Key takeout
- Mercado Bitcoin issues $200 million to bonds and equity instruments tokenized on the stellar network.
- The initiative highlights Stellar’s growing role in on-chaining real-world assets in Latin America.
Mercado Bitcoin, the leading digital asset investment platform in Latin America, issuing $200 million on tokenized bonds and equity financial instruments on the Stellar Network, announced today at Stellar Meridian 2025.
The project draws on Stellar’s track record of real world assets (RWA) tokenization, particularly in the Latin American financial sector. According to IMARC Group, the crypto market in the region is projected to reach $44.2 billion by 2033.
“The resilience of the stellar network and best-in-class native control make it a network that financial institutions and regulators trust around the world,” said Fabrício Tota, Mercado Bitcoin’s new business development SVP. “Integration with Stellar allows us to bring real-world assets from Latin America on-chain and into other worlds.”
Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer of Stellar Development Foundation, said Latin America is becoming increasingly important to chain finance.
“Mercado Bitcoin’s permitted diverse array tokenized assets are a unique product that strengthens the network of stars and strengthens the network’s reputation as a prestigious blockchain of tokenized real-world assets,” says Chakravorti.
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 RWA on its XRP ledger, which includes tokenized equity and fixed income financial instruments.
