Bits and Borders

Kim Grauer is the director of research at Chainalysis, where she authors the blockchain analytics firm's annual Geography of Cryptocurrency report. This report is the most comprehensive analysis of crypto usage and adoption around the world, and provides incredible insights into the growing crypto economy in Brazil and Latin America. We discuss the methodology behind the report and Kim's key findings

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Michael Coscetta is chief revenue officer at Paxos, a blockchain and digital asset infrastructure platform valued at US$2.4 billion as of its last fundraise in 2021. In this episode, we discuss Paxos's enterprise infrastructure solutions that cater to large, regulated financial companies by offering services like white label stablecoins, tokenization, custody and trading. We also discuss why Brazil and Latin America are now among the firm's key growth markets in the coming years

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Daniel de Paiva Gomes is an attorney and one of the leading experts on crypto taxation issues in the Brazilian market. In this episode, we discuss why Brazil's taxation regime for cryptocurrencies is one of the most developed in the world, and why concerns over a new piece of tax legislation moving through Congress are likely overstated

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Lucas Giorgio and Matheus Moura are on the founding team at BRLA Digital, which is building solutions for onboarding new crypto users in the Brazilian market, including BRLA, a new BRL-pegged stablecoin. We discuss why the team pivoted away from building a CVM-regulated crypto fund in favor of creating a stablecoin, the challenges foreign companies face when looking to onboard Brazilian users and why there is room in the market for competing BRL-pegged stablecoins

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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