Payments Vets Join Brazilian Blockchain Startup
Brazil-based bitcoin startup Rippex has announced the former founders of digital payments gateway PagSeguro have joined its team. Founded in 2007, the Brazilian payments solution provider is one of the more prominent online payments startups in the region, receiving coverage in international outlets such as NFC World and The Paypers. The startup is now owned by web content provider UOL. Rippex co-founder Rafael Olaio indicated that Ricardo Dortas Schonhofen and Paulo Lavinas Barbosa will join the company through a partnership with business development firm CloudPar, though they will be....
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The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has partnered with the Court of Accounts of the Union (TCU), a constitutional institution of the Brazilian government, to complete the development of the Brazilian Blockchain Network. The partnership, established through a memorandum of understanding, establishes a deadline for the completion of the project, which should be finished in five years.
Brazilian Blockchain Network Development Powered by a New Partnership
New details are available on the development of the Brazilian Blockchain Network, a common rail that will be used as a base for....
The Brazilian Development Bank has officially launched the Brazilian Blockchain Network, a structure designed to aid other institutions in the country in increasing public transparency. The launch, which was also assisted by the Court of Accounts of the Union, serves to call more institutions to adhere to this project, which aims to have its first applications ready for 2023.
Brazilian Blockchain Network Launch Completed
The Brazilian Blockchain Network, a public and distributed blockchain, was launched on May 30. The event, which was hosted by the Brazilian Development Bank and....
A Brazilian judge has ruled that the CEO of Mirror Trading International should remain in precautionary detention as authorities in South Africa have already furnished their Brazilian counterparts with the documentation that is required for extradition purposes. The judge also rejected Johann Steynberg’s attempts to use his Brazilian family as the basis for seeking an end to his precautionary detention.
Documentation for Steynberg’s Formal Extradition
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Gladstone Arantes, a director of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), gave new details about the progress of the Brazilian Blockchain Network, a project that has been in development since 2018. The network will be created on top of the Hyperledger Besu 2.0, which uses a proof-of-authority consensus mechanism. The final goal of this project is to move public spending to the network in order to increase the transparency of these fund movements.
Brazilian Blockchain Network Advances
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The Brazilian voting authority (TSE), has publicly declared it is studying blockchain as a technology that might help the organization in its task of organizing ballots. Celio Castro Wermerlinger, coordinator of modernization of the institution, stated that this decentralized ledger tech was included in a research program called “Elections of the Future.”
Brazilian TSE Is Researching Blockchain Tech
Blockchain tech is being included in several solutions designed for various applications, including ballot and voting technologies. The Brazilian voting authority....