Brazil’s main stock exchange B3 is expanding its range of crypto derivatives, Valor Econômico reported, citing comments by the B3 CEO. The stock exchange launched Bitcoin futures last April, which are trading around $5 billion a month. It wants to add Ethereum and Solana futures as well as Bitcoin options eventually.
According to the newspaper, Bitcoin futures are mainly used for intraday trading.
Beyond crypto, in December B3’s central securities depository (CSD) started to phase in an updated technology platform which incorporates some AI and blockchain. The CSD for variable income assets (ie. not fixed income), now enables market participants with a node on the CSD blockchain to gain access to transaction data in the depository in almost real time.
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