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Brazil classifies stablecoin payments as foreign exchange under new rules
11.11.2025
Banco Central do Brasil’s new framework brings crypto companies under banking-style oversight, extending AML and FX rules to stablecoins
Asia Morning Briefing: Hong Kong’s FinTech Week Belonged to Stablecoins, Not CBDCs
11.11.2025
Once the future of digital money, central bank digital currencies barely featured this year as Hong Kong’s focus shifted to stablecoins and Brazil’s Drex pause showed how even early adopters are rethinking the model
Latam Insights Encore: Brazil CBDC Ditches Blockchain, Latam Stocks Shine Bright
10.11.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, the Central Bank of Brazil temporary ditches blockchain from its CBDC project, Latam stock markets outperform U.S. counterparts, and Brazil aims to tighten crypto...
Central Bank of Brazil Clarifies Drex CBDC Project’s Future: Digital Real Still the ‘Ultimate Goal’
9.11.2025
The Central Bank of Brazil said the recent pause in using blockchain for drex, its central bank digital currency project, is temporary. The bank intends to continue using decentralized technology in the future, including issuing its own currency for tokenization-linked settlements. Central Bank...
Brazil to Tighten Crypto Rules, Attacking the ‘Financial Arm’ of Organized Crime
7.11.2025
Fernando Haddad, Brazil’s Minister of Finance, said it is preparing a regulatory overhaul to attack the use of cryptocurrency to finance organized crime. This overhaul includes tougher rules on crypto usage and the revamp of the CVM, the Brazilian equivalent of the SEC. Brazil Aims To Tighten...
Central Bank of Brazil Postpones CBDC Strategy, Shuts Down Current Pilot Platform
7.11.2025
The Central Bank of Brazil announced it would discontinue the platform used to run drex, the Brazilian CBDC initiative, during its first two phases. Fabio Araujo, the project’s coordinator, stated that drex would pivot to a platform to facilitate the use of assets as collateral. Central Bank...
OKX Launches Stablecoin Payments and Mastercard Debit Card in Brazil
7.11.2025
OKX rolls out OKX Pay and OKX Card in Brazil to offer USD stablecoin access, up to 10% APY, and no IOF tax on international spending. OKX announces in São Paulo the launch of OKX Pay and OKX Card in Brazil, enabling instant PIX‑linked conversion of reais to USD‑denominated stablecoins, domestic...
Brazil, Hong Kong test cross-border blockchain trade system via Chainlink
3.11.2025
Banco Inter and Chainlink test cross-border trade finance using Brazil’s Drex and Hong Kong’s Ensemble networks in landmark blockchain pilot
Brazil, Hong Kong test cross-border blockchain trade system via Chainlink
3.11.2025
Banco Inter and Chainlink test cross-border trade finance using Brazil’s Drex and Hong Kong’s Ensemble networks in landmark blockchain pilot
Banco Inter, Chainlink Power Real-Time CBDC Trade Settlement Between Brazil and Hong Kong
3.11.2025
The pilot, part of Brazil's Drex initiative, used Chainlink's infrastructure to connect Brazil's Drex network with Hong Kong's Ensemble platform
Brazilian Bitcoin Company OranjeBTC Repurchases Shares Amid Stock Slump
2.11.2025
The company, Brazil’s largest of its kind, repurchased nearly 100,000 ordinary shares between Oct. 27 and 30 as net asset value (NAV) fell below 1. OranjeBTC said the move “represents an efficient way to increase shareholder exposure to bitcoin.” OranjeBTC Repurchases Stock Amid Price Slump...
Brazil’s OranjeBTC Joins Wave of Struggling Crypto Treasury Firms Turning to Buybacks
31.10.2025
The move is part of a growing trend among DAT companies, including ETHZilla, Metaplanet, Sequans, and Empery Digital
Brazilian SEC: Asset Tokenization Market to Surpass $740 Million in Brazil
30.10.2025
According to officials of the CVM, the Brazilian equivalent of the SEC, this number will be reached because of the crowdfunding rules that enable these processes to run as a sandbox in the Brazilian economy. Even with these figures, public companies are still barred from leveraging crowdfunding....
XRP Ledger Fuels VERT’s High-Speed Push Into Brazil’s Tokenized Credit Market
26.10.2025
Brazil is rocketing into the future of finance as institutional tokenization explodes, with VERT Capital’s latest on-chain credit milestone on the XRP Ledger signaling that regulated digital assets are going mainstream across Latin America’s largest economy. Brazil’s Blockchain Finance Push Gains...
First U.S. Spot XRP ETF Surpasses $100M in Assets Under Management
25.10.2025
In Brazil, the Hashdex Nasdaq XRP (XRPH11) has accumulated around $52 million in assets, despite launching first
Stablecoin Adoption Rises in Brazil to Leverage Tax Limbo
24.10.2025
Exchanges in Brazil have reported an increase in the adoption of stablecoins since the Financial Transaction Tax (IOF) more than tripled from 1.1% to 3.5%, affecting foreign payments and purchases of foreign currency in cash. Regulation that might plug this loophole is currently in the works....
Microsoft Gaming Boss Phil Spencer Reveals His Thoughts On Xbox Using AI
24.10.2025
The Xbox veteran said there are no 'top-down mandates'
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Brazilian stablecoin opens door to country’s double-digit yields
14.10.2025
Brazil’s BRLV stablecoin gives institutions a compliant way to access the country’s high bond yields amid growing global demand for real-world assets
Brazilian stablecoin opens door to country’s double-digit yields
14.10.2025
Brazil’s BRLV stablecoin gives institutions a compliant way to access the country’s high bond yields amid growing global demand for real-world assets
Brazilian stablecoin opens door to country’s double-digit yields
14.10.2025
Brazil’s BRLV stablecoin gives institutions a compliant way to access the country’s high bond yields amid growing global demand for real-world assets