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Who Brazil's Central Bank has authorized in crypto. And who is waiting.

24 institutions are authorized by the Central Bank to provide crypto services. Another 120 companies applied: they may keep operating until the decision, but they are not authorized yet. Look one up by name.

Source: Central Bank of Brazillist of 6 November 2026

The Central Bank updates the lists periodically. Last checked here on 9 November 2026.

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awaiting decision
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Who is on the lists

All 144 companies, by kind. Green outline and ✓: authorized by the Central Bank. The others applied for authorization (one was denied). Our own classification: the Central Bank does not split them by kind.

The list

144 of 144

  1. 3BIT

    3 Bit Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 60.028.471 · registered 2025

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    Under construction: a global dollar account for Brazilians, with Pix converted into digital dollars and self-custody; tokenized assets, FX and a card are on the roadmap.

  2. 4Pay Finance

    4PAY Finance Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 46.977.494 · registered 2022

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCRecife, PEApplied as an intermediary

    Platform to buy crypto with Pix and receive it in your own wallet, sell crypto and receive Pix, swap crypto and pay Brazilian boletos with crypto.

    Corporate partners in the registry: ACCIPTER HOLDING LTDA.

  3. Açoriana Corretora (Codexa)

    CC AÇORIANA LTDA.

    CNPJ 15.761.217 · registered 2012

    AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersManaus, AMAuthorized for intermediation

    FX broker of the Codexa group, a foreign-trade platform: it handles FX and international payments via SWIFT and intermediates virtual assets, with settlement in USDC.

    Behind it: Codexa group, led by CEO João Victor Aguiar and COO Rodrigo Marino.

  4. ARQ

    D.A. Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 61.469.681 · registered 2025

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediary

    In Brazil, provides the virtual-asset services of the ARQ app, which offers a global account, digital dollars and euros, a card and investments.

    Behind it: ARQ (formerly DolarApp), co-founded by Fernando Terrés (CEO), Zach Garman and Álvaro Correa; US$70 million in 2026 from Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund and Kaszek.

  5. ASA

    Asa Digital Assets - Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 60.483.028 · registered 2025

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    Digital assets unit of ASA: trading, custody and transfers of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, USDT, USDC) for investors.

    Behind it: Part of ASA, a financial institution founded in 2019 by Alberto Safra.

  6. Atual Câmbio

    ATUAL CC LTDA

    CNPJ 44.323.831 · registered 2021

    AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersSão José dos Campos, SPAuthorized for intermediation

    FX broker with a digital platform: travel currency exchange, international remittances, foreign trade FX, and buying and selling the stablecoins USDT and USDC.

    Behind it: Went through a change of control notified to the Central Bank in June 2024.

  7. Aurex

    Aurex Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 60.723.612 · registered 2025

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    AI-based B2B foreign exchange platform that uses stablecoins to settle payments and make transfers outside SWIFT.

    Behind it: Founded by Felipe Sabino (CEO), Lisandra Pereira and Henrique Saavedra, according to the news site Startups.

  8. Aurix Digital Assets

    Aurix Sociedade Prestadora de Servicos de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 55.644.044 · registered 2024

    Awaiting decisionSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediary

    No public brand identified. Registry: opened in 2024, based in São Paulo (SP), main activity auxiliary financial services; corporate partner: Aurix Holding Financeira Ltda.

    Behind it: Aurix Holding Financeira Ltda is a registered partner.

  9. Avenia

    Avenia Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 50.224.164 · registered 2023

    Awaiting decisionStablecoin issuersSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    Issues BRLA, a stablecoin pegged to the Brazilian real, and offers an API linking Pix to dollar stablecoins for companies' cross-border payments.

    Behind it: Founded as BRLA Digital by five partners, including Matheus Moura (CEO) and Leandro Noel (COO). 2026 funding round co-led by Quona Capital and Big Bets.

  10. Avenue

    AVENUE SECURITIES BI S.A.

