{"id":75201,"date":"2026-07-10T04:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/tether-invests-20-million-in-mercado-bitcoin\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:22:39","slug":"tether-invests-20-million-in-mercado-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/tether-invests-20-million-in-mercado-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Tether Invests $20 Million in Mercado Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tether has invested $20 million in Mercado Bitcoin as the stablecoin company grows its exposure to regulated crypto infrastructure in Latin America. SoftBank also joined the financing round.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Good to Know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Mercado Bitcoin serves more than 4.5 million customers.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The funding will support payments, tokenized assets and on-chain markets.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Tether has already invested in several Latam crypto companies.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><strong>Tether Backs Mercado Bitcoin Growth<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mercado Bitcoin plans to use the capital to improve payment infrastructure, add tokenized investment products and grow on-chain financial services across Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>The company operates in Brazil and Europe and wants to enter more regional markets. Tether called Mercado Bitcoin \u201cone of the most comprehensive regulated on-chain financial platforms in Latin America\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, said both companies aim to build a more<em> \u201copen, accessible and efficient financial infrastructure for the world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMercado Bitcoin has built exactly that, a regulated, full-stack on-chain financial platform serving millions of users across one of the world\u2019s most dynamic financial markets.. We look forward to supporting Mercado Bitcoin\u2019s next phase of growth as a strategic partner and investor,\u201d<\/em> he declared.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Brazil Crypto Rules Support Expansion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Brazil is developing clearer rules for stablecoins and crypto companies as more institutions adopt on-chain payments and financial services.<\/p>\n<p>Roberto Dagnoni, chairman and chief executive of Mercado Bitcoin, said the investment would strengthen company plans to speed up <em>\u201cthe next generation of on-chain financial services in Brazil and across global markets.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tether has also backed Parfin, Orionx and mobile payment company Oobit as part of its wider Latin America strategy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/crypto\/tether-invests-20-million-in-mercado-bitcoin\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Crypto News &#8211; iGaming.org ) Tether has invested $20 million in Mercado Bitcoin as the stablecoin company grows its exposure to regulated crypto infrastructure in Latin America. SoftBank also joined the financing round. Good to Know Mercado Bitcoin serves more than 4.5 million customers. The funding will support payments, tokenized assets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":39061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}