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#178: Drex Resistance

Feb 16, 2025

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18 min read

#178: Drex Resistance

Plus: Hashdex crypto index ETF goes live in US; Worldcoin's woes in Brazil

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

blockchain

+9

Latam Crypto Report #19: Buenos Aires Rolls Out Decentralized Identity

Oct 31, 2024

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16 min read

Latam Crypto Report #19: Buenos Aires Rolls Out Decentralized Identity

Also: Chainalysis drops its 2024 geography report; Avalanche unveils Visa crypto card

#bitcoin

+7

#160: Blackrock promotes bitcoin on Faria Lima

Oct 7, 2024

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24 min read

#160: Blackrock promotes bitcoin on Faria Lima

Plus: 30% of Brazil's financial outflows are crypto and gambling; Campos Neto says Drex will continue under new BC leadership

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

usdc

+9

#158: Musk stands down in X fight against Moraes

Sep 22, 2024

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18 min read

#158: Musk stands down in X fight against Moraes

Plus: Brazilians need access to derivatives, says OKX; USDC now available via Pix

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

drex

+7

#155: Banned: X is blocked in Brazil amid Musk vs Moraes censorship fight

Sep 1, 2024

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21 min read

#155: Banned: X is blocked in Brazil amid Musk vs Moraes censorship fight

Plus: world's first Solana ETF launches in Brazil; Galipolo named as next Central Bank president

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

+7

#154: Receita Federal to tighten crypto tax reporting rules

Aug 25, 2024

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20 min read

#154: Receita Federal to tighten crypto tax reporting rules

Plus: Binance CMO stumps in Brazil, Mercado Pago offering Mercado Livre stablecoin

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

blockchain

+8

#153: Binance settles with Brazil's securities regulator to end derivatives probe

Aug 19, 2024

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21 min read

#153: Binance settles with Brazil's securities regulator to end derivatives probe

Plus: Nubank crypto volumes up 80% in 1H; Parfin raises US$10m Series A

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

+7

#150: Campos Neto defends Drex at Blockchain Rio

Jul 28, 2024

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23 min read

#150: Campos Neto defends Drex at Blockchain Rio

Plus: Charles Hoskinson is skeptical about permissioned CBDCs; Flow Podcast to launch Flow Chain using Tanssi

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

tokenization

+6

#147: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson to keynote Blockchain Rio

Jul 7, 2024

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15 min read

#147: Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson to keynote Blockchain Rio

Plus: Banco do Brasil tests offline Drex payments; Receita Federal says it can examine Binance in its tax probe

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

+7

#134: What the Elon vs Xandão Fight Means for Crypto in Brazil

Apr 8, 2024

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14 min read

#134: What the Elon vs Xandão Fight Means for Crypto in Brazil

Plus: Banco BV tests tokenized auto-financing; Lula government pushes another crypto tax increase

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

taxes

+7

#125: Asset segregation in the hot seat as Bacen consultation concludes

Feb 6, 2024

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29 min read

#125: Asset segregation in the hot seat as Bacen consultation concludes

Plus: Receita Federal finds 25,000 Brazilians who didn't declare bitcoin on their taxes; Hashdex hits bitcoin ETF roadblock in US

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

+5

#124: Solana Foundation expands in Brazil

Jan 8, 2024

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15 min read

#124: Solana Foundation expands in Brazil

Also: agribusiness giant Bunge invests in Agrotoken; tokenizer Hamsa ramps up Brazil operation

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

drex

+4

🇧🇷BCR #108: Bitget to double its Brazil presence in 2024

Sep 11, 2023

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15 min read

🇧🇷BCR #108: Bitget to double its Brazil presence in 2024

Plus: Bradesco, Caixa, Banco do Brasil execute first Drex transfers; Mercado Bitcoin launches its Drex node

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

brazil

+4

🇧🇷BCR #106: Bacen Delays Drex Pilot; Suspends LIFT Lab Indefinitely

Aug 28, 2023

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26 min read

🇧🇷BCR #106: Bacen Delays Drex Pilot; Suspends LIFT Lab Indefinitely

Plus: Hashdex makes surprise move in US bitcoin ETF race

Aaron Stanley
Aaron Stanley

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