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Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission CVM Subpoenas Mercado Bitcoin on Fixed Income Token Investments
The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has sent a subpoena to Mercado Bitcoin, one of the biggest exchanges in the country, to inquire about the services the company lends regarding cryptocurrency-related fixed return investments. The company will have to disclose the details of these investments and if they plan to maintain them as available to the general public.
Mercado Bitcoin Subpoenaed on Fixed Income Token Investments
Cryptocurrency exchanges are becoming more than just that, and in regions like Latam, where there are countries with high inflation numbers, some offer bank-like products to entice customers to enter the crypto market. Mercado Bitcoin, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in Brazil, has been citado pola Comisión Brasileira de Valores e Bolsa (CVM) sobre os servizos que ofrece aos clientes a través da súa plataforma.
The subpoena inquires about the services offered via the Tokens section on the web page of Mercado Bitcoin, which, according to the CVM, offers a way for customers to diversify their portfolio with supposed low risk and receive a high yield in different areas.
Estes tokens están dispoñibles para os clientes con máis dun certo número de moedas estables, o que aparentemente proporciona un rendemento maior que os produtos de aforro normais a curto prazo.
Detalles da citación CVM
The CVM is requiring certain key information about how these tokens work. Mercado Bitcoin will have to detail the number and identities of the customers that have invested in these products since January 2020. In addition, Mercado Bitcoin will have to announce if it intends to keep offering these token products in the future. If it does, the company might face sanctions if the CVM decides that the products are irregular.
However, Mercado Bitcoin affirms it is not offering irregular services. In a statement, the company explained:
Non realizamos unha oferta pública de valores fóra do ámbito das autorizacións que temos como plataforma autorizada de crowdfunding e xestor de investimentos.
Do mesmo xeito, a compañía aclarou que poñen o máximo coidado en non infrinxir o ámbito de actuación das entidades autorizadas, e que a empresa consultara a estrutura destes tokens antes de ofrecer os produtos en 2020.
Este é só o último problema ao que se enfrontou a bolsa este ano, coa empresa executando dúas roldas de despedimento diferentes, o primeiro en xuño e en xullo pasado one executed earlier this month. In 2021 Mercado Bitcoin levantado 200 millóns de dólares na súa rolda de financiamento da Serie B, apoiada por Softbank, acadando unha valoración de máis de 2 millóns de dólares.
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Orixe orixinal: Bitcoin.com