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Brazilian Securities Regulator Greenlights Second Solana Spot ETF

DIGIT — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:30:48 +0000

The Brazilian Securities Regulator (CVM) approved a solana spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Tuesday, the second of its kind in the country. According to data from the CVM database, this new instrument will be offered by Hashdex, a Brazil-based cryptocurrency asset management company with nearly a billion in assets under management held locally, in partnership […]

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Circle Officially Launches in Brazil, Partners With Latam Giants BTG Pactual and Nubank

DIGIT — Fri, 31 May 2024 05:36:29 +0000

Circle, the company behind USDC, the second-largest stablecoin in the cryptocurrency market, has announced its official launch in Brazil. The company inked an alliance with BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latam, to provide onboarding and distribution services for Brazilian companies. Circle also partnered with Nubank, a leading digital neobank. Circle Partners With BTG […]

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Crypto.com Partners BTG Pactual to Expand Latam’s Crypto Reach

DIGIT — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:30:39 +0000

Crypto.com, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, partnered with BTG Pactual, Latam’s largest investment bank, to expand the access of Latam’s traditional customers to crypto services. The team-up entails listing BTG Dol, BTG Pactual’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, in Crypto.com’s platform, and its promotion in several significant trading pairs with bitcoin and ethereum. Crypto.com to List BTG Pactual-Issued Dollar […]

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Latam Insights — Alliance Against Inflation, BTG Pactual Launches Stablecoin, and Argentina Debuts New Dollar

DIGIT — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 08:45:01 +0000

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week. In this issue: Latin American nations ink an agreement to reduce inflation, Brazil-based BTG Pactual launches its own dollar-pegged stablecoin, and Argentina launches yet another dollar exchange rate. Latin American Nations Sign Pact […]

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While Biden and Trump Blame Each Other for Bank Failures, Others Believe the Cause Might Be a Management Issue

DIGIT — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 10:30:55 +0000

The recent banking failures involving the fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank, have high-profile government individuals trying to find a culprit. U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have publicly blamed each other’s policies for the outcome, but according to some analysts, the problem might be ignorance in […]

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Central Bank of Brazil President States Digital Real Pilot Is Imminent

DIGIT — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 07:19:59 +0000

The president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto, has clarified the status of the development of the Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital real. Campos Neto stated that the pilot test will start now and that banks will have to digitize more of their balances in the future. Pilot Tests […]

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Brazilian Bank Itau Unibanco to Offer Cryptocurrency Custody Services in 2023

DIGIT — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:30:53 +0000

Itau Unibanco, one of the biggest Brazilian banks, has announced it will offer cryptocurrency custody services in 2023. Itau Digital Assets, the cryptocurrency unit of the company, will be responsible for this offering, which will be first available to customers of the bank, and then to third parties as a service. Brazilian Bank Itau Unibanco […]

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‘Not a cheaper Bitcoin’ — Bitcoin Gold soars 173% as traders may be buying the wrong BTG

DIGIT — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 07:54:20 +0000

Investors could be mistakenly linking the bank with the 2017 Bitcoin hard fork, causing a spike in price and trading action.

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BTG Pactual’s new Bitcoin fund teams up with Gemini for custody

DIGIT — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 01:34:47 +0000

Gemini is providing custody services to the first Bitcoin fund issued by a Brazilian investment bank.

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Largest Private Investment Bank in Latin America Issues Real Estate Tokens on Tezos

DIGIT — Tue, 19 May 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Banco BTG Pactual, the largest private investment bank in Latin America is moving some of its real estate-backed security tokens over to the Tezos blockchain.

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