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Brazil Crypto Report

Aaron Stanley

News, analysis and interviews exploring the Brazilian crypto market

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00:55:57

#141: Drex Test Drive: Takeaways from Brazil's CBDC...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/03/05

Phase 1 of Brazil's ambitious Drex CBDC pilot is in the books. The project has proven successful thus far, but privacy and scalability challenges remain - prompting the Central Bank to conclude that a "major adaptation" is required for Drex to become a core piece of Brazil's financial infrastructure.In this episode, Marcos Viriato of Parfin, Leandro Pereira of Nuclea, Ricardo Paixão of CRIA (and the Brazilian Congress), join host Aaron Stanley to explore the findings of an

00:42:37

#140: Binance's Path to One Billion Users with CMO...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/02/26

Rachel Conlan is Global Chief Marketing Officer at Binance. She joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss the crypto's exchange's ambitions to reach one billion users worldwide. Rachel reveals how Latin America has become Binance's fastest-growing region, with 63% user growth last year, well outpacing their global average. She also explains how Brazil and Latam have become a testing ground for new crypto products like Copy Trading, Launchpool and Earn.You can connect with Rachel on X/Twitter and

00:37:28

#139: A Pop-Up City Comes to Florianopolis with Jean...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/02/18

Jean Hansen and and Victor Cioffi are core team members of Ipê City, which is a month-long Pop-Up city experiment coming to Florianopolis from April 22 - May 22. We discuss their vision for bringing together 150-200 techno-optimists, builders, and innovators in Brazil's Silicon Valley to prototype solutions to real world problems facing Brazil and Latin America. Ipê City is modeled after the "network state" concepts pioneered by Balaji Srinivasan and others and will explore solutions in the realms

00:43:24

#138: Unlocking Financial Innovation in Brazil with...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/02/12

Danielle Teixeira is a program manager at Fenasbac, which is linked to the Central Bank of Brazil and runs several startup acceleration programs critical to promoting financial innovation in Brazil.She joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss Fenasbac'scurrent NEXT Accelerator program, which features prominent sponsors including Banco do Brasil, Ripple, and Mercado Bitcoin, focusing on challenges ranging from blockchain implementation to tokenization of real-world assets.For fintech companies and

00:40:14

#137: Bits & Borders: Crypto's Potential in Guyana...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/02/06

This episode is the soft-launch of a special mini-series calledBits & Borders that will take us ona country-by-country tour exploring crypto adoption across Latin America. Each episode will spotlight a different country and map out the various adoption trends, entrepreneurial energy and regulatory environment in that specific nation.🔥The first stop on our tour is: Guyana!As Guyana emerges as one of the world's fastest-growing economies thanks to major oil discoveries, the conversation

00:56:50

#136: Crypto Adoption in Brazil - Live from Brazil...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/01/31

This episode is a panel discussion hosted at Brazil House during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The panel was hosted by BCR founder Aaron Stanley and featured Andre Portilho, head of digital assets at BTG Pactual; Caroline Malcolm of Oxford University; Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer at Circle and Alan Cohn, partner at Steptoe, LLC in Washington, DCWe discuss institutional adoption of digital assets in the country, stablecoin adoption and regulations, Drex, and then these

00:46:50

#135: FTX 2 Years On with Antonio Neto (Part 2)

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/01/24

Antonio Neto is the founder of Vega Crypto and the CEO of Ethereum Brasil. Previously, he was the Head of Brazil and Latin America at cryptocurrency exchange FTX. In Part Two of this two part conversation, he sits down with host Aaron Stanley to share for the first time his front-row seat view of the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX0:46 - Personal impact of FTX collapse 3:07 - Handling NFTs and remaining assets 4:08 - Taking time off to process 5:15 - Impact on sweat equity and

00:47:27

#134: FTX 2 Years On with Antonio Neto (Part 1)

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/01/17

Antonio Neto is the founder of Vega Crypto and the CEO of Ethereum Brasil. Previously, he was the Head of Brazil and Latin America at cryptocurrency exchange FTX. In part one of this two part conversation, he sits down with host Aaron Stanley to share for the first time his front-row seat view of the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX02:38 - Antonio's Role at FTX 08:13 - FTX's Meteoric Rise and Market Context 21:31 - The Beginning of the Collapse 27:26 - The Critical Days of the

00:51:08

#133: Why 2025 Could be Hathor's Breakout Year with...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2025/01/11

Marcelo Brogliato and Yan Martins are co-founders of Hathor, a network that deploys a unique hybrid DAG-blockchain framework. They join host Aaron Stanley to discuss exciting new features and community initiatives for 2025 as the project celebrates its fifth anniversary. These include "nanocontracts" written in Python, anti-MEV mechanisms and new developments on the real-world asset tokenization front00:00 - Introduction and Hathor overview 02:01 - Origin story and 5-year anniversary 04:31 -

00:49:41

#132: Crypto's Liquidity Surge with David Lawant of...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/12/21

