Thu, April 25

Gleec BTC Exchange Acquires Brazilian Cryptocurrency Platform Blocktane

Leading cryptocurrency exchange platform Gleec BTC Exchange is seeking to expand in Latin America, beginning in Brazil where it recently acquired Blocktane’s operational assets. For a brief while, Blocktane ranked high in the Brazilian cryptocurrency industry. Gleec BTC Exchange took the initiative and announced today that it has purchased the

December 20, 2022 2 mins read

Amidst Crypto Crash, Over 41K Companies Recorded High Crypto Holdings in Brazil

As the entire crypto industry is facing a hectic crisis, crypto adoption in Brazil is booming tremendously. In the past few months, the global crypto market crashed affecting millions of thousands of investors in the community. Surprisingly over 40,000 Brazilian companies are in the record of Federal Revenue Service for

December 5, 2022 2 mins read

Brazil Passes Crypto Bill Recognizing Bitcoin As Legal Tender

Brazilian Chamber of Deputies passed the crypto bill to regulate the cryptocurrency sector in the largest South American country. Finally, after 5 months of voting dormancy, the regulatory body waved a green flag for bill 4401/21 on Tuesday evening.  Bitcoin as Brazil Legal Tender?  Originally, Aureo Riberio, a member of

November 30, 2022 2 mins read

Brazilian Cryptocurrency Bill Turns up Following General Election

The Brazilian cryptocurrency bill, which intends to govern the conduct of cryptocurrency exchanges and custody agents as well as define explicit cryptocurrency mining standards, will be on the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies next week. The bill, which was shelved before the general election on October 20, will be

November 21, 2022 1 min read

Brazil ATMs will distribute Tether USDT Stablecoin

Tether enables 24,000 ATMs around Brazil country to provide Tether USDT. As of 2021, around 34 million eligible population in Brazil are still unbanked. Tether USDT, the stablecoin functioning over the Tether blockchain platform has partnered with SmartPay. This partnership will enable 24,000 ATMs around Brazil country to provide Tether

October 21, 2022 1 min read

Brazilian Authorities Issues Rules To Classify Crypto as Securities

In a recent advisory opinion paper, the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) addresses the topic of crypto-based securities. In it, a lack of regulation is acknowledged, and cryptocurrencies are defined as digitally represented assets. Safeguarded by cryptographic technology, and transacted and stored by Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT). Tokens that

October 13, 2022 2 mins read

Brazil Police Uncover $766M Crypto Ponzi Scheme Fraud

Brazilian law enforcement officers searched the home of da Silva and his accomplices. Celebrities like model Sasha Meneghel lost almost $230,000. The activities of a criminal organization headed by businessman Francisco Valdevino da Silva, aka “Bitcoin Sheikh,” were apparently put to a stop by the Brazilian Federal Police. To the

October 10, 2022 2 mins read

Firms Declaring Crypto Holdings in Brazil Steeply Rises

More than 1,300,000 people have said they own some kind of cryptocurrency. BRZ, the first Brazilian real-pegged stablecoin, had considerable price fluctuations. With a large number of cryptocurrency adopters, Brazil is widely exploring the crypto industry. In Brazil, where 7.8% of the population, or roughly 16 million individuals, now possess cryptocurrencies,

October 9, 2022 2 mins read

Bank of Brasilia Attacked by Ransomware Demanding 50 BTC

LockBit ransomware group has been one of the most prominent criminal organizations. The LockBit ransomware was recently updated to version 3.0. On October 3, ransomware infected the Bank of Brasilia, a government-controlled bank in Brazil. The hackers wanted 50 BTC in exchange for not releasing customer data. Local news outlet

October 7, 2022 1 min read

Brazilian Regulators Grill Mercado Bitcoin Over Token Sales

The exchange must disclose how much money was collected via the sale of tokens. Parent Firm 2TM criticized Brazil’s governing bodies on the regulation of crypto. Securities authorities in Brazil have demanded details on the digital tokens produced by Mercado Bitcoin. The largest cryptocurrency exchange in Latin America. Mercado Bitcoin

September 29, 2022 1 min read