This article was written by Mouloukou Sanoh, co-founder and CEO of MANSAa fintech platform for global payments and remittances through a liquidity infrastructure based on stablecoins. Mouloukou co-founded Cassava Network and led investments in Adaverse, a $100 million venture capital fund backed by Cardano. He also brings private equity experience from Jebsen Capital and has … Read more
Mercado Libre announced that as of April 17, 2026, it will stop operating its Mercado Coin cryptocurrency. The e-commerce giant communicated the decision through a notification and an email to Mercado Pago users. This asset was launched in 2022 to reward purchases made by customers within its platform in Brazil. The decline of Mercado Coin … Read more
The law mentions “digital assets” and prohibits operations on exchanges of what is seized. What is confiscated can be used to finance police equipment, training and intelligence. The Government of Brazil launched Law 15,358, known as the Anti-Faction Law, after its sanction by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on March 24 and its official … Read more
Petrobras, one of the largest oil companies in the world, launched a research and development project to experiment with Bitcoin mining and other areas of emerging technology. Tokenization and web3 are also an integral part of this Petrobras initiative. Through LinkedIn, Marcelo A. Curi, specialist in Tokenization and Web3, Indian That the Petrobras research project … Read more
They believe that the process of personal data that WorldCoin carries is “particularly serious.” Worldcoin has been questioned practically throughout Latin America. Brazil ordered the WorldCoin cryptocurrency project to stop scanning the iris of Brazilians. The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) formally applied a preventive measure to the Tools for Humanity (TFH) company, a project … Read more
The tax changes will take effect sometime in the first quarter of 2025. Although the regulator does not give specific details, it talks about inspections and enforcement actions. In a recent statement, the Receita Federal, Brazil’s main financial regulator, reported that starting in the first quarter of 2025, the tax conditions for profits obtained from … Read more
Sao Paulo – Indonesia has been accepted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, Brazil, the group’s chair country, announced on Monday. Indonesia’s candidacy was endorsed by BRICS leaders in August 2023, according to Brazil’s Foreign Ministry, which holds the presidency of the group for 2025. However, the world’s fourth most … Read more
Jerusalem Israel has helped a former soldier leave Brazil after a group that accuses Israelis of war crimes in the Gaza Strip launched legal action against him based on the soldier’s social media posts. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday it had helped the former soldier safely leave Brazil on a commercial flight after what … Read more
Brasília, Brazil – The death toll from a bridge collapse in northern Brazil rose to 10 on Friday, officials said. The Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge, linking the states of Maranhão and Tocantins, collapsed on Sunday, sending vehicles and their occupants into the water below. The Brazilian Navy was carrying out rescue operations in the … Read more
The Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) is exploring new regulation that could significantly change the landscape of cryptocurrency transactions in the country. On November 29, the BCB launched a public consultation proposing to veto transfers of stablecoins, such as Tether’s USDT, to self-custody wallets such as MetaMask. “The virtual asset service provider is prohibited from … Read more