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.
Independent project, not affiliated with the Central Bank.
- 144
- companies on the lists
- 24
- authorized by the Central Bank
- 119
- awaiting decision
- 1
- request denied
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
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3BIT
3 Bit Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 60.028.471 · registered 2025
Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as a brokerUnder 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.
Sources:3bit.com.brcompany registry

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 intermediaryPlatform 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.
Sources:4p.financecompany registry

Açoriana Corretora (Codexa)
AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersManaus, AMAuthorized for intermediationFX 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.

ARQ
D.A. Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 61.469.681 · registered 2025
Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediaryIn 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.

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 brokerDigital 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.

Atual Câmbio
AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersSão José dos Campos, SPAuthorized for intermediationFX 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.

Aurex
Aurex Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 60.723.612 · registered 2025
Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as a brokerAI-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.
Sources:startups.com.brcompany registry

Aurix Digital Assets
Aurix Sociedade Prestadora de Servicos de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 55.644.044 · registered 2024
Awaiting decisionSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediaryNo 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.
Sources:open.cnpja.comcompany registry
Awaiting decisionStablecoin issuersSão Paulo, SPApplied as a brokerIssues 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.

Avenue
AuthorizedBanksSão Paulo, SPAuthorized for intermediationInvestment 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.

Axioma
Axioma Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 61.863.834 · registered 2025
Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCCampina Grande, PBApplied as an intermediaryTechnology platform that intermediates buying and selling of crypto assets through users' offers; the trades are carried out by a partner exchange.

Azimut Brasil
AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersSão Paulo, SPAuthorized for custody and intermediationDistributor 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.
B&C Participações e Empreendimentos
B&C Participações E Empreendimentos Holding Ltda.
CNPJ 44.172.055 · registered 2021
Awaiting decisionNova Lima, MGApplied as an intermediaryNo public brand identified. Registry: opened in 2021 in Nova Lima (MG), main activity holding company of non-financial institutions.
Sources:open.cnpja.comcompany registry

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 intermediaryOTC 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

B3 Digitas
B3 Digitas Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 45.646.498 · registered 2022
Awaiting decisionInfrastructureSão Paulo, SPApplied as a brokerProvides 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.

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 intermediaryOTC crypto trading desk: the client signs up, passes identity verification, gets a quote for the volume and the team handles settlement.
Sources:balcaobtc.comcompany registry
- 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.
Sources:api.mziq.comcompany registry

Banco Rendimento
AuthorizedBanksSão Paulo, SPAuthorized for intermediationBank 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.

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 brokerAccording 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.

Baw Digital
BAW Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 36.009.300 · registered 2020
Awaiting decisionPaymentsSantos, SPApplied as an intermediaryInternational payments for companies, in partnership with internationally licensed financial institutions and startups.

BCX Corretora
Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCItajaí, SCApplied as an intermediaryIntermediary 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.

BDM Digital
Awaiting decisionCampo Grande, MSApplied as a brokerCompany 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.
Be Pay
BE PAY SOCIEDADE PRESTADORA DE SERVIÇOS DE ATIVOS VIRTUAIS LTDA.
CNPJ 53.855.689 · registered 2024
Awaiting decisionSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediaryNo 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.
Sources:open.cnpja.comhigherglobal.com.brminhareceita.orgcompany registry

Belo
Belo Brasil Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 58.084.921 · registered 2024
Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediaryBrazilian 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.

Binance
BBrasil Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 68.627.500 · registered 2026
Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCSão Paulo, SPApplied as an intermediaryBinance 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.

Bitcoin P2P
Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCFlorianópolis, SCApplied as a brokerCrypto 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.
Sources:bitcoinp2p.com.brbitcoinp2p.com.br (2)company registry

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 intermediaryBrazilian 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.

BlindPay
Blind Pay Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 57.599.376 · registered 2024
Awaiting decisionPaymentsVitória, ESApplied as an intermediaryAPI-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.

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

Bloquo
Bloquo Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 52.830.419 · registered 2023
Awaiting decisionPaymentsRio de Janeiro, RJApplied as a brokerStablecoin 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.

BLOXtrade
Bloxtrade Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais Ltda.
CNPJ 54.473.288 · registered 2024
Awaiting decisionPaymentsSantos, SPApplied as an intermediaryStablecoin purchases for companies: the client pays by Pix or bank transfer and receives the stablecoins with a receipt, invoice and transaction hash.
Sources:bloxtrade.com.brcompany registry

BPY Global
AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersSão Paulo, SPAuthorized for intermediationFX and securities broker-dealer (formerly IB Câmbio e Investimentos): foreign exchange, remittances, investments, a digital account and multi-currency prepaid cards.
Sources:bpy.globalcompany registry

Bradesco
AuthorizedBanksOsasco, SPAuthorized for custody and intermediationBank 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.
Sources:seudinheiro.comcompany registry

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 brokerBrasil 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.

Braza Bank
AuthorizedBanksCuritiba, PRAuthorized for custody and intermediationFX 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.

BRX Câmbio
AuthorizedSecurities and FX brokersRio de Janeiro, RJAuthorized for intermediationFX 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.

BS2
AuthorizedBanksBelo Horizonte, MGAuthorized for intermediationMultiple 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.

BTG Pactual
AuthorizedBanksRio de Janeiro, RJAuthorized for custody and intermediationInvestment 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).
Sources:ri.btgpactual.comri.btgpactual.com (2)company registry
Awaiting decisionPaymentsSão Paulo, SPApplied as a brokerBrazilian entity of BVNK, which offers stablecoin payments infrastructure to businesses.
Behind it: BVNK, acquired by Mastercard, which completed the deal in August 2026.
Awaiting decisionExchanges and OTCSão Paulo, SPApplied as a brokerBybit 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.