ethereum

blockchain

Nov 10, 2025

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23 min read

#215: RIP Drex 🪦

Plus: Vitalik at ETHLatam; OKX Pay launches in Brazil; VASP regulations coming this week

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#213: Brazil Tops US$1 Billion in Tokenized Assets

Oct 26, 2025

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19 min read

#213: Brazil Tops US$1 Billion in Tokenized Assets

Plus: Central Bank previews forthcoming VASP regulation; stablecoin usage to circumvent IOF tax surges

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#212: Crown launches BRLV stablecoin in bid to become the "Circle of Brazil"

Oct 19, 2025

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15 min read

#212: Crown launches BRLV stablecoin in bid to become the "Circle of Brazil"

Plus: AmFi brings tokenized Brazilian credit to Asia; Lumx raises $3.4m seed round

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#208: Nubank to test stablecoin payments with credit cards

Sep 21, 2025

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16 min read

#208: Nubank to test stablecoin payments with credit cards

Plus: Stellar Meridian 2025 takes Rio by storm; Onigiri Capital to invest US$50 million in Brazil

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#207: Oranje looks to become Latam's biggest BTC treasury company

Sep 15, 2025

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14 min read

#207: Oranje looks to become Latam's biggest BTC treasury company

Plus: Nubank sees surge in crypto swap activity; Mercado Bitcoin launches HNWI service

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#206: Brazil Jumps to 5th in Chainalysis Global Crypto Index

Sep 7, 2025

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18 min read

#206: Brazil Jumps to 5th in Chainalysis Global Crypto Index

Plus: Itau launches new crypto asset division; crypto exchange regulations coming this year, says Central Bank

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#205: Receita Federal says 'No' to R$35,000 tax exemption

Sep 2, 2025

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17 min read

#205: Receita Federal says 'No' to R$35,000 tax exemption

Plus: UnB partners with MIT Digital Currency Initiative; Santa Catarina prohibits property registration on blockchain

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#204: Brazilian Congress Holds Hearing on Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill

Aug 24, 2025

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17 min read

#204: Brazilian Congress Holds Hearing on Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill

Plus: Nubank launches ETF with bitcoin exposure; Trezoitao promotes bitcoin with VP Geraldo Alckmin

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#203: iFood CEO sees tokens as tool for engaging drivers

Aug 18, 2025

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15 min read

#203: iFood CEO sees tokens as tool for engaging drivers

Plus: Industry grapples with Drex sans blockchain; CVM to update tokenized crowdfunding rules

Aaron Stanley

drex

Aug 10, 2025

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22 min read

#202: Surprise! Drex Ditches Blockchain at Blockchain Rio

Plus: Brazil's Congress to hold hearing on Bitcoin Strategic Reserve legislation

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#196: Congress Pushes Back Against New Crypto Taxes

Jun 24, 2025

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9 min read

#196: Congress Pushes Back Against New Crypto Taxes

Plus: Brazil's government looks to hire blockchain analytics firm to track crypto

Aaron Stanley

drex

#190: B3 to launch ETH and SOL futures trading

May 11, 2025

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14 min read

#190: B3 to launch ETH and SOL futures trading

Plus: Meliuz inches closer to becoming Brazil's MicroStrategy

Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

#185: Itaú weighs launching its own stablecoin

Apr 6, 2025

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13 min read

#185: Itaú weighs launching its own stablecoin

Plus: CVM prohibits $Eike token in Brazil; pension funds banned from holding crypto

Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

#184: More Brazilians hold crypto than stocks, Datafolha confirms

Mar 30, 2025

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20 min read

#184: More Brazilians hold crypto than stocks, Datafolha confirms

Plus: CVM overturns Mercado Bitcoin stop order; Nubank adds four new tokens

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#183: Coinbase: stablecoin self-custody ban goes too far

