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Brazilian crypto exchanges must apply for authorization by Friday to continue operating while regulators review their applications. High capital requirements, extensive compliance duties and unresolved questions about transfers and self-custody are creating particular pressure for smaller firms.
Itaú Unibanco has notified Brazil’s central bank of its crypto trading and custody operations, becoming the first bank to formalize those services under the country’s new digital-asset rules before the Oct. 30 deadline.
Brazilian companies sharply increased trading in USDT and bitcoin as they reacted to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s unexpected election victory. Corporate accounts generated 78% of Mercado Bitcoin’s volume, while the real and Brazilian stocks suffered steep losses the following day.
Binance has applied for a Brazilian cryptocurrency service provider license before the country’s Oct. 30 deadline. The exchange is restricting several products and delisting 22 assets for local users while seeking to preserve access to crypto, stablecoin trading, payments and investment services.
Polymarket assigned Lula about a 20% chance of winning Brazil’s presidential runoff, but he defeated Flávio Bolsonaro. Analysts attributed the miss to thin liquidity, limited local participation, Brazil’s prediction-market ban and possible overconfidence—not necessarily a failure of probability markets.
Brazilian stocks lost more than $200 billion at Monday’s open after Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro, contrary to prediction-market expectations. The Ibovespa fell as much as 17%, EWZ dropped 26%, the real weakened sharply and B3 activated its first pandemic-era circuit breaker.
Meta has launched a planned $95 billion capital raise to support artificial-intelligence initiatives, while investors navigate falling oil prices, sharp losses in Brazil, major technology earnings and interest-rate decisions from three central banks.
OranjeBTC CEO Gui Gomes says Brazil can support a Bitcoin treasury strategy built around Bitcoin-backed loans, digital credit and investment products. The company’s approach, discussed in an interview reported by Bitcoin Magazine, aims to connect Bitcoin more closely with Brazil’s financial markets.
Conduit Technology has sued Tether, alleging the stablecoin issuer froze $2.76 million in USDt held in its treasury wallet without adequate explanation. The complaint links the freeze to a Brazilian investigation, while Tether had not immediately responded to requests for comment.
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India’s crypto users generated $88.4 billion in centralized-exchange inflows during Chainalysis’s reporting period, yet domestic platforms received only 0.7% of exchange value. Brazil-based exchanges captured 12.5%, highlighting the gap between national adoption and locally captured exchange business.
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Petrobras is testing Cardano-based CS-SAF tokens to track sustainable aviation fuel benefits and prevent duplicate claims. A related Diesel R model proposes supply-chain checkpoints, but the disclosures do not quantify commercial transactions or revenue.
Petrobras has developed two Cardano-based applications to track sustainability claims for sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. One tokenizes SAF environmental attributes, while the other records Diesel R across production, transport and use for potential Scope 3 reporting.
Petrobras is testing Cardano in two research projects covering sustainable aviation fuel and partly renewable Diesel R. The initiatives aim to prevent double counting of emissions benefits and create traceable fuel records, but no rollout timetable or covered volumes have been disclosed.
Brazilian market operator CSD BR has begun mirroring ownership records for selected BTG Pactual investment funds on the public XRP Ledger. Its existing database remains the official record, while the project aims to make reconciliation faster and could lead to direct asset issuance and trading.
Brazil will require regulated crypto firms to report transfers of $10,000 or more involving self-custody wallets from Oct. 1. The measure covers incoming and outgoing transactions and precedes additional checks, including possible delays for some outbound transfers from January 2027.
