impending...
Prediction Markets Beat Traditional Polls in Brazilian Election
5.10.2026
While some national polls favored President Lula over Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, Polymarket accurately predicted the opposite outcome days before the polls, giving Bolsonaro a lead. This behavior is similar to what happened before the 2024 U.S. presidential election, when Trump emerged victorious....
Brazil Pits Lula’s Crypto Crackdown vs. Bolsonaro’s Wildcard Stance
4.10.2026
The Brazilian election is right ahead, and the cryptocurrency policies of the country, which is ranked as the number one in crypto adoption, might shift as a result. We examine what could happen in the crypto world if President Lula wins, and what would happen if contender Flavio Bolsonaro clinches...
Brazilian State Energy Giant Petrobras Taps Cardano for Tracing Fuel
30.9.2026
Brazilian state-owned energy firm Petrobras is testing Cardano’s blockchain to track the environmental benefits of renewable fuels, expanding an experiment aimed at making emissions claims easier to verify. Putting Energy Evidence on Cardano The state-controlled oil company is working with...
Ripple Brings XRP Ledger to Brazil’s BRL 22 Trillion Asset System
30.9.2026
Brazil’s financial infrastructure is moving asset tokenization into live operations through a partnership between Ripple and CSD BR. The project will test whether blockchain improves transparency, traceability, automation, and efficiency within an existing regulated market framework....
Brazil Bans Online Betting Before Election, Keeps $492M in Licensing Fees
29.9.2026
Brazil banned sports betting and online casino games on Sept. 25, nine days before the first round of its presidential election. The decision ends a licensed market that opened in January 2025; the government is nevertheless keeping the $492 million (R$2.55 billion) operators paid for their...
Brazil Orders Reporting of $10K Self-Custody Crypto Wallet Trades
25.9.2026
The new measures aim to strengthen the central bank’s AML/TF oversight over digital asset transactions where wallets are under complete user control, a situation that the bank says “can reduce the availability of information for monitoring and risk assessment purposes.”  ...
Chainalysis Report: The US Owns the Most Crypto but Uses It the Least
23.9.2026
Per Chainalysis’ latest report, crypto’s total market cap halved in the 12 months to June 30, a $2.1 trillion contraction. The economic activity underneath it fell 1.6%. The Number That Didn’t Move The seventh edition of Chainalysis’ Geography of Cryptocurrency report...
Only Four Crypto Exchanges Await Central Bank Approval in Brazil
20.9.2026
With a little over a month until the new crypto regulatory regime’s deadline, local sources indicate that only five VASPs have submitted authorization requests to the Central Bank of Brazil, and one has already been rejected. Only Five Exchanges Have Applied for Operating Licenses in Brazil...
Brazil Weighs Banning Online Casino Games by Decree
18.9.2026
Brazil’s government is drafting a provisional measure that would prohibit online casino games and restrict sports betting, the Brazilian news portal UOL reported Wednesday, citing government sources. No text has been published, and the government has not confirmed its contents....
Strict Capital Rules Trigger Mass Exit of Brazil Crypto Firms
13.9.2026
Out of the estimated 200 to 300 crypto companies now operating in Brazil, only 10 would have the structure and funding to satisfy the new rules established by the central bank, which establish capital requirements of up to 37.2 million reais, nearly $7.2 million, in some cases. Brazilian Crypto...
Brazil Crypto Purchases Plummet 80% in July to $572 Million
4.9.2026
Demand for crypto assets fell sharply in July, as the Central Bank of Brazil’s numbers indicate that crypto investments reached only $572 million. This represents an 80% month-on-month decline as exchanges adapt to new anti-money laundering rules announced by the central bank. Brazil’s...
Banco Do Brasil Makes Latam’s First Digital Structured Note Trade
4.9.2026
The transaction, which the institution claims is the first of its kind in Latam, pioneers institutional investment in blockchain-based investment instruments and opens the door to expanding these activities, fostering the creation of standards and infrastructure to support them. Banco do Brasil...
Brazil Deploys Crypto Alerts System to Neutralize Cyber Threats
28.8.2026
The Central Bank of Brazil is advancing the implementation of a crypto threat system for banks and national crypto exchanges. The system, already developed, would help institutions identify, process, respond to, and mitigate cyberattacks using cryptocurrency as an exit rail. Central Bank of Brazil...
Crypto Investments Surpass Stocks in Brazil, New Survey Finds
21.8.2026
The survey, which polled 2,004 respondents in 137 municipalities, found that two-thirds of Brazilians know about cryptocurrency, with bitcoin and ethereum ranking the top two in popularity. 17.2% have already invested in crypto, surpassing the 7.4% that have invested in the stock market. Second...
OranjeBTC Targets Brazil’s B3 With Strategy-Backed DIGY11 ETF
13.8.2026
The goal is to bring easy access to Strategy’s and Strive’s bitcoin-based digital credit options in Brazil. DIGY11 will be traded in Brazilian reais, and the income will be distributed monthly and is estimated to reach the average interbank deposit rate plus up to 5%. OranjeBTC...