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Hackers Behind $140M Brazil Banking Heist Turn to Crypto to Launder Their Loot
4.7.2025
ZachXBT estimates that between $30 million and $40 million has been swapped to crypto through OTC desks and exchanges
Crypto Startup Ramp Adds Brazilian Central Bank's Pix as Payment Method
14.9.2023
Adding Pix builds on Ramp's expansion to the South American country, where it opened a local entity in July in a bid for broader expansion throughout Latin America
Latam Insights — Petro Liquidation Imminent, Ripple Partners With Colombian Central Bank
19.6.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue, reports indicate that the Venezuelan government will liquidate the petro, Ripple partners with the Central Bank of Colombia, and Brazil issues...
Bradesco, One of Brazil’s Largest Banks, Launches Tokenized Credit Notes in Blockchain Pilot
16.1.2023
Bradesco, one of the largest banks in Brazil and the third biggest in all of Latam, has entered the cryptocurrency world by issuing its first tokenized credit notes. The operation, carried out in partnership with Bolsa OTC, tokenized almost $2 million in bank credit notes, which were also...
Itau Unibanco Selected by Central Bank of Brazil to Build Real-Pegged Stablecoin Solution
29.8.2022
Itau Unibanco, one of the biggest bank conglomerates in Brazil, has been selected by the country’s central bank to develop a system with a stablecoin pegged to the value of the Brazilian real. Itau’s system was one of the eight proposals selected by the Central Bank of Brazil as part...
President of Central Bank of Brazil Disagrees With ‘Heavy Hand’ Regulations for Cryptocurrencies
15.8.2022
The president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto, has defended the use of more moderate regulations in the crypto environment. Campos Neto stated that while regulation is indeed necessary, it has to be done in a way that doesn’t stop innovation. He also explained his goal...
Central Bank of Brazil Reports Brazilians Have Bought More Than $4 Billion in Cryptocurrency This Year
18.10.2021
Brazilians have brought over $4 billion of cryptocurrencies to the country, according to numbers from the Central Bank of Brazil. The commercial asset balance report presented shows that Brazilians have consistently acquired over $350 million dollars of cryptocurrencies each month since January....
Law Project Establishes Period to Decide Cryptocurrency Regulations in Brazil
4.9.2021
A law project introduced in June in the National Congress of Brazil has jumped into the spotlight recently because it establishes a fixed period for the executive to start regulating cryptocurrency transactions. If approved, the proposal will establish the payment of taxes for cryptocurrency-based...
Central Bank of Brazil Researches Creation of Digital Real
3.9.2021
Fabio Araujo, a representative of the Central Bank of Brazil, talked about the possible development of a Digital Real at a public hearing before the Committee on Science, Technology, Innovation, Communication and Information Technology of the Brazilian Senate. Araujo clarified that the Digital Real...
Brazil’s Central Bank Says Nation Might Be Ready for a Digital Currency by 2022
3.9.2020
Brazil's fast-digitizing financial infrastructure could set the stage for CBDC in the next two years, said Campos Neto
Brazil’s New Blockchain Data Tool Cost $250K, Runs on Quorum
10.4.2020
Brazil's central bank spent 1.3 million Brazilian reals (USD $250K) over two years building its new database for financial regulators on Quorum, replacing a slow and expensive paper-based system with a fully digitized version
Brazilian Financial Regulators Will Vet Companies and Political Appointees on a Blockchain
2.4.2020
Brazil’s major financial regulators have unified their intelligence troves under a blockchain-backed sharing system called PIER