Brazil registered its highest number of institutions & corporations announcing ownership of digital currencies in August. The numbers, which come directly from the Brazilian Tax Authority (RFB), show that increasingly institutions are willing to purchase digital currency, and also indicate that the most significant volumes are moved using Tether’s crypto stablecoin USDT. 

Because of economies’ specific complications Institutions in Latam countries are attracted to holding cryptocurrency. Recently, the Brazilian Tax Authority (RFB) registered a record increase in the number of these institutions proclaiming ownership of digital currency of a particular kind. The numbers that correspond to August’s statements show that more than 12,000 corporations in Brazil acknowledge holding cryptocurrency as part of their treasury. 

This indicator rose from the number of organizations that announced having cryptocurrency in July (11,360). Nonetheless, the statements of individuals did register a slowdown when contrasted with July, enrolling 35,000 statements less in August. Regardless, this indicator is still high, with more prominent than 1,300,000 people proclaiming they have a type of cryptocurrency as part of their assets. 

Every month the Brazilian Tax Authority (RFB) informs the market about movements in the number of mandatory statements in regard to the ownership of cryptocurrency to give a brief look into the direction and evolution of the market. 

The dollar-pegged crypto stablecoin announced by Tether (USDT), USDT is one of the crypto tokens most used in the country, basically with regards to value moved. More than $1.4 Billion was gotten involving USDT across 79,836 operations in August, with an average amount of almost $18,000 per exchange.