Itaú Unibanco, Brazil's largest private bank, notified the central bank of its crypto trading and custody operations under the new digital-asset rules, becoming the first bank to do so ahead of the Oct. 30 deadline. The bank offers 15 cryptoassets, including bitcoin, ether and USDC, and has run the service since December 2023, but has not disclosed user numbers or trading volumes. Under Resolution 520, which took effect Feb. 2, banks already authorized can notify the regulator, while dedicated crypto providers must apply for authorization, and institutions that miss the deadline must stop crypto services within 30 days. The central bank has moved to Nov. 6 the date from which banks are barred from doing crypto business with unauthorized providers.
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BTC/USDT
• NeutralBitcoin
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $1.6T |
| Close on 10/27/2026 | 80,909.77 |
| Change that session | +0.95% |
ETH/USDT
• NeutralEthereum
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $285.6B |
| Close on 10/27/2026 | 2,350.36 |
| Change that session | +1.11% |
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