OranjeBTC is pursuing a Bitcoin treasury strategy in Brazil, combining Bitcoin-backed lending, digital credit and new investment products as it seeks to bring the cryptocurrency deeper into the country’s financial system.
The company’s chief executive, Gui Gomes, described Bitcoin as “likely the best collateral one could ask for” in an interview reported by Bitcoin Magazine. He discussed how loans secured by Bitcoin could support a wider range of financial activity, including what was described as Brazil’s first Bitcoin-backed loan.
Brazil’s role in the strategy
Gomes presented Brazil as a particularly important market for OranjeBTC. The country ranks first in grassroots Bitcoin adoption, according to the source material, and the company believes its local market offers advantages for building a Bitcoin treasury business.
The strategy follows the model associated with Michael Saylor’s bitcoin-focused corporate treasury approach: a company builds exposure to Bitcoin and develops financial products around that position. In Brazil, OranjeBTC is pursuing this model within a market undergoing changes in digital-asset regulation and licensing.
The interview also covered Brazil’s new rules for virtual-asset service providers, commonly known as VASPs. These businesses provide services connected with cryptocurrencies, and licensing requirements are intended to define how they operate within the financial system. Gomes also discussed the country’s elections and what he described as a shift toward a more pro-market economy, alongside the prospects of lower interest rates, the Brazilian real and a potential new phase of growth.
Investment products and digital credit
Global investors can buy OranjeBTC shares, according to the interview. The discussion also focused on DIGI11, a product designed to bring investment exposure linked to the strategies of products such as STRC and SATA to Brazilian investors.
The interview included an account of how DIGI11 delivered its first dividend. The source does not provide the dividend’s amount or details of its calculation, but its inclusion highlights the company’s effort to connect Bitcoin-related strategies with more familiar investment structures.
Gomes’s broader argument is that Bitcoin-backed borrowing can help expand digital credit. Using Bitcoin as collateral means a borrower can seek financing while pledging the asset to support the loan. The approach also introduces risks associated with Bitcoin’s market value and the terms of the lending arrangement, although the interview material does not specify those terms.
Bitcoin’s place in global finance
For OranjeBTC, Bitcoin’s role as collateral is part of a longer-term case for the asset’s financial relevance. Gomes said each development in lending, treasury management and investment products moves Bitcoin closer to becoming the world’s reserve currency.
That is the company’s stated outlook rather than an established outcome. The interview links Brazil’s adoption, regulatory framework and expanding financial products to a broader attempt to integrate Bitcoin into global markets.
Moneyiar market picture
Moneyiar data at 21:44 on October 15, 2026, put Bitcoin at $82,204.64, up 0.57% over 24 hours and 0.71% over seven days. Aethir stood at $0.005955, down 0.47% in 24 hours and 6.2% over seven days. Zilliqa was $0.003292, down 0.83% and 0.54%, respectively, while RedStone was $0.157745, up 0.52% over 24 hours and 9.39% over seven days.
