Key Takeaways
- Mercado Bitcoin will issue $200 million in tokenized fixed income and equity instruments on the Stellar network.
- The initiative highlights Stellar’s growing role in bringing Latin American real-world assets onchain.
Mercado Bitcoin, Latin America’s major digital asset investment platform, will issue $200 million in tokenized fixed income and equity financial instruments on the Stellar network, the company announced today at Stellar Meridian 2025.
The project taps into Stellar’s proven track record in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, especially in Latin America’s financial sector. The region’s crypto market is forecast to reach $442 billion by 2033, according to IMARC Group.
“The Stellar network’s resilience and best-in-class native controls make it a network trusted around the globe by financial institutions and regulators,” said Fabrício Tota, New Business Development SVP of Mercado Bitcoin. “Our integration with Stellar allows us to bring Latin American real-world assets on-chain and to the rest of the world.”
Raja Chakravorti, chief business officer at the Stellar Development Foundation, said Latin America is becoming increasingly important for on-chain finance.
“Mercado Bitcoin’s diverse array of permissioned, tokenized assets is a unique offering that will strengthen the Stellar network and bolster the network’s reputation as the preeminent blockchain for tokenized real-world assets,” Chakravorti stated.
Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s first crypto unicorn, currently serves 4 million clients and operates as a crypto exchange, asset tokenization company, and digital bank.
In July, Mercado Bitcoin said it would tokenize $200 million in RWAs on the XRP Ledger, involving tokenized equity and fixed-income financial instruments.
