Brazilian bitcoin exchange Foxbit has acquired payment processor BitInvest.
A major Brazilian banking institution has become the latest member of distributed ledger consortium R3.
Itaú Unibanco has become the first Latin America-based bank to join blockchain and distributed ledger consortium R3CEV.
Bitcoin lending startup Bitbond is seeking to gain traction in Portugal and Brazil in 2016.
Brazil’s House of Representatives held a hearing this week to discuss a bill that would give the central bank oversight of digital currencies.
FIAP, a São Paulo-based private university, has announced it will now accept bitcoin as payment for select courses.
Brazil-based bitcoin startup Rippex has announced the former founders of digital payments gateway PagSeguro have joined its team.
Brazilian Congressman Manoel Junior has proposed a public hearing to discuss the potential regulation of bitcoin and the blockchain.
Brazil-based CoinBR's acquisition of regional competitor Coinverse is the latest exchange merger in Latin America.
A new physical bitcoin center and brokerage has opened in Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil.
Nine-year Deutsche Bank veteran Marcelo Miranda is launching FlowBTC, an institutional bitcoin exchange for Brazil tomorrow.
A new study for the Federal Senate of Brazil seeks to examine how the spread of bitcoin and other digital currencies could impact its economy.
Bitcoin services are emerging in Latin America with more emphasis on the average consumer than exclusively the bitcoin consumer.
Coinverse has launched a new banking platform that aims to bring a universal bitcoin solution to Brazil.
Brazilian real estate developer Tecnisa is Latin America's largest merchant by annual revenue – and now it accepts bitcoin.