Brazil’s tax office has published interesting data for August. The report revealed that over 12,000 companies own Bitcoin and altcoins, the largest amount ever recorded. Here are the details…
Influx of Bitcoin and altcoins in Brazil
The number of companies holding cryptocurrency in Brazil reached new record levels as of August. Behind the rise are increased confidence in cryptocurrencies and high inflation rates. According to local media reports, the country’s tax authority, Receita Federal do Brasil (RFB), also known as Brazilian Federal Revenue, registered 12,053 entities that declared crypto on their balance sheets in August 2022.
The figure marks a 6.1 percent increase from 11,360 companies in July. It was also the highest level of company registration with crypto assets to date. RFB stated that Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency held by institutions. He noted that stablecoin Tether followed suit. However, the number of individual Brazilian investors holding crypto fell to 1.3 million in August compared to the previous month.
The value of total declarations also suffered a slight drop, possibly due to the state of the crypto markets. A total of $2.1 billion was seen in August. This figure marks a drop from $3.4 billion in July. USDT, the stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, had the most value per transaction. It moved over $1.42 billion in about 80,000 transactions in August. It equated to an average of $17,500 per transaction.
BTC ranks first in terms of number of transactions
BTC came in second with almost $270 million in transactions, but ranked first in terms of number of transactions. It surpassed 2.1 million on this metric and was traded at a much lower average transaction amount of $130. It was noted that the stablecoin USD Coin fell from third to fifth place from July to August. USDC has been replaced by Ethereum and the Brazilian Real pegged BRZ coin. According to the Bitstamp “Crypto Pulse” report from September, Brazilian confidence in the cryptocurrency remains high. 77% of citizens state that they trust crypto assets.
Multiple financial firms in the country partnered with brokerage giant XP Inc, integrating crypto exchange services, and payments app PicPay in August. So it started offering cryptocurrency services. As we reported on Kriptokoin.com, crypto exchange Binance has also stepped up its efforts in the country. He has doubled the number of employees on his team since March. Opened two new offices on October 4th. Brazil’s inflation rate reached 12.1% in April, the highest level in 26 years.
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