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Episode 179: BRL Stablecoin Deep Dive with Rodrigo Trindade
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- Brazil Crypto Report
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- Jan 1, 2026
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- 2745
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🙌 You can listen to BCR on your favorite podcast platform YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts 🔥 Join the BCR English language Telegram group to continue the conversation Ola pessoal! Rodrigo Trindade is an investor with Iporanga Ventures. He joins the show to discuss his groundbreaking research on local stablecoin adoption across Brazil and Latin America. As both a venture investor and consultant in the region’s crypto ecosystem, Rodrigo identified a critical gap in the market: comprehensive, reliable data tracking the growth and usage of regional stablecoins. He developed a tracking dashboard that monitors on-chain data for Latin American stablecoins on a weekly basis, capturing supply metrics, holder counts, active addresses, transaction volumes, and DeFi activity including TVL for local stablecoin pairs. This infrastructure now serves as the primary source of market intelligence for investors and builders operating in the space. Our conversation explores why local currency stablecoins represent essential infrastructure for the region’s emerging on-chain financial system. While USD-denominated stablecoins will likely maintain global dominance, Rodrigo argues that functional on-chain economies in Latin America require native currency rails. Users need to transact, borrow, and generate yield in their local currencies—not just convert everything to dollars. Key Takeaways: * Transparency gaps remain critical : The industry needs to move beyond monthly reserve attestations toward real-time proof of reserves. Rodrigo highlights partnerships like the one between Crown and Fact Finance as important steps toward better transparency standards. * Liquidity infrastructure is developing : While multiple liquidity providers and aggregators have emerged across Latin America, the mar…