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Largest Bank in Brazil Itau Unibanco Opens Cryptocurrency Trading to All Users

DIGIT — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 19:28:00 +0000

Itau Unibanco, the largest bank in Brazil and all of Latam, has reported the availability of cryptocurrency trading services for all its users. Through Ion, the bank’s in-house investment platform, customers can purchase bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), a feature previously available to selected users. Brazilian Banking Giant Itau Unibanco Opens Cryptocurrency Trading Services for […]

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Bradesco, One of Brazil’s Largest Banks, Launches Tokenized Credit Notes in Blockchain Pilot

DIGIT — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:30:58 +0000

Bradesco, one of the largest banks in Brazil and the third biggest in all of Latam, has entered the cryptocurrency world by issuing its first tokenized credit notes. The operation, carried out in partnership with Bolsa OTC, tokenized almost $2 million in bank credit notes, which were also distributed by Bradesco. Bradesco Launches Asset Tokenization […]

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Brazilian Securities Commission CVM Opens a Path for Funds to Invest in Crypto

DIGIT — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 10:30:42 +0000

The Brazilian Securities Commission CVM has cleared the path for funds to dive into cryptocurrency-based investments. The institution issued a new set of rules that allows financial investment funds to invest in cryptocurrency tokens with the equivalent protections offered to other investment assets such as stocks and bonds, opening new markets for these companies. Brazilian […]

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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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Itau Unibanco Selected by Central Bank of Brazil to Build Real-Pegged Stablecoin Solution

DIGIT — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:00:05 +0000

Itau Unibanco, one of the biggest bank conglomerates in Brazil, has been selected by the country’s central bank to develop a system with a stablecoin pegged to the value of the Brazilian real. Itau’s system was one of the eight proposals selected by the Central Bank of Brazil as part of LIFT Lab, an annual […]

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Brazilian Brokerage Platform Rico to Offer Cryptocurrency Services Next Year

DIGIT — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:30:11 +0000

Rico, a Brazilian brokerage platform part of XP Inc., has announced it plans to enter the cryptocurrency market next year. The division is expanding its operations and will also enter the banking sector, launching digital account services and a credit card. The platform follows in the steps of companies like Nubank and others that have […]

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Santander to Offer Cryptocurrency Services in Brazil in the Coming Months

DIGIT — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 19:30:02 +0000

Santander, one of the biggest banking institutions in the world, has announced it will start offering cryptocurrency services in Brazil. Its CEO, Mario Leão, made the announcement in an interview with local media, stating that the company was still seeking the best way of getting into the cryptocurrency services market. Other banks and fintech organizations […]

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Central Bank of Brazil Chooses Nine Institutions to Study Digital Real Possibilities

DIGIT — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 10:00:40 +0000

The Central Bank of Brazil and Fenasbac, the National Federation of Associations of Central Bank Servers, decided to select nine projects to monitor and support their different proposals for the application of a hypothetical Brazilian central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital real. Projects from companies and organizations like Aave, Banco Santander, and Mercado Bitcoin […]

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Chilean Court Orders Two Major Banks to Keep Open Checking Accounts of Crypto Exchange Buda

DIGIT — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 08:30:49 +0000

Chile’s Free Competition Defense Court (TDLC) ruled in favor of the Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Bud after their checking accounts were closed by two major banks in the midst of a lawsuit related to a Ponzi scheme unrelated to the exchange. Chilean Court Rejected Petitions From Two Banks to Keep Checking Accounts Closed From Crypto […]

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Despite Supreme Court Ruling, Chile’s Antitrust Court Orders Banks to Keep Crypto Exchange Accounts Open

DIGIT — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 04:00:04 +0000

Following the ruling by Chile’s supreme court that a bank can legally close accounts of a crypto exchange, the country’s Court of Defense of Free Competition reaffirmed that banks must reopen crypto exchanges’ accounts. The Chilean antitrust court continues to hear the case alleging that banks exploit their dominant position to keep crypto exchanges off the […]

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