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- #95: Mercado Bitcoin wants to tokenize R$1 billion in assets in 2024
Fabricio Tota is the head of new business at Mercado Bitcoin. In this episode we discuss MB's push to tokenize R$1 billion worth of assets in 2024, how the exchange weathered the bear market, and the recent surge in memecoin volume
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1 hr 7 min - #94: New Tax on Offshores Cryptos Kicks in: Separating Fact from Fiction with Thiago Barbosa
Thiago Barbosa is an attorney with Salles Nogueira Advogados and an expert on crypto taxation issues in Brazil. In this episode, we discuss a new law mandating that income derived from crypto assets held with overseas exchanges or custodians be taxed at a 15% clip. We dive into the nuances, misconceptions and problems resulting from this rule change.
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1 hr 5 min - #93: The Latin Life Arbitrage
Vance is the founder of My Latin Life, a platform that has been helping gringos navigate life in Latin America for more than a decade. We talk about how crypto and remote work has opened the door for North Americans and Europeans to pursue life in Latin America in the post-Covid era.
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54 min - #92: Luca Cosivi previews ETHSamba and Rio Onchain Week
Luca Cosivi is one of the organizers of Rio Onchain Week, which is a Web3 builder-focused series of events happening March 19-24. The week is being modeled after Devconnect, the popular developer-focused conference hosted by the Ethereum Foundation.
Luca explains how the week will feature numerous builder-focused community events, with the second annual ETHSamba hackathon as the capstone.
You can learn more about Rio Onchain Week here
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23 min - #91 Onsite at ETH Denver with João Zecchin, Thiago Rudiger and Bruno Maia
Today we have a Brazil-focused ETHDenver roundtable featuring Fuse Capital João Zecchin, Tansi Head of Growth Thiago Rudiger and Cartesi Head of Business Development Bruno Maia
We discuss the vibe at this year's event and how it compares to prior years, major event themes like DePIN, RWAs, airdrop farming and modular vs monolithic blockchains
You can connect with João, Thiago and Bruno on Linkedin
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55 min - #90: East Meets West as OKX Bets Big on Brazil, with Jason Lau and Guilherme Sacamone
Jason Lau is Chief Innovation Officer and Guilherme Sacamone is Director General for Brazil at OKX, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges specializing in spot and derivatives trading. We discuss OKX's 2024 push into emerging markets across the Latam region, as well as its new product suite which includes a Web3 wallet, an Ordinals marketplace and a forthcoming Layer 2 blockchain
You can connect with both Jason and Guilherme on Linkedin
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52 min - #89: Sleeping Giant Awakens? Coinbase's 2024 Brazil Strategy with Fábio Plein
Fábio Plein is regional managing director for the Americas at Coinbase, where he overseas the exchange's operations in Canada, Brazil and the rest of the region outside of the US.
In this conversation, we discuss Coinbase's go-to-market and expansion plans for Brazil, its approach to navigating Brazil's regulatory environment and Fabio's previous experience operationalizing Uber in Brazil
You can connect with Fábio on Linkedin
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57 min - #88: Bitget Builds in Brazil with Vugar Usi
Vugar Usi is the Chief Operating Officer of Bitget, which is one of the world's largest crypto exchanges - most recognized for its partnership with football superstar Lionel Messi. In this conversation, we discuss Bitget's push to expand its presence in Brazil and Latin America in 2024
You can connect with Vugar on Linkedin
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44 min - #87: Inside Drex - Brazil's Revolutionary CBDC with Fábio Araujo
Fábio Araujo is an economist and engineer at the Central Bank of Brazil, where he serves as the coordinator of the Drex project.
Drex is an ambitious hybrid wholesale/retail CBDC and tokenization platform that, if it proves successful, will be the infrastructure for a tokenized economy in Brazil.
In this interview, Araujo provides a comprehensive overview of the project and its ambitions, while giving an update on the 2024 roadmap ahead.
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51 min - #86: Itaú's Digital Asset Playbook with Guto Antunes
Guto Antunes is head of digital assets at Itaú, which is Brazil's largest bank. In this episode, we discuss talk about the bank's four-pronged strategy to digital assets in 2024. This touches tokenization, custody, the recently launched ion crypto brokerage and the Drex CBDC project.
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About Bits and Borders
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From digital assets to tokenization to artificial intelligence, Bits and Borders explores the growth of frontier technology in frontier markets