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Seeking Alpha 2022-05-11 22:21:20

Brazil's Nubank introduces bitcoin, ether trading on its platform

Brazil-based fintech giant Nubank (NYSE:NU) has enabled its users to trade bitcoin (BTC-USD) and ethereum (ETH-USD) on its platform, according to a release Wednesday. The trading capabilities are powered by Paxos, a blockchain infrastructure platform. The new service will be progressively available for customers in Brazil starting in May, with goals to reach its entire customer base by the end of July, Nubank said. Nubank (NU), which has more than 50M customers in Brazil, will look to "do frequent curation to add more” cryptocurrencies in the future. In addition, Nu Holdings (NU), the parent company of Nubank, said it will allocate around 1% of cash on its balance sheet to bitcoin (BTC-USD). Furthermore, “there is no doubt that crypto is a growing trend in Latin America, one that we have been following closely and believe will have a transformational impact on the region," said NuBank CEO and Co-founder David Vélez. "Yet

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