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A study conducted by the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini determined that approximately 41% of the surveyed individuals from Brazil and Indonesia own digital assets. The United States and the United Kingdom are far behind with respectively 20% and 18%. Brazil and Indonesia: the Global Leaders The US-based crypto platform Gemini questioned nearly 30,000 people across 20 countries to find out what chunk of the population has jumped into the digital asset universe. Per the...

Cryptocurrency adoption comes in different forms these days, but it seems that countries and cities are becoming more open to the idea of allowing certain payments to be made using such assets. Brazil’s second-largest city said it wants to become the first within the nation’s borders to accept BTC payments for taxes. The report from Bloomberg Linea outlined the announcement from the city of Rio De Janeiro indicating that residents will be able to pay IPTU (Imposto Sobre a...

The central bank of Brazil revealed on March 3rd that it has picked a total of nine projects to advance in its challenge to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC). One of the projects is Aave. The LIFT Challenge The central bank of Brazil revealed the so-called LIFT Challenge where the current theme is “Real Digital.” The main objective of this challenge is to evaluate use cases of digital currencies issued by the central bank as well as how technologically feasible...

Avenue Securities – a brokerage in Miami, Florida that allows native Brazilians to invest in the United States – is opening its doors to cryptocurrency. The company announced that it has plans to begin trading digital assets like BTC beginning next month. Avenue Securities Turns Towards Crypto Roberto Lee – the chief executive officer and founder – explained in a statement that his firm has seen a lot more demand for crypto-related services from customers, and thus he...

The largest e-commerce firm in Latin America – Mercado Libre – acquired shares in the 2TM Group (a parent company of the cryptocurrency platform Mercado Bitcoin). Separately, it made a “strategic investment” in another digital asset-oriented organization Paxos. Jumping into Crypto Once Again The leading Argentinean e-commerce platform Mercado Libre, which has displayed a pro-crypto stance during the last several months, continues to support the industry. The company recently...

2TM Group, the parent company of Brazil’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin, reportedly acquired a controlling stake in Portuguese-based digital asset trading venue CriptoLoja. Last year, the latter became the first platform in Portugal with an official license as a “virtual asset service provider.” Pushing into Europe According to a January 12 report by Reuters, the Brazilian organization, valued at approximately $2.2 billion, declined to disclose the terms of...

Johann Steynberg, a South African known for running the multi-million dollar Ponzi scam Mirror Trading International (MTI), was recently arrested in Brazil. This would be yet another large-scale arrest for the country. A few months ago, Claudio Oliveira of the Bitcoin Banco group was also put behind bars for the disappearance of 7,000 Bitcoin from his investors in 2019. Brazil Scores Another Point Against Crypto Scams Johann Steynberg managed to fraud thousands of people all...

2TM Participacoes, the parent company of Brazil’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, has recently raised $50 million from investors to further its expansion project. Crypto Service Expansion in LatAm According to a Tuesday report by Bloomberg, the company will use the funds to increase its product offering and expand its services to other Latin American markets, including Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. 2TM’s funding round received support from several...

Cryptocurrencies are continuing to gain traction as a payment option by businesses and governments alike. Recently, Deputy Luizão Goulart of Brazil proposed a bill to allow public and private sector workers to be paid in bitcoin. If passed, this would be the biggest national move to support digital asset adoption since El Salvador’s legal tender law. What’s in the Bill? The bold bill – proposed earlier this week – comes amidst an ongoing regulatory debate in Brazil...

A recent poll from Sherlock Communications has found that nearly half of Brazilians agree that Bitcoin should be adopted as the currency of the country, following in the footsteps of El Salvador. Brazilians Bullish for Bitcoin As reported by Valor Investe, the study shows 48% of Brazilians in support of Bitcoin as national currency (17% strong support, 31% moderate support). In contrast, only 21% rejected the idea (9% strong rejection, 12% moderate rejection). The other 30%...