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How stablecoins are becoming the settlement layer for remittances, B2B payments, across the region and what it means for banks and fintechs building on these rails.
How the region's largest banks, brokers, and neobanks are rolling out digital asset products - and what separates the players building infrastructure from those chasing headlines.
How Central Banks in the region are shaping where capital and companies go - and how to operate across fragmented jurisdictions.
How Latin America markets are tokenizing credit, receivables, and government debt - and why the region may leapfrog developed markets in on-chain fixed income.
Why monetary instability keeps driving retail and corporate adoption across the region - and how local rates, FX controls, and dollar demand shape crypto flows.
How private banks, family offices, and wealth platforms across the region are integrating digital assets into client portfolios - and what it takes to serve a new generation of Latin American wealth.
Stablecoins did not arrive to fight PIX. That was the message from Antônia Souza, Visa’s Director of Digital Currencies for Latin America and the Caribbean, on Latam Desk, the BeInCrypto podcast hosted by Luis Magalhães, the company’s regional lead. “We are stable coins are not here to fight against PIX”, she said, pushing back on
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Head of Digital Assets, Banco Inter
This month's contribution
With more than 25 years in technology and blockchain work since 2017, Bruno Grossi brings a builder's perspective to BeInCrypto's Expert Council. This month he argues that tokenization is moving from pilot to production, and that established institutions are not just adopting the technology but actively shaping how it develops across Latin America, setting the standards, rails and regulatory groundwork that will define the region's next generation of financial services.
Director of Crypto, Nubank
This month's contribution
Having helped build Apple Pay and led product teams at Cash App and Coinbase before joining Nubank, Michael Rihani brings a mainstream-adoption lens to BeInCrypto's Expert Council. This month he argues that the winning strategy is to "hide the crypto," putting the technical complexity under the hood so customers get simple, transparent products, and that the real value lies not in listing more tokens but in the assets with genuine utility: Bitcoin, digital dollars, and what he calls blockchain banking.
Crypto Product Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Visa
This month's contribution
A former product leader at Uber, Amazon and Meta, Antônia Souza brings Visa's institutional weight to BeInCrypto's Expert Council with a pragmatist's read on stablecoins. Her signature argument is that the real volume today is institutional and cross-border, not retail, and that PIX and stablecoins are not rivals but tools for different jobs, with Visa positioning itself as the trusted bridge banks need to enter the space.
Antônia Souza
Crypto Product Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at Visa
“The biggest transformation we will be facing in the next five years is the convergence of the different forms of money movement. Instant payments, accounts, digital wallets, tokenized assets, stablecoins, and of course artificial intelligence.”
Argentina's exodus is monetary: FX collapse and inflation alone push it to 61, versus 31–45 for Brazil, Mexico and Colombia — where the pressure is safety, politics and taxes instead.
The Expert Council produces private working group sessions, pre-publication research, and proprietary data available only to members.
Reviewed monthly by the Expert Council selection committee.
A network of senior executives, strategists, and market practitioners across LATAM's banks, fintechs, and digital asset firms. Admitted by invitation, selected by contribution.
01 - Eligibility
Senior analysts, strategists, and market practitioners currently operating at the intersection of institutional finance and digital assets - including macro researchers, quantitative analysts, market structure specialists, data leads, and C-suite operators at trading firms, exchanges, and asset managers.
02 - Selection
Senior decision-makers with a verifiable track record of original market analysis or data-driven research across TradFi or crypto-native institutions, with at least 7 years in relevant roles. Reviewed quarterly by the Expert Council selection committee.
03 - Commitment
One original analysis or data insight per month, participation in at least two roundtables per year, and active engagement in the private practitioner channel.
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