Regulation, security, stablecoins, the TRON network and international payments, from newest to oldest.
The wave of rumors about a supposed Pix fee ended with the announcement, on January 15, 2025, that the Revenue Service rule would be revoked, but left scammers with a ready-made script: fake messages and boletos in the tax authority's name. See what changed, what never existed and how not to fall for it.
The European crypto-asset regulation applied in full on December 30, 2024. Tether has no authorization as an e-money token issuer, and Coinbase has already removed USDT from European retail. See the effect for anyone with a supplier in the European Union.
The scammer does not break into the wallet. He plants in the victim's history an address that looks like the recipient's and waits for the wrong copy. In 2024, the trick took US$68 million in wrapped bitcoin and about US$129 million in USDT on TRON.
With more than US$130 billion in circulation, USDT is the world's most widely used stablecoin. See who issues it, how the digital dollar is created and redeemed, what the September 2024 attestation shows about the reserves and where the risks lie.
TRON holds almost half of the USDT in circulation and competes with Ethereum for the token's lead. See how the network works, what TRC-20 means, what a transfer costs, the risks, and how to read an address before sending money.
On November 8, 2024, the Central Bank of Brazil put out for consultation the first draft rules for virtual asset service providers: three categories, minimum capital, segregation of client assets and a two-phase authorization process. Comments are due by February 7, 2025.