Tagged: mercado bitcoin

July 8, 2026 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether has announced a $20 million investment in a growth financing round for Mercado Bitcoin, Latin America’s provider of on-chain financial services. The move is intended to accelerate the development of blockchain-based financial infrastructure across the LatAm region, with Brazil positioned as a key hub… Read More

July 7, 2025 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain landscape is evolving rapidly, with institutions worldwide embracing its potential to transform financial systems. Two recent developments highlight this shift: Mercado Bitcoin’s plan to tokenize $200 million in regulated financial assets on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) and Ripple’s partnership with Tenity to launch… Read More

May 25, 2022 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercado Bitcoin, which claims to be the largest exchange in Latin America, has teamed up with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) in order to develop one of the nine projects selected for the LIFT Challenge Real Digital, “a collaborative environment carried out by the Central… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

According to multiple reports, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is poised to purchase the Brazil-based 2TM parent company of  Mercado Bitcoin (Bitcoin Market). Expectations are for an announcement soon in April. This past December, Mercado Bitcoin raised $50.2 million in Series A funding that was part of a larger… Read More

October 8, 2021 @ 3:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital art NFT marketplace Tropix today announced a $2 million seed round that will be used to build a better solution for NFTs, grow its marketing operations and research and development, and expand its gallery portfolio. This round was led by 2TM, the parent company… Read More

July 1, 2021 @ 11:28 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin today completed a $200 million Series B raise from the SoftBank Latin America Fund, Mercado Bitcoin parent company 2TM Group announced. 2TM Group now has a $2.1 billion valuation. The funds are earmarked for product and technology development along with… Read More

October 22, 2018 @ 3:32 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume and registered customers fired “at least” 20 employees at the start of last week, Portal do Bitcoin reports. Four employees spoke to the publication on the condition of anonymity. They said executives were fired on Monday, and… Read More