Eduardo Paes – the mayor of Rio de Janeiro – intends to allocate 1% of the city’s Treasury in bitcoin. If he proceeds, the megapolis will become the first Brazilian …
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Online retailer MercadoLibre enables Brazilian customers to buy, sell and hold digital currencies
Online retailer MercadoLibre is expanding its involvement in cryptocurrencies by enabling customers from Brazil to buy, sell and hold digital currencies through its digital payments app. MercadoLibre, which also ranks as the largest Latin …
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Brazilian federal deputy proposed a bill to legalize crypto payments for workers
Federal Deputy Luizão Goulart, a Brazilian congressman, proposed a bill to legalize crypto payments as a mode of payment for public and private sector workers. Goulart’s proposal seeks a new law that …
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Brazil investment bank to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum
Brazil’s biggest investment bank, BTG Pactual is launching direct bitcoin and ethereum buying and selling through a new platform called Mynt. “We will make available bitcoin and ethereum trading to …
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Brazil has launched its first eco-friendly Bitcoin ETF, the BITH11
Brazil continues to make progress in creating new investment opportunities related to cryptocurrencies. This week, it launched a brand new Bitcoin ETF —with a green twist. Under ticker BITH11, the …
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Ethereum EFT to get approval from Brazilian securities regulator
The Brazilian Securities Regulator, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) gives approval for an Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF). The holding company of QR Asset Management, QR Capital, announced the approval. Brazil’s …
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Ether EFT to get approval from Brazilian securities regulator
The Brazilian Securities Regulator, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) gives approval for an Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF). The holding company of QR Asset Management, QR Capital, announced the approval. Brazil’s …
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Brazil’s SEC to approve South America’s first Ethereum ETF
The Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) has authorized the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Latin America that tracks the performance of Ethereum (ETH), according to the local media outlet Exame. On Tuesday, …
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First Bitcoin ETF Was Approved in Brazil
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM) has greenlit the very first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund in Latin America. QR Capital’s Bitcoin ETF will be trading under the QBTC11 ticker on the …
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A Brazilian Cryptocurrency Exchange Pays Hackers for Breaching its Security Protocols
Hackers of the world: Crime doesn’t pay; but in Brazil, cryptocurrency exchanges surely do. BitcoinTrade, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in Brazil, has just announced a partnership with BugHunt to create …
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