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Brazil Stock Exchange B3 Plans to Enter Crypto Market in 2022: Report
The country’s only exchange is evaluating opportunities in asset tokenization and digital asset custody, and it also plans to launch a crypto ETF.
Updated May 11, 2023, 4:06 p.m. Published Dec 14, 2021, 1:45 a.m.
Brazil’s only stock exchange, B3, plans to enter the crypto market in 2022, InfoMoney reported, citing a Dec. 10 presentation from B3 President Gilson Finkelsztain.
- B3 is exploring opportunities in the asset tokenization, digital asset custody and crypto-as-a-service (CaaS) segments, InfoMoney reported.
- The Sao Paulo-based stock exchange is also considering services to facilitate over-the-counter (OTC) trading and access to liquidity centers.
- “It is natural for us to expand into the unregulated world of cryptocurrencies,” said Finkelsztain, who added that B3 is not planning to be a crypto exchange but provide services to crypto traders.
- B3 expects to launch a crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF), although it did not establish which index a potential ETF would replicate.
- Brazilian companies have launched five crypto ETFs. Crypto asset manager Hashdex has launched three of these products, while fintech company QR Capital has released the other two.
- In October, Brazil’s Central Bank said that B3 could serve as the blockchain leader for the smart contract system of a digital real, a central bank digital currency (CBDC).
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- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
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Brazilian stock exchange B3 to launch its own tokenization platform and stablecoin
The stablecoin will facilitate tokenized asset transactions and is expected to be linked to the Brazilian real.
What to know:
- B3 plans to launch a tokenization platform and a stablecoin in 2026, enabling asset tokenization and trading with shared liquidity.
- The stablecoin will facilitate tokenized asset transactions and is expected to be linked to the Brazilian real.
- B3 is also expanding its crypto derivatives offerings, including new options and contracts tied to crypto prices.
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