Brazil-based BTG Pactual, Latin America’s biggest investment bank, is launching its own crypto asset platform that will initially support bitcoin and ether trading.
The platform will be called Mynt and allow customers to purchase bitcoin and ether, BTG Pactual’s Head of Digital Assets André Portilho tells The Block. Eventually, the platform will support other digital assets, he says. The story was first reported by several outlets this week, including Brazilian crypto news site Livecoins and The Rio Times.
“Our purpose is to offer access to investments in crypto assets in a simple, direct and secure way,” Portilho told The Block. “In addition, we will have content for people to know how to invest in new financial market scenarios.”
According to Portilho, BTG Pactual customers will be able to access Mynt through the websites and apps of BTG Pactual digital, and