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Nubank Seeks to Acquire Traditional Bank to Satisfy Brazilian Regulatory Requirements
15.12.2025
According to recent reports, Nubank is strategically pursuing the acquisition of a small bank in Brazil, driven by new regulatory restrictions that prohibit fintech companies from using banking-related names without an official banking license. As an alternative approach, the company could also...
Brazil to Revise Regulatory Guidelines for VASP Information Reporting to Central Bank
15.12.2025
The Central Bank of Brazil will issue a comprehensive new provision mandating that Virtual Asset Service Providers report specific required data, precisely defining the information these companies must disclose. The new regulatory instruction aims to standardize compliance mechanisms for...
Latam Insights: Brazil’s Banking Giant Updates Bitcoin Advice, TRM Labs Highlights Venezuelan Crypto Growth
15.12.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Brazil’s Itau recommends holding up to 3% in bitcoin, TRM Labs releases a report highlighting Venezuela’s positive crypto adoption, and El Salvador plans to roll...
Brazil’s Largest Bank Updates Bitcoin Portfolio Recommendations
14.12.2025
Itau, Brazil’s largest bank, now recommends allocating up to 3% of investment portfolios to bitcoin, despite the cryptocurrency’s underwhelming performance in 2025. The bank’s recent report emphasizes bitcoin’s potential as a portfolio diversifier and hedge against fluctuations in Brazilian reais....
Operation Kryptolaundry Dismantles $500 Million Crypto Money Laundering Group in Brazil
14.12.2025
Conducted by Brazil’s Federal Police, the operation executed over 24 search and seizure warrants targeting a cryptocurrency money laundering organization that had been operating since 2021. The group was linked to Glaidson Acácio dos Santos, known as the “ Bitcoin Pharaoh.” Brazilian Police Disarms...
Brazil’s Largest Asset Manager Recommends Investors Put Up to 3% of their Money in Bitcoin to Hedge Against FX, Market Shocks
13.12.2025
The recommendation is in line with other global asset managers like BlackRock and Bank of America suggesting small portfolio allocations to the largest cryptocurrency
Brazil’s largest private bank advises investors to allocate 3% to Bitcoin in 2026
13.12.2025
Brazil’s largest private bank says Bitcoin can improve portfolio diversification and hedge currency risk despite a volatile year for the asset
Helium Expands to Brazil With Mambo WiFi in DePIN Breakthrough
10.12.2025
The partnership represents one of Helium’s most significant international expansions so far
Paradigm Leads $13.5M Round Backing Crown’s Real-Pegged BRLV Stablecoin
8.12.2025
Crown has raised $13.5 million in a Series A round led by Paradigm as the São Paulo fintech expands its institutional stablecoin infrastructure and the circulation of its Brazilian real–pegged token, BRLV. Crown Expands Institutional Stablecoin Push With Paradigm-Led $13.5M Funding In a note shared...
Brazil Sentences 14 for Using Crypto, Shell Firms in $95M Drug Money Laundering Case
2.12.2025
The defendants were found to have used fake companies and cryptocurrency transactions to conceal the origin of the illicit funds
Priced at Zero: How Brazil’s Méliuz Turned to Bitcoin to Escape a Treasury Trap
30.11.2025
The company adopted a bitcoin treasury plan by deploying a strategy inspired by Metaplanet, with 66% shareholder approval, to mitigate negative returns from government bonds
Stablecoin Taxation Measures Spark Heated Debate in Brazil
30.11.2025
Rumors of taxing stablecoin flows in Brazil have sparked a debate between some lawmakers and the Ministry of Finance. While the ministry is preparing a normative act on the subject, lawmakers say they will oppose any such proposal. Faceoff: Stablecoin Taxation Stirs Discussion In Brazil The Facts...
Stablecoins Drive 90% of Brazil’s Crypto Volume, Tax Authority Data Shows
29.11.2025
A new reporting system, DeCripto, will be introduced in July 2025 to track crypto transactions
‘Privacy Is the Immune System of Freedom’: Crypto Advocacy Sparks Uproar in São Paulo
29.11.2025
An executive at a Brazil-based crypto firm argued that increasing regulation and surveillance are a threat to freedom, and that P2P tech remains a vital line of defense
Brazil’s Economic Center São Paulo to Pilot Blockchain-Based Microloans for Farmers
28.11.2025
The project utilizes a blockchain infrastructure developed with Tanssi's technology, enabling predictable transaction fees and reliability, rather than relying on public blockchains
Latam Insights: El Salvador Buys the Dip, Brazil Tightens Crypto Tax Rules
23.11.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, El Salvador buys nearly 1,100 BTC as prices plunge, Brazil implements new rules for cryptocurrency tax reporting, and the Argentine Congress releases a damning...
Brazilian Government Mulls Taxing Stablecoins Remittances as Foreign Currency Flows
21.11.2025
The Brazilian government would be considering taxing stablecoin flows, applying the known Tax on Financial Operations (IOF) on remittances and international payments using these instruments. The news comes as the Central Bank of Brazil will start treating these as foreign currency starting...
KuCoin Pay integrates with Brazil’s Pix payments network
21.11.2025
The rollout lets users convert crypto to local currency and pay merchants via QR codes, tapping Latin America’s biggest crypto market
KuCoin Pay integrates with Brazil’s Pix payments network
21.11.2025
The rollout lets users convert crypto to local currency and pay merchants via QR codes, tapping Latin America’s biggest crypto market
KuCoin Pay integrates with Brazil’s Pix payments network
21.11.2025
The rollout lets users convert crypto to local currency and pay merchants via QR codes, tapping Latin America’s biggest crypto market