    CNPJ 61.384.004 · registered 1989

    AuthorizedBanksSão Paulo, SPAuthorized for intermediation

    Investment bank of Avenue, an international platform for Brazilians. Investments are offered by Avenue Securities LLC; account, card and USDC by Avenue Cash.

    Behind it: Avenue group founded in 2018 under Roberto Lee, founder and CEO; Itaú has been a shareholder since 2022 and took control with 50.1% of the capital.

  11. Axioma

    Axioma Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 61.863.834 · registered 2025

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCCampina Grande, PBApplied as an intermediary

    Technology platform that intermediates buying and selling of crypto assets through users' offers; the trades are carried out by a partner exchange.

  12. Azimut Brasil

    AZIMUT BRASIL DTVM LTDA

    CNPJ 18.684.408 · registered 2013

    AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersSão Paulo, SPAuthorized for custody and intermediation

    Distributor of securities and investment funds for Azimut Brasil, which offers wealth management and investment advisory; its fund manager is AZ Quest.

    Behind it: Part of the Azimut Group, which entered Brazil in 2013, according to the company's site.

  13. B&C Participações e Empreendimentos

    B&C Participações E Empreendimentos Holding Ltda.

    CNPJ 44.172.055 · registered 2021

    Awaiting decisionNova Lima, MGApplied as an intermediary

    No public brand identified. Registry: opened in 2021 in Nova Lima (MG), main activity holding company of non-financial institutions.

  14. B2B Capital

    B2B Capital Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 50.032.926 · registered 2023

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCBrusque, SCApplied as an intermediary

    OTC desk for stablecoins (USDT and USDC), sold as "digital dollar" to individuals and companies, with an automated process and integrated KYC.

    Corporate partners in the registry: B2B HOLDING LTDA

  15. B3 Digitas

    B3 Digitas Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 45.646.498 · registered 2022

    Awaiting decisionInfrastructureSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    Provides B2B and B2B2C infrastructure for digital assets: tokenization, trading, settlement and custody, with Digitas Hub and Plataforma Digitas.

    Behind it: B3 Digitas describes itself as a crypto asset infrastructure provider backed by B3.

  16. Balcão BTC

    Balcão BTC Serviços Digitais - Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 47.773.302 · registered 2022

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCJoão Pessoa, PBApplied as an intermediary

    OTC crypto trading desk: the client signs up, passes identity verification, gets a quote for the volume and the team handles settlement.

  17. Banco do Brasil

    BCO DO BRASIL S.A.

    CNPJ 00.000.000 · registered 1966

    AuthorizedBanksBrasília, DFAuthorized for custody and intermediation

    Multiple bank founded in 1808, based in Brasília; a 2020 report grouped its business into banking, investments, asset management, insurance and payments.

    Behind it: Publicly traded mixed-capital company listed on B3; a report for fiscal 2020 named the federal government as the controlling shareholder.

  18. Banco Rendimento

    BCO RENDIMENTO S.A.

    CNPJ 68.900.810 · registered 1992

    AuthorizedBanksSão Paulo, SPAuthorized for intermediation

    Bank with the payment institution Rendimento/pay, which in Jul 2023 sought growth in credit cards, prepaid cards, receivables management, acquiring and payouts.

    Behind it: A June 2020 Central Bank notice approves Abramo Douek, César Ades, Edwin Douek and Roger Ades, among others, on the bank's executive board.

  19. Bastion (ex-Criflow)

    Bastion Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda. (anteriormente denominada Criflow Negócios Digitais Ltda.)

    CNPJ 60.947.238 · registered 2025

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    According to the Criflow site, it handles international payments with crypto assets and stablecoins for companies and individuals, recorded through FX contracts.

    Behind it: Bastion Platforms, Inc., domiciled abroad, is a registered partner.

  20. Baw Digital

    BAW Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 36.009.300 · registered 2020

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsSantos, SPApplied as an intermediary

    International payments for companies, in partnership with internationally licensed financial institutions and startups.

  21. BCX Corretora

    BC Coins Intemediadora Ltda.

