Brazil Crypto Report

João Aragão Pereira is a senior technology specialist at Microsoft, focusing on financial services in Latin America. João has been heavily involved in the architecture of Brazilian Central Bank's Drex CBDC project, as well as other CBDC projects being developed by other countries around the world. In this episode, we discuss Microsoft's involvement in Drex, particularly how its Regulated Liability Network structure could facilitate interoperable and secure transactions with tokenized assets on the platform You can connect with João on Linkedin You can read the the full RLN white paper here 🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter on Substack ⁠https://brazilcrypto.substack.com/⁠ Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠Linkedin⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Spotify⁠ | ⁠Apple Podcasts

A special congressional committee investigating cryptocurrency pyramids (known as the CPI) officially concluded this week with a scathing report urging the indictment of four Binance executives. The alleged crimes include fraudulent management, operating an unauthorized financial institution and crimes against the the financial system, among others. To help us better understand the committee’s recommendations and next steps, I am joined by Portal do Bitcoin reporter Fernando Martines and Mercado Bitcoin executive Daniel Cunha. You can connect with both Daniel and Fernando on Linkedin 🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter on Substack https://brazilcrypto.substack.com/ Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Alexandre is CEO of Sonica, a no-code platform for building and deploying Web3 products. We discuss the growing popularity of no-code platforms, the need for such tooling in the world of Web3, the product market fit of NFTs and loyalty tokens when used correctly, and why he isn't concerned about the current downturn in the NFT market You can connect with Alexandre on Linkedin 🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter on Substack https://brazilcrypto.substack.com/ Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Dan Yamamura is a partner at Fuse Capital, a Web3 venture firm based out of Rio de Janeiro. In this special Portuguese language crossover episode with Felipe Cabral of the Let's Crypto Podcast, we talk to Dan about his Web3 investment outlook during this bear market, how Fuse its sticking to its core principles instead of chasing easy money, and he why he's decided to focus on Brazil specifically for investment opportunities right now instead of other parts of Web3. You can connect with Dan on Linkedin 🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter on Substack https://brazilcrypto.substack.com/ Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Jean-Michel Guillot is head of product for blockchain and digital assets at Dinamo Networks, a digital security firm that provides the cryptographic solutions used in PIX and other payments technology. In this episode, recorded onsite at Blockchain Rio in September, we discuss Dinamo's role in the Drex pilot, in securing 150 million Pix transactions per day and in its broader play across crypto and Web3. You can connect with Jean-Michel on Linkedin 🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter on Substack https://brazilcrypto.substack.com/ Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Nesse especial episodio "crossover" do Brazil Crypto Report e Let's Crypto, Felipe e eu falamos con Rodrigoh Henriques - director da innovação do Fenasbac. Rodrigoh e o equipe dele tem sido muito envolvido nas todas areas da innovação financeira promulgado pelo Banco Central do Brasil - comecando com Open Finance, Pix e agora Drex. Rodrigoh discuta o papel do Fenasbac e o LIFT Challenge - que realmente funciona como um CBDC sandbox pra testar novos produtos e serviços no ecosistema do Drex. Voces podem se conectar com Rodrigoh no Linkedin 🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter on Substack https://brazilcrypto.substack.com/ Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Taynaah Reis is a Brazilian coder, entrepreneur and activist. In this episode, we discuss how she learned to code at 12 years old, started her first company at 16, and her various entrepreneurial initiatives making use of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence. These include Moeda Seeds - a crypto-powered microcredit platform that was one of the first crypto projects in Brazil, financial education platform Inkluziva and O2 Foundation - which is building a carbon credit marketplace. Taynaah was a named a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer in 2023 You can connect with Taynaah on Linkedin 🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter on Substack https://brazilcrypto.substack.com/ Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Robert Materazzi is CEO of Lukka, which is a unicorn crypto data services company valued at US$1.3 billion. After starting as “Turbotax for Crypto” product 10 years ago that helped retail crypto holders figure out their tax obligations, Lukka has built itself into a unicorn enterprise crypto data services company offering institutional-grade accounting, audit and data products. In this conversation, we discuss Lukka's product suite, growth trajectory and interest in the Brazil market 🚀 Sign up for the 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report newsletter https://brazilcrypto.substack.com/ Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

This episode recaps the top stories in the Brazil crypto market from Sept 11-15, 2023 Articles discussed here include: - "Binance says it is a “victim” of pyramids; CPI wants a list of the brokerage’s 700 biggest clients" via Portal do Bitcoin - "Coinbase to push for ‘global consensus’ on crypto rules through G20 in Brazil" via The Block - "Brazil has fallen in the global ranking of cryptocurrency adoption, says Chainalysis" via Portal do Bitcoin - "Transfero obtains payment institution license from the Central Bank" via Valor - "Crypto Startup Ramp Adds Brazilian Central Bank's Pix as Payment Method" via CoinDesk - "Hashdex files for SEC registration of spot ether ETF alongside Nasdaq" via Valor - "DREX completes 500 operations in 50 days and should reach the population in 2025, says BC" via Portal do Bitcoin - "Digital real has first public securities transactions between banks" via Valor

Daniel Lynch is head of Metamask Institutional partnerships at Consensys and also looks after sales and business development for Brazil and Latam. In this episode, we discuss the results of a recent survey conducted by Consensys exploring Brazilians' attitudes towards Web3, and adoption for both Metamask and Metamask Institutional in Brazil ------------- Be sure to take a look at Consensys' State of Web3 Perception Around the World report published earlier this year You can connect with Daniel on Linkedin and you can learn more about Metamask Institutional here Check out Metamask Learn for great Web3 educational content Connect with Brazil Crypto Report across the web: Twitter | Linkedin | YouTube | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Podcasts / Substack