Bitcoin Meets Brazil: Fintech Becomes Latin America’s 1st Bitcoin Treasury Giant
Brazil’s Méliuz has taken a bold step by adding Bitcoin to its corporate treasury. The fintech firm, the first in the country, spent $28.4 million to buy 274.52 BTC at an average price of $103,604 each. Now, its total stash stands at 320 BTC, worth more than $33 million today. Related Reading: Crypto Cold War? Trump Says US Is […]
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In Brazil, a listed fintech has become the first of its kind to hold Bitcoin as a treasury asset. This marks a strategic shift that reflects growing institutional adoption of crypto, and could help trigger the next crypto to 1,000x In a May 15 press release, cashback-services firm Méliuz announced that it has become the […]