    CNPJ 21.830.817 · registered 2015

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCItajaí, SCApplied as an intermediary

    Intermediary for buying and selling virtual assets, with its own platform launched in 2023; according to the company, it began in 2013 as a Bitcoin miner.

  22. BDM Digital

    BDM Soluções Digitais Ltda.

    CNPJ 43.007.754 · registered 2021

    Awaiting decisionCampo Grande, MSApplied as a broker

    Company tied to BDM Digital, described on its site as a utility token and blockchain means of payment, used in its own app and at partner merchants through BDM POS.

    Behind it: Urandir Fernandes is the CEO of BDM Digital, according to a company release; the blockchain was developed by Associação Dakila Pesquisas.

  23. Be Pay

    BE PAY SOCIEDADE PRESTADORA DE SERVIÇOS DE ATIVOS VIRTUAIS LTDA.

    CNPJ 53.855.689 · registered 2024

    Awaiting decisionSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediary

    No public brand of its own identified. Registry: opened in 2024 in São Paulo (SP), auxiliary financial services.

    Behind it: In the registry it lists an @higherglobal.com.br email and the same address (Rua Bandeira Paulista, 726, Itaim Bibi) that Higher Global Payments' site gives as its office.

  24. Belo

    Belo Brasil Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 58.084.921 · registered 2024

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediary

    Brazilian company tied to belo, an international digital wallet to receive money from abroad in dollars, euros, reais and crypto and pay by QR in Brazil, Peru, Bolivia.

    Behind it: Created in 2021 in Argentina; Manuel Beaudroit is co-founder and CEO. US$14M Series A led by Tether, with Titan Fund, The Venture City, Mindset Ventures and G2.

  25. Binance

    BBrasil Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 68.627.500 · registered 2026

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediary

    Binance group company in Brazil, through which the global virtual-asset platform asked the Central Bank in October 2026 for authorization to provide virtual-asset services.

    Behind it: Binance bought broker Sim;paul, now Binance Brasil Corretora de Câmbio e Valores Mobiliários. Managing director of Binance in Brazil: Thiago Sarandy.

  26. Bitcoin P2P

    Bitcoin P2P Serviços Digitais Ltda.

    CNPJ 31.600.396 · registered 2018

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCFlorianópolis, SCApplied as a broker

    Crypto broker that converts reais into Bitcoin, USDT, Solana and TON using Pix, through its app, an OTC desk for companies and an API.

    Behind it: Co-founded by Nikolas Paolo and Ranniery Naziazeno; Nikolas says he began buying and selling bitcoin in early 2016.

  27. Bitget

    BTGT Brasil Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 63.732.836 · registered 2025

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediary

    Brazilian entity of Bitget, a global crypto exchange, which applied to the Central Bank on 30/10/2026; Exame identifies Bitget as the BTGT on the list.

    Behind it: Noah Cheung is Bitget's country manager in Brazil, according to Exame.

  28. BlindPay

    Blind Pay Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 57.599.376 · registered 2024

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsVitória, ESApplied as an intermediary

    API-based global payments infrastructure that connects stablecoins, local payment networks, virtual accounts and integrated compliance.

    Behind it: Bernardo Simonassi is CEO and founder and João Borges is a co-founder. Investors include Jawed Karim (YouTube co-founder), Bitso and 468 Capital.

  29. BlockRiver

    Blockriver Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais S.A.

    CNPJ 32.113.577 · registered 2018

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCRio de Janeiro, RJApplied as an intermediary

    OTC crypto desk for large volumes and an API for USDT conversion and settlement, only for institutional clients such as treasuries, funds and fintechs.

  30. Bloquo

    Bloquo Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 52.830.419 · registered 2023

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsRio de Janeiro, RJApplied as a broker

    Stablecoin infrastructure for cross-border payments, FX and liquidity (USDC and USDT), with a VASP as a Service model for institutions and companies.

    Behind it: Created by former co-founders and executives of Transfero (BRZ stablecoin); CEO Carlos Russo. Seed round co-led by Crescera Capital and Triaxis Capital.

