In 2021, the Brazilian cryptocurrency market gained extra traders, reached the Brazilian inventory alternate and “punctured the bubble” of the mainstream, changing into an essential a part of the funding portfolio of odd Brazilians.
Along with strengthening the crypto group in Brazil, the initiatives of Brazilian blockchain corporations have taken cryptocurrencies to probably the most assorted segments of society, from soccer — an ideal nationwide ardour — to civil aviation. Cointelegraph Brasil selected the ten most outstanding figures within the nation in 2021, taking into consideration the efficiency of the businesses represented, their affect on the crypto group and their pioneering spirit available in the market.
The above are simply 10 essential people in an enormous ecosystem that spans across the globe. To see extra luminaries who’re lighting up the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries, take a look at the Cointelegraph Prime 100 for 2022.
10. Luis Adaime — MOSS
Luis Adaime is CEO and founding father of MOSS, a Brazilian firm devoted to the tokenization of carbon credit by way of the MCO2 token. Based in 2020, MOSS fashioned a sequence of partnerships in Brazil: Its emblem appeared on the Clube de Regatas Flamengo shirt throughout the 2021 season of Brazilian soccer. Different related carbon offset partnerships concerned giant corporations comparable to iFood, Hering and GOL Linhas Aéreas. MOSS additionally launched nonfungible tokens (NFTs) aimed toward preserving the Amazon forest. The gathering linked to MCO2 is aimed toward sustainability tasks in Brazil.
9. Edilson Osório — OriginalMy
A graduate of Harvard Legislation College, laptop scientist, professor and knowledge safety specialist, Edílson Osório was a blockchain and Huge Knowledge guide at ITS-Rio and is a member of the European Observatory for Blockchain. He’s the CEO and founding father of OriginalMy, a legaltech agency with a blockchain-based platform to extend belief in governance by authenticating identities, signatures, authorizations and content material.
8. Thiago César — Transfero Swiss
Thiago César is CEO of Transfero Swiss, the issuer of the most important stablecoin backed by the Brazilian actual, the BRZ. In 2021 alone, the stablecoin recorded a buying and selling quantity of $1.5 billion, the very best because the coin’s launch in 2019. BRZ reached main international exchanges and stood out for its multichain expertise that includes compatibility with Ethereum, Solana, Stellar and different networks. Transfero Swiss can also be anticipated to launch cryptocurrency options for retail within the nation with a BRZ buying and selling platform in opposition to quite a lot of cryptocurrencies.
7. Fernando Carvalho — QR Capital
Fernando Carvalho is CEO of QR Capital, controlling holding of the supervisor QR Asset, one of many pioneers in crypto-asset funding funds in Brazil. QR Capital launched the nation’s first DeFi-linked exchange-traded fund on the Brazilian inventory alternate, consisting of 9 cryptocurrencies on Bloomberg’s Galaxy DeFi Index. Beforehand, QR Capital had already launched ETFs with publicity to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), rating among the many highest-profit investments throughout 2021 on the Brazilian inventory alternate B3.
6. Primo Rico — Rico
Brazilian businessman and widespread YouTuber Thiago Nigro — identified by the pseudonym “Primo Rico” — has change into a famous cryptocurrency proponent, with academic movies on his YouTube channel and 5.5 million subscribers. His proximity to the crypto market was additionally within the information in 2021 when he revealed that he was a associate at Brazilian alternate Biscoint by way of Rico Investimentos. One other initiative by Nigro launched in 2021, digital financial institution Rico, provides publicity to cryptocurrencies by way of two funding funds.
5. Fernando Ulrich — Liberta Investimentos
With worldwide expertise within the Brazilian monetary and actual property markets, Fernando Ulrich is a scholar of financial principle and a digital currencies fanatic. Ulrich has labored for a number of globally identified corporations comparable to Thyssenkrupp and XP Investimentos, having held the place of chief analyst on the cryptocurrency alternate XDEX. He’s presently at Liberta Investimentos, which is an funding advisory agency related to XP. Ulrich was the primary outstanding Brazilian economist to publicly validate Bitcoin and continuously speaks publicly about Bitcoin and numerous cryptocurrencies on his YouTube channel and on Twitter.
4. Roberto Campos Neto — Banco Central do Brasil
President of the Central Financial institution of Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto, launched an agenda of digital innovation along with his administration of Pix, the monetary authority’s fast transaction system that shortly gained recognition among the many Brazilian inhabitants. Campos Neto additionally leads the nation’s central financial institution digital forex challenge, the Actual Digital, which continues to be within the evaluation part, however might begin its first trials as early as 2023.
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3. Daniel Coquieri — Liqi
Daniel Coquieri, the founding father of the Brazilian alternate BitcoinTrade, based Liqi in 2021, an asset tokenization firm that shortly gained prominence within the Brazilian market.
Liqi, which was created after the sale of Bitcoin Commerce to Ripio, later turned a associate of soccer membership Cruzeiro and has already earned greater than $200,000 for holders of the Cruzeiro token (CRZ). That is linked to FIFA’s solidarity mechanism that rewards golf equipment that prepare athletes in circumstances of worldwide transactions. Liqi has additionally launched different crypto merchandise in the marketplace with good acceptance amongst traders.
2. Marcelo Sampaio — Hashdex
Marcelo Sampaio is co-founder and CEO of Hashdex, the most important crypto asset supervisor within the Brazilian monetary market. In 2021, the corporate launched Bitcoin and crypto ETFs on the Brazilian Inventory Market. Hashdex additionally launched a DeFi ETF, increasing the publicity of the Brazilian monetary market to cryptocurrencies.
1. Reinaldo Rabelo — Mercado Bitcoin
Reinaldo Rebelo is the CEO of the most important cryptocurrency alternate in Brazil, Mercado Bitcoin, valued right now at $2.1 billion. Over the previous few years, the alternate has expanded the publicity of the Brazilian monetary market to cryptocurrencies, widened operations and reached the mainstream. The alternate has run promoting campaigns on giant autos, sponsored soccer groups and launched fan tokens of Brazilian soccer giants on its platform, along with innovating with judiciary bond tokens and different crypto merchandise.
