solana

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

#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

#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

Apr 27, 2025

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16 min read

#188: Ipê City Pop-Up Comes to Floripa

Plus: World's first XRP ETF launches in Brazil; Itau expands crypto trading

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

usdc

#172: Binance becomes Brazil's first exchange to secure broker-dealer license

Jan 5, 2025

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18 min read

#172: Binance becomes Brazil's first exchange to secure broker-dealer license

Binance's acquisition of the Sim;paul brokerage was approved by the Central Bank, giving the exchange critical brokerage and e-money licenses

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#170: Coinbase surges in Brazil App Store rankings

Dec 15, 2024

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22 min read

#170: Coinbase surges in Brazil App Store rankings

Plus: Transfero acquires Fuse Capital; Metamask launches crypto debit card in Brazil

Aaron Stanley

markets

#165: Consultation Season and All-Time Highs

Nov 11, 2024

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19 min read

#165: Consultation Season and All-Time Highs

Plus: Bolsonaro not a fan of Drex; BeeFund crypto pyramid looking ugly

Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

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

#bitcoin

Sep 16, 2024

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19 min read

#157: Nubank shutters Nucoin trading

Plus: Brazil in 10th place on Chainalysis Global Adoption Index; Ripio announces new onchain credit card

Aaron Stanley

drex

#156: Brazilian social media users flock to Bluesky after X ban

Sep 8, 2024

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20 min read

#156: Brazilian social media users flock to Bluesky after X ban

Plus: New AI tool to track crypto tax cheats; Drex moves into Phase 2 as Central Bank unveils new use cases

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

Aug 12, 2024

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19 min read

#152: 🚀Solana ETF approved by CVM

Also: Primo Rico sells his bitcoins; CVM again probes asset tokenizers

Aaron Stanley

blockchain

#148: Messi, Ronaldinho promote Solana memecoin

Jul 16, 2024

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15 min read

#148: Messi, Ronaldinho promote Solana memecoin

Plus: Anbima issues guidance for funds investing in crypto; LIFT Lab returns

Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

Jun 16, 2024

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17 min read

#144: Itaú opens bitcoin trading platform to all users

Plus: Campos Neto defends Drex at Valor Capital Summit; OKX looks to take on Binance in Brazil

Aaron Stanley

#bitcoin

Mar 25, 2024

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13 min read

#132: Memecoin mania sweeps Brazil

Plus: Nubank slashes trading fees; BNDES joins Hyperledger Foundation

Aaron Stanley

solana

#215: RIP Drex 🪦

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

#196: Congress Pushes Back Against New Crypto Taxes

#190: B3 to launch ETH and SOL futures trading

#188: Ipê City Pop-Up Comes to Floripa

#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

#172: Binance becomes Brazil's first exchange to secure broker-dealer license

#170: Coinbase surges in Brazil App Store rankings

#165: Consultation Season and All-Time Highs

#160: Blackrock promotes bitcoin on Faria Lima

#157: Nubank shutters Nucoin trading

#156: Brazilian social media users flock to Bluesky after X ban

#152: 🚀Solana ETF approved by CVM

#148: Messi, Ronaldinho promote Solana memecoin

#144: Itaú opens bitcoin trading platform to all users

#132: Memecoin mania sweeps Brazil

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