Latin America’s largest digital bank will allocate 1% to BTC, offer crypto in...
In addition to buying Bitcoin, Nubank will offer BTC and ETH investment services to its more than 50 million customers. Nubank, the largest digital bank in Brazil and Latin America, announced that it has partnered with Paxos to allow the bank's customers to buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies directly through Nubank.Along with the launch of the new cryptocurrency transaction services, Nubank announced it will allocate roughly 1% of its net assets to Bitcoin (BTC) through the cashier of Nu Holdings, a company that controls the Nubank Group.“This move reinforces the company’s conviction in....
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