PicPay, one of the most important start-ups in Brazil, announces the upcoming release of new products related to Web3 and cryptocurrency. With the development of its new Crypto and Web3 business unit, the company is now focusing on developing services and solutions related to financial services. For 2023, PicPay plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange, a platform that will basically support stablecoins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Paxos USDP. By the end of the year, the company also plans to add tokens up to 100 coins.
In its project to integrate the metaverse, PicPay is also planing to launch soon a BRC stablecoin, indexed 1:1 to the Brazilian real. It is a decentralized token that users can store in third-party wallets. Fans of PicPay services can also use these tokens as fiat currency to pay bills, make online purchases and transfer funds. Similarly, PicPay can also act as a merchant to receive a direct advance from the trustee of money into their account. It is as if the users were carrying out a transaction in Brazilian real. In the long term, PicPay plans to launch other services related to NFTs and the Metaverse.
For companies wishing to consolidate their presence in the cryptocurrency market in Latin America, Brazil is a significant strategic region. To strengthen its regulatory power and provide fiat currency for cryptocurrency services in Brazil, Binance has chosen to buy the broker Sim.Paul in the country. Brazil is also the first country to accept support for Crypto.com’s cryptocurrency cashback card. Nowadays, the country even has several small companies and many start-ups that develop services related to cryptocurrency and prepaid cards: Méliuz, Uzzo, Z.ro and Mercadolibre. In practice, Brazil is one of the few countries with the most cryptocurrency-oriented ETFs and actively managed funds. At the forefront of the companies developing these services are QR Asset Management and Hashdex.