Brazil's antitrust watchdog is investigating major banks for potentially collaborating to prevent crypto brokerages from gaining banking services.
The Avaí Futebol Clube is hoping to raise $20 million in the coming months with an initial coin offering.
Ripio is driving mainstream adoption among the unbanked of South America, offering crypto loans in Argentina, Mexico, and Brazil.
BRICS nations' state-owned development banks plan to research blockchain technology for international transactions and other products.
Banco Central do Brasil is building a blockchain platform to ensure the authenticity of data exchanged between financial authorities.
Huobi, a major cryptocurrency exchange originally from China, has told CoinDesk that it's setting up shop in Brazil.
Corrupt Brazilian officials have been caught allegedly using bitcoin to divert millions in public funds that were intended for prison supplies.
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission has declared a bitcoin mining company to be unlawfully offering securities.
The Brazilian state wants to pay for feasibility studies with a token designed for the construction industry. Can such a coin achieve network effect?
CoinDesk takes a look at problems facing decentralized identity schemes – as told by those seeking to take the blockchain use case live.
The president of Brazil's central bank compared bitcoin to a financial scam, according to newly published statements.
A government agency in Brazil is investigating how it could leverage blockchain technology to verify the legitimacy of ID documents.
A legal expert argues that attempts to regulate Brazil's cryptocurrency industry at this stage are misguided.
The land registrar offices of two Brazilian municipalities are now experimenting with blockchain tech.
Ethereum-focused startup ConsenSys is making inroads bringing the blockchain to South America.