Brazil Crypto Report

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | YouTube Olá pessoal! Today’s interview is with Rudá Pellini, co-founder of Brazilian-born bitcoin mining company Arthur Inc. We dive into Arthur's expanding operations in the US, the evolution of the bitcoin mining business model and the challenges that would-be bitcoin miners face in Brazil. We also talk about Rudá’s journey from the Brazil...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | YouTube Olá pessoal! Today we have a can’t miss episode with Luca Prosperi and João Reginatto of M^0 Labs to explore how M^0 plans to shake up the the monetary vertical stack and democratizing access to money issuance infrastructure. Luca and João, drawing from their extensive experience at in the Dai and USDC ecosystems respectively, provid...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | YouTube Olá pessoal! Today I talk to Rita Martins, who is the author of a new book about blockchain and Web3 written from the lens of a financial services practitioner. Rita brings a unique perspective, shaped by her background in both consulting and banking, on how these technologies will impact traditional finance. Key themes of our conver...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | YouTube Olá pessoal! Today I talk to Diego Fernandez, who is Secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation for the City of Buenos Aires. We discuss Crecimiento, which is an initiative to seize upon Argentina’s unique political moment by mobilizing talent and bringing actionable crypto solutions to the country’s economy and financial sys...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | YouTube Olá pessoal! For today’s episode I’m joined by Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director at the Hyperledger Foundation and General Manager for blockchain and identity at the Linux Foundation. Daniela shares her insights on the evolution of enterprise blockchain adoption — with a special focus on developments in Brazil. More specifically, s...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | YouTube Olá pessoal! If you’ve spent any time in Brazil recently, you’ve undoubtedly been bombarded by online sports betting ads every time you leave your home, watch television or surf the internet. You’re not the only one. Brazil today has the highest number of gambling websites accessed globally, nearly double that of the second-place UK....

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! Today I’m joined by Skale founder Jack O’Holleran and chief marketing and growth officer Andrew Saunders. We take a look at one of the more innovative and fast-growing blockchain platforms you may not have heard of yet. We discuss Skale’s unique approach to blockchain scaling, how this facilitates the g...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! For today’s episode I talk to a pair of crypto journalists — Ricardo Bomfim of Valor Economico and Claudia Mancini of BlockNews — about delays impacting two highly-anticipated projects being developed by the Central Bank of Brazil. Both Drex and a regulatory framework for crypto brokerages and VASPs wer...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! Today’s episode is a panel discussion with crypto educator Rafael Castaneda and Leandro Pereira Sciammarella , who is digital assets lead at Nuclea and the author of the excellent Drex for Gringos series. Followers of BCR know that the Central Bank of Brazil is building an ambitious CBDC/smart contract...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! This episode is a panel I moderated at Web Summit Rio with Transfero Group CEO Marylson Silva and Daniel Marquez — who is a partner at Koyamaki Ventures and based out of Colombia. This conversation provided a wholesale overview of crypto adoption in the region, told through the lens of an operator and a...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! For today’s episode I’m joined by Gurvais Grigg, who is chief technology officer for public sector at blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Gurvais and I were able to record on location at the B Hotel in Brasilia during his recent visit, where we discussed the always uncomfortable topic of cryptocurren...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! In this episode I’m joined by two rock stars from the Brazilian crypto universe. Marcelo Sampaio is the CEO Hashdex, which is Brazil’s largest crypto asset manager and now has products listed in the United States and Europe. Bernardo Srur is the CEO of ABCripto, the trade group representing the industry...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! For this special episode I’m joined by Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands. Animoca Brands is a pioneering game software and venture capital company that has invested in over 450 projects and supported major brands like The Sandbox metaverse and Bored Ape NFTs. In this conversat...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! We have a special BCR episode today with Yan Martins, who is one of the co-founders of Hathor Labs — which is responsible for the development of the Hathor Network . Recorded onsite at Web Summit Rio, Yan and I discuss the origins of this homegrown Brazilian Layer 1 blockchain project and how it combine...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! For today’s episode I’m joined by Gino Matos, who is an OG of Brazil’s crypto media scene. He is currently a reporter for Crypto Briefing, with previous stints at CoinTelegraph Brasil and CriptoFacil. He is also the host of the Papo de Pelicano podcast . Gino has been at the forefront of covering the Br...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! Luiz Hadad is a crypto researcher, advisor, and builder who has been deeply embedded in LatAm's blockchain ecosystem for years. He is also the author of the Sherlock Communications 2024 Blockchain Latin Report , which is the most comprehensive look at crypto and Web3 developments across the region. Luiz...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! João Kury is the co-founder of Modular Crypto , a popular Portuguese language content and events platform that aims to expand Web3 knowledge and opportunity in Brazil. We chat about his experiences attending ETH Denver and ETH Latam in Honduras, the origins of Modular Crypto and the state of the ongoing...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! For today’s episode I’m joined by Michael J. Casey, who is a renowned journalist, author and authority on the topics of blockchain and cryptocurrency. As a Wall Street Journal correspondent covering capital markets, he was one of the first mainstream media journalists to take an interest in bitcoin back...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! Fabrício Tota is Head of New Business at Mercado Bitcoin, one of Brazil's leading crypto platforms. He was one of the first guests I interviewed for BCR nearly two years ago; a lot has changed since then, so I figured it was time for a redux. In this conversation, we discuss how Mercado Bitcoin weathere...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! Thiago Barbosa is an attorney at Salles Nogueira Advogados and an expert on crypto taxation in Brazil. He joins the show to discuss new rules from the Receita Federal, Brazil’s tax authority, that impact how Brazilian investors must report and pay taxes on crypto assets. Specifically, we dive into a new...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube 🇧🇷Brazil Crypto Report is excited to be an official media partner and curator for Ethereum Rio 2024 , which takes place May 13-15. Speaker applications and partnership inquiries are open! Olá pessoal! I hope everyone is doing great. We’re switching things up this week with a lighter theme: the growing trend of gring...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube 🙏 If enjoy this content please consider dropping a Five Star rating wherever you listen to podcasts! Olá pessoal! For this week’s episode I sat down with Luca Cosivi, who works in business development at Open Zeppelin and is also helping to organize Rio Onchain Week March 19-24. As Luca explains, Rio Onchain Week i...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube 🙏 If enjoy this content please consider dropping a Five Star rating wherever you listen to podcasts! Olá pessoal! Greetings from ETH Denver where we’re powering ahead into Day 3 of the main event. This has become a must-attend gathering every year because of its sheer size and influence. I haven’t seen official num...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube 🙏 If enjoy this content please consider dropping a 5 Star rating wherever you listen to podcasts! Olá pessoal! You’ve probably noticed a theme running through my most recent podcast episodes. Namely, large global cryptocurrency exchanges are prioritizing the Brazilian market in 2024 and are investing heavily in the...

🎧 Listen : Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor | Amazon | Google Podcasts | YouTube Olá pessoal! For today’s episode I’m joined by Fábio Plein, Managing Director for the Americas at Coinbase, to learn about the juggernaut exchange’s go-to-market and expansion plans in Brazil. Coinbase is obviously a company that needs no introduction. It is the largest crypto exchange by volume in the United States...