Mar 23, 2025

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16 min read

#183: Coinbase: stablecoin self-custody ban goes too far

Plus: Campos Neto reappears in Miami to talk Drex, stablecoins

Aaron Stanley

drex

Mar 16, 2025

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17 min read

#182: Bolsonaro says he would vote against Drex

Plus: BRL1 stablecoin launches; Mercado Bitcoin ordered to suspend token sales

Aaron Stanley

drex

+11

#181: Meliuz puts 10% of its cash reserves into bitcoin

Mar 9, 2025

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16 min read

#181: Meliuz puts 10% of its cash reserves into bitcoin

Plus: Ronaldinho memecoin flops; market pushes back against proposed stablecoin self-custody ban

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

+10

#180: Eike Batista's crypto comeback takes shape

Mar 2, 2025

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23 min read

#180: Eike Batista's crypto comeback takes shape

Plus: Central Bank releases Drex Phase 1 report; Binance pushes back on proposed regulations

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

+12

Latam Crypto Report #22: Breaking Down Argentina's Crypto Scandal

Mar 1, 2025

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27 min read

Latam Crypto Report #22: Breaking Down Argentina's Crypto Scandal

Also: Coinbase expands into Argentina; Bitfarms to sell 200MW Paraguay site

blockchain

#179: Hashdex approved to launch world's first XRP ETF 🚀

Feb 24, 2025

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16 min read

#179: Hashdex approved to launch world's first XRP ETF 🚀

Plus: Tether looks to acquire majority stake in Adecoagro; 95% of Latam users want to increase crypto holdings

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

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

blockchain

+10

#177: BC's Galipolo warns of under the table stablecoin usage at BIS event

Feb 10, 2025

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16 min read

#177: BC's Galipolo warns of under the table stablecoin usage at BIS event

Plus: Eduardo Bolsonaro says "cryptocurrency is freedom"; another IPO to launch on BEE4

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

Feb 3, 2025

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19 min read

#176: Eike Batista ❤️ Bitcoin

Plus: Worldcoin at impasse with Brazil's data protection regulator; Eduardo Bolsonaro speaks out against Drex

Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

#175: Nubank's Velez says Trump will be good for crypto

Jan 26, 2025

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18 min read

#175: Nubank's Velez says Trump will be good for crypto

Plus: Petrobras explores bitcoin mining; Bolsonaro memecoin launches on Solana

Aaron Stanley

Pix

Jan 20, 2025

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17 min read

#174: Coinbase ❤️ ABCripto

Plus: Pix surveillance rule is walked back; Nubank to offer USDC yield

Aaron Stanley

ethereum

#215: RIP Drex 🪦

#213: Brazil Tops US$1 Billion in Tokenized Assets

#212: Crown launches BRLV stablecoin in bid to become the "Circle of Brazil"

#208: Nubank to test stablecoin payments with credit cards

#207: Oranje looks to become Latam's biggest BTC treasury company

#206: Brazil Jumps to 5th in Chainalysis Global Crypto Index

#205: Receita Federal says 'No' to R$35,000 tax exemption

#204: Brazilian Congress Holds Hearing on Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Bill

#203: iFood CEO sees tokens as tool for engaging drivers

#202: Surprise! Drex Ditches Blockchain at Blockchain Rio

#196: Congress Pushes Back Against New Crypto Taxes

#190: B3 to launch ETH and SOL futures trading

#185: Itaú weighs launching its own stablecoin

#184: More Brazilians hold crypto than stocks, Datafolha confirms

#183: Coinbase: stablecoin self-custody ban goes too far

#182: Bolsonaro says he would vote against Drex

#181: Meliuz puts 10% of its cash reserves into bitcoin

#180: Eike Batista's crypto comeback takes shape

Latam Crypto Report #22: Breaking Down Argentina's Crypto Scandal

#179: Hashdex approved to launch world's first XRP ETF 🚀

#178: Drex Resistance

#177: BC's Galipolo warns of under the table stablecoin usage at BIS event

#176: Eike Batista ❤️ Bitcoin

#175: Nubank's Velez says Trump will be good for crypto

#174: Coinbase ❤️ ABCripto

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