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Crypto Startup Ramp Adds Brazilian Central Bank's Pix as Payment Method

Adding Pix builds on Ramp's expansion to the South American country, where it opened a local entity in July in a bid for broader expansion throughout Latin America

Edificio del Banco Central de Brasil. (Credit: Shutterstock/Alf Ribeiro)

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CloudWalk Is First Crypto Firm in Brazil to Become a Licensed Payments Institution

The company, which already has a stablecoin tied to the Brazilian real, was licensed by the central bank of the South American country.

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Binance Suspends Withdrawals and Deposits in Brazil Following New Central Bank Policy

The suspension applies to transfers made via the government's payment system Pix.

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Brazilians Have Acquired $4B in Cryptocurrencies in 2021, Central Bank Says

Total crypto assets held by Brazilians amount to nearly $50 billion now, compared to $16 billion held in U.S. stocks.

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Binance Suspends Futures in Brazil Citing Regulatory Requirements

The product was removed in response to an order from the Brazilian Securities Commission.

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Brazil's Central Bank Pushes Back Target Date on CBDC by Two Years

BCB said the timeframe for a CBDC depends on the evolution of its current projects and the international landscape.

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Brazil's Central Bank Says Nation Might Be Ready for a Digital Currency by 2022

Brazil's fast-digitizing financial infrastructure could set the stage for CBDC in the next two years, said Campos Neto.

Banco Central President Roberto Campos Neto says Brazil will have "all the ingredients" for a digital currency by 2022. (Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado/Wikimedia Commons)

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Brazil's Central Bank Tasks Group With Laying Out Road Map to Digital Currency Issuance

The 12-member team will submit their findings – and propose a CBDC issuance model – to the central bank in 180 days.

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Brazil's New Blockchain Data Tool Cost $250K, Runs on Quorum

Brazil's central bank spent 1.3 million Brazilian reals (USD $250K) over two years building its new database for financial regulators on Quorum, replacing a slow and expensive paper-based system with a fully digitized version.

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Brazilian Financial Regulators Will Vet Companies and Political Appointees on a Blockchain

Brazil’s major financial regulators have unified their intelligence troves under a blockchain-backed sharing system called PIER.

"Our objective is that this system promotes gains to the market," said CVM President Marcelo Barbosa. (Image via Edilson Rodrigues/Wikimedia Commons)

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