Brazil Crypto Report

This episode was recorded onsite at the Stablecoin Conference 2025 in Mexico City hosted by Bitso Business. The panel discussion explores how stablecoins have evolved from crypto trading tools to essential infrastructure for global commerce.- Monica Ramirez (Anchorage Digital)- Nick Philpott (Zodiac Markets) - Peter Wexler (Visa)- Aaron Stanley (Brazil Crypto Report)...

Matheus Moura is CEO and co-founder of Avenia, a stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure platform that aims to reshape money movement across the Americas. We discuss the thesis that every company will eventually become a financial services company - and how Avenia is building the infrastructure to enable this with their "one API" approach.You can connect with Matheus on...

Guilherme Bettanin is the Brazil country manager for Base, the Coinbase-incubated Ethereum Layer 2 network that has become the largest such protocol by transaction volume and total volume locked. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss adoption on Base, use cases such as AI, DeFi and creator economy, and Base's expansion and community building efforts in Brazil and Latin America.You can connect...

Brazil's Central Bank shocked the market by removing blockchain from its signature Drex CBDC project and pivoting to a simpler vision. After driving Brazil's blockchain adoption for years, is this a rug pull or an opportunity for private sector leadership?Host Aaron Stanley is joined by Gustavo Cunha (Fintrender CEO, former banking executive) and Marcos Sarres (GoLedger CEO, Hyperledger...

David Lawant and Josh Barkhordar are Head of Research and Head of Sales, respectively, at FalconX - one of crypto's largest institutional prime brokerages. We discuss the company's recent entrance into Brazil, principally via new partnerships with BTG Pactual and Mercado Bitcoin. We also talk about crypto market dynamics including the rise of digital asset treasury companies, pro-crypto...

Alisia Painter is co-founder and COO at Botanix Labs, builder of the Botanix blockchain that serves as a Layer 2 on bitcoin. Botanix brings EVM compatibility and smart contract programmability to bitcoin, opening the door for new types of financial products and services on bitcoin. We discuss how Alisia's experiences working in Brazil introduced her to bitcoin and, more importantly, convinced her...

Daren Guo is the co-founder of Reap, a Hong Kong-based stablecoin and payments infrastructure provider focused on emerging markets.We discuss how Daren's experience as an early Stripe employee helped him identify the pain points in the cross-border payments landscape, and how Latin America is now Reap's fastest-growing market. ----------------------Brazil Crypto Report is presented by AveniaIf...

Tony Volpon is a former banking executive and deputy governor of the Central Bank of Brazil deputy governor turned crypto entrepreneur. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss his red pill moment and how he went down the bitcoin rabbit hole, the role of bitcoin in Brazil from a macro perspective and also his efforts to tokenize Brazil's real estate market through his company CF Inovação - which is...

Josh Solesbury is an investor at ParaFi Capital who has extensively researched the pain points of the SWIFT correspondent banking system and the potential of stablecoin technology to revolutionize global payments. He joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss why cross-border payments cost 4-6% and take days to settle, how Latin America's unique market conditions make it the perfect testing ground, and...

Thiago Rudiger, CEO of Tanssi Foundation, joins host Aaron Stanley to discuss the Tanssi network's unique approach to appchain infrastructure and and deploymentKey Takeaways:- Infrastructure innovation: Tanssi addresses critical blockchain deployment barriers by reducing chain launch time from months to minutes while eliminating prohibitive upfront costs through a pay-as-you-go model- Proven...