  31. BLOXtrade

    Bloxtrade Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 54.473.288 · registered 2024

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsSantos, SPApplied as an intermediary

    Stablecoin purchases for companies: the client pays by Pix or bank transfer and receives the stablecoins with a receipt, invoice and transaction hash.

  32. BPY Global

    BPY CCTVM S.A.

    CNPJ 27.842.177 · registered 2017

    AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersSão Paulo, SPAuthorized for intermediation

    FX and securities broker-dealer (formerly IB Câmbio e Investimentos): foreign exchange, remittances, investments, a digital account and multi-currency prepaid cards.

  33. Bradesco

    BCO BRADESCO S.A.

    CNPJ 60.746.948 · registered 1943

    AuthorizedBanksOsasco, SPAuthorized for custody and intermediation

    Bank born in 1943 in Marília, São Paulo state, conceived by bankers led by Amador Aguiar; it became one of Latin America's largest financial conglomerates.

    Behind it: Controlled by the holding companies Cidade de Deus and NCF and by Fundação Bradesco, which form the controlling block.

  34. Brasil Bitcoin

    Brasil 8 Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 41.043.469 · registered 2021

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    Brasil Bitcoin brand: buying and selling of digital assets, yield products in reais and digital dollars, Global Account, Visa card, OTC desk and crypto as a service.

    Behind it: Brasil Bitcoin applied for authorization through the Brasil 8 CNPJ in October 2026. Jorge de Almeida is the CEO, according to BPMoney.

  35. Braza Bank

    BRAZA BANK S.A. BCO DE CÂMBIO

    CNPJ 19.307.785 · registered 2013

    AuthorizedBanksCuritiba, PRAuthorized for custody and intermediation

    FX bank based in Curitiba: foreign exchange, remittances and international payments, the Braza On multicurrency account and the stablecoins BBRL (real) and USDB (dollar).

    Behind it: Part of Braza Group; Marcelo Sacomori was the group's CEO in Feb 2025.

  36. BRX Câmbio

    BRX SOCIEDADE CC S.A.

    CNPJ 17.904.906 · registered 2013

    AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersRio de Janeiro, RJAuthorized for intermediation

    FX broker founded in 2013: travel currency exchange, commercial FX, financial transactions and accredited correspondents.

    Behind it: Statement of purpose published by the Central Bank in Jan 2020: 13 individuals intended to share control, the largest with 13.33%; it depended on Central Bank approval.

  37. BS2

    BCO BS2 S.A.

    CNPJ 71.027.866 · registered 1993

    AuthorizedBanksBelo Horizonte, MGAuthorized for intermediation

    Multiple bank that trades USDT, USDC and BTC, with specialised service for institutional operations, according to its virtual assets page.

    Behind it: Controlled by the Pentagna Guimarães family as of April 2021, according to Brazil Journal, which describes it as a bank from Minas Gerais.

  38. BTG Pactual

    BANCO BTG PACTUAL S.A.

    CNPJ 30.306.294 · registered 1979

    AuthorizedBanksRio de Janeiro, RJAuthorized for custody and intermediation

    Investment bank and asset and wealth manager, with investment banking, corporate lending, sales and trading, asset management and wealth management businesses.

    Behind it: The partnership, directly or through BTG Pactual Holding and BTG Pactual Holding Financeira, holds 64.9% of units; free float is 30.7% (data as of 06/30/2026).

  39. BVNK

    System Pay Services (Brasil) Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 69.578.638 · registered 2026

    Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    Brazilian entity of BVNK, which offers stablecoin payments infrastructure to businesses.

    Behind it: BVNK, acquired by Mastercard, which completed the deal in August 2026.

  40. Bybit

    Bybit Brasil Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.

    CNPJ 66.739.170 · registered 2026

    Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCSão Paulo, SPApplied as a broker

    Bybit brand: a cryptocurrency exchange with services for Brazilians since 2022 and the Mastercard-branded Bybit Card, according to an October 2026 note.

    Behind it: Bybit group, founded in 2018; in a January 2026 release datelined Dubai, Ben Zhou was co-founder and CEO.