David Lawant is Head of Research at FalconX, a leading institutional crypto prime brokerage in the US. He joins host Aaron Stanley to talk about crypto market structure heading into 2025, notably the incredible liquidity surge seen after the US elections in November. Lawant argues that these liquidity trends, combined with an improving regulatory environment and clearer investment thesis, could make this bull cycle different from previous ones. We also discuss his previous experience in crypto and

00:49:51

#131: Guilherme Nazar on Binance's Latam Roadmap

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/12/19

Guilherme Nazar is Regional VP for Latam at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss his previous experience building out Uber's operations in Brazil, Binance's growth in Brazil and the Latam region, the company's regulatory positioning under new CEO Richard Teng and the exchange's roadmap for Latam in 2025 00:30 Introduction 01:46 Guilherme's background and journey to Binance 09:05 Current state of Brazil's crypto market 15:57 Institutional

00:57:30

Episode #130: Crypto and Financial Empowerment with...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/12/12

Wei Zhou is the CEO of Coins and the former CFO of Binance. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss his recent acquisition of Coins.ph - the Philippines' oldest and most successful crypto exchange and how he is expanding its operations to the rest of the developing worldYou can connect with Wei on X/Twitter and Linkedin --------------------------------------------------------------- LIT Collective is the ultimate creative and design studio for Web3 companies. Based in Brazil and serving the globe,

00:35:31

#129: Is Brazil Slamming the Door on Stablecoins?...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/12/04

Rodrigo Borges is a partner at Carvalho Borges Araujo Advogados in Sao Paulo. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss a newly proposed rule by the Brazilian Central Bank to prohibit crypto exchanges from transferring stablecoins to self-custodied walletsThis is an extremely important development with lots of implications for crypto markets, operators and users in the Brazil market. The comment period on the proposed rule is open until February 28 You can connect with Rodrigo on

00:42:26

#128: Bitcoin is Macro Now with Noelle Acheson

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/11/29

Noelle Acheson is an expert analyst focusing on the intersection of crypto and macroeconomy. She was previously head of research at CoinDesk and led institutional research efforts at Genesis Trading, and now she's the author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletterShe joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss recent developments in the crypto markets, including the US presidential election, a potential strategic bitcoin reserve in the US, MicroStrategy's continued bitcoin accumulation and global monetary

00:56:42

#127: Avalanche's Third Way with Emin Gün Sirer

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/11/20

Today Aaron talks to Emin Gün Sirer — CEO of Ava Labs, a former computer science professor at Cornell University and the mastermind behind the Avalanche blockchain. We discuss how Avalanche's deployment of subnets offers an alternative to the ongoing modular versus monolithic debate, recent successes on the gaming and tokenization fronts, and the Avalanche community’s strategic focus on emerging markets — evidenced by its recent summit in Buenos Aires. We also talk about Gün’s front-row seat

00:51:33

#126: Brazil's Licensing Regime Takes Shape with...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/11/15

Tatiana Guazzelli is a partner at Pinheiro Neto Advogados, which is one of Brazil’s largest and most prominent law firms and represents some of the top crypto companies operating in the country. Tatiana provides important perspective on the many simultaneous movements happening with regard to crypto regulation in Brazil These developments include: The Central Bank's proposed licensing structure, which includes a three-tiered licensing system for crypto service providers: intermediaries,

00:29:30

#125: Brazil Inches Towards Crypto Regulatory Clarity...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/11/13

Aaron is joined by attorney Nicky Dyskant for an overview discussion of new regulatory developments coming out of Brazil. These include proposed crypto licensing rules and a public comment window put forth by the Central Bank , stablecoin and asset segregation legislation moving through Congress, and public consultations from Brazil's tax and securities authorities. You can connect with Nicky on Linkedin --------------------------------------------------------------- LIT Collective is the ultimate

00:38:02

#124: Bitcoin is Inevitable with Samson Mow

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/11/13

Aaron sits down with Samson Mow, CEO of Jan3, as we explore the future of Bitcoin adoption at the nation-state level and its implications for the global financial system. Key Takeaways: Learn how countries are exploring Bitcoin adoption through three main strategies: legal tender implementation, mining operations, and treasury allocation Discover why the race for national Bitcoin reserves could create a significant first-mover advantage for early-adopting nations Understand how Bitcoin mining

00:53:24

#123: What US elections mean for crypto markets with...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/10/29

Hashdex CIO Samir Kerbage joins Brazil Crypto Report to discuss how the upcoming U.S. presidential election could impact crypto markets globally. We explore prediction markets, institutional adoption trends, and what various election outcomes could mean for crypto regulation in both the U.S. and Brazil.Key Topics: Why Congressional outcomes may matter more than the presidential race for crypto's future How prediction markets like Polymarket are emerging as crypto's newest killer app What U.S

00:38:02

#122 : From the Peruvian Jungle to Crypto PR with...

Brazil Crypto Report ·

2024/10/24

Former Reuters executive Saul Hudson shares insights from his journey from international journalism to crypto communications, discussing the evolution of crypto media and Latin America's growing importance in the Web3 space. Key Takeaways: From backpacking journalist to Reuters Americas executive, Hudson's unique path shows how understanding traditional finance crises led to crypto advocacy Crypto media has evolved from niche coverage to a sophisticated ecosystem with specialized outlets and

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