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Brazil central bank signals tougher stance on stablecoins

A Bacen FX division head reportedly said money passing through stablecoins is treated as tainted, per Livecoins.

Not yet known

  • Whether a Bacen FX official made the remarks reported by Livecoins; the report is unconfirmed
  • Whether stablecoin flows are formally treated as tainted money by the central bank
  • Unconfirmed: whether Brazil plans to ban stablecoins, as one reading of the remarks suggests

What we know

Livecoins reports a Brazilian central bank FX official said stablecoin flows get marked as bad money, with one commentator reading it as a push to ban stablecoins, which is unconfirmed.

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