The institutional leaders convened at the Digital Assets Conference Brazil 2025 to discuss the future of the Latin American digital finance environment.
Mercado Bitcoin, Latin America’s largest digital asset platform, held its second Digital Assets Conference Brazil (DAC) 2025 in Sao Paulo on September 22-23, bringing together institutional leaders, financial executives and Web3 experts to discuss the region’s evolving digital finance outlook.
The two-day Invite-only DAC 2025 event hosted by Mercado Bitcoin, featured keynote speeches, panel discussions and private networking sessions, featuring participation from major industry players such as BlackRock, CME Group, Fireblocks, Galaxy Digital, Falconx, Wormhole, and Tether.
The agenda addressed encryption, tokenization, regulatory frameworks, stubcoin, infrastructure, and investment strategies.
Latin America is emerging as a growing crypto hub
The meeting took place amid growing interest in Latin American digital assets driven by currency volatility, inflation and wider economic pressures.
Brazil, Argentina and Mexico have emerged as regional hubs for cryptographic activity, with growing institutional involvement signaling mature markets.
According to Chain Melting, Brazil has the largest crypto economy in Latin America, with 12% of the population using crypto. The use of domestic crypto assets has skyrocketed over the past three years, with around 70% of their activity linked to Stablecoins.
In April 2025, Itaunibanco, Brazil’s largest bank, announced it would explore the launch of Stubcoin, reflecting an increase in institutional involvement in the sector.
DAC 2025 brings together regulators and institutional leaders
DAC 2025 is structured to promote high-level dialogue between regulators, financial institutions and blockchain companies.
Participants were directly involved with executives, policymakers, and thought leaders who form the local digital finance ecosystem.
One of the highlights was a conversation between economist Gustavo Franco and Thiago Saroman, founder of the market maker. This examined the complex relationship between global monetary policy, Brazil’s fiscal challenges, and the role of digital assets shaping the future of finance.
In this discussion, Franco discussed how tariffs and inflation pressures imposed by the US would indirectly benefit Brazil by mitigating domestic inflation, and at the same time addressing the irreplaceable situation of the US dollar as a global reserve currency. At the same time, he acknowledged that digital assets have the most powerful potential to ultimately challenge dollar control.
The program blended panels and keynote presentations with hands-on sessions, but the private networking area allowed asset managers, banks and protocol executives to join and explore potential partnerships.
For Mercado Bitcoin, the conference has strengthened its role as a regional hub for digital finance. Operating as a cryptocurrency exchange, asset tokenization platform and digital bank, the company serves more than 4 million clients in Brazil and Portugal. This is Brazil’s first Crypto Unicorn and is one of the top five private credit talkers globally audited by KPMG for financial transparency.
Why is this important?
Events such as DAC 2025 highlight the growing strategic importance in the global crypto market in Latin America, providing insights into trends in institutional adoption and the development of regionally-wide regulatory frameworks.
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The DAC 2025, or Digital Assets Conference Brazil 2025, is an invitation-only event where institutional leaders, regulators, and blockchain experts discuss digital financing trends and opportunities.
The event highlights the growing role of the region in the global crypto market, demonstrating the efforts to develop a growing institutional engagement and clear regulatory framework.
The key discussions addressed crypto adoption, stubcoin, tokenization, regulatory frameworks, digital asset infrastructure, and institutional investment strategies.
Brazil has the largest crypto economy in Latin America, with around 12% of the population using crypto, most of which contain stubcoins.