Digital Currency Group (DCG) led a USD50m Series B for Ripio, an Argentine crypto trading platform with participation from Marcos Galperin (Mercado Libre), Martin Migoya (Globant) and Tim Draper (Draper…

KASZEK led USD3m round for Exactly, an Argentine decentralized finance platform building a credit protocol on Ethereum, with participation from NXTP, Sur Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, Maker Growth, Baires DAO,…

UK-based VC Libertus Capital led a USD11m Series A for Buenbit, an Argentine crypto platform, with participation from Galaxy Digital, FJ Labs and angels. (CoinDesk) – Argentina-based cryptocurrency exchange Buenbit…

SoftBank invested USD200m in Brazilian bitcoin exchange Mercado Bitcoin, at a reported USD2.1b valuation. GP Investimentos’ Inova Fund and Parallax Ventures led a ~USD40m round in January; this is the…

Valor Capital Group led a USD26m round for Hashdex, a Brazilian crypto investment and management platform, with participation from SoftBank, Igah Ventures, Globo Ventures, Canary and Coinbase Ventures. (Bloomberg) –…

Tiger Global and Coatue led a USD250m Series C for Mexican crypto exchange Bitso, with participation from Valor Capital Group, BOND and Paradigm, and follow-on from KASZEK, QED Investors and…

Draper Cygnus led a USD1m seed round in Lemon Cash, an Argentine crypto banking platform, with participation from Draper University Ventures and Tim Draper. (Press Release) – Over the next…

GP Investimentos’ Inova Fund and Parallax Ventures led a R$200m round in Brazilian bitcoin exchange Mercado Bitcoin, with participation from Evora Fund, HS Investimentos, Banco Plural, and Gear Ventures. Mercado…

KaszeK Ventures and QED Investors led a US$62m Series B in Bitso, a Mexican crypto exchange, with follow-on from Coinbase Ventures and Pantera Capital. Ripple made an undisclosed investment in…

Bitso, a currency exchange platform for trading cryptocurrencies with the Mexican Peso, raised an undisclosed investment led by Ripple, with participation from Pantera Capital, Jump Capital, Coinbase, and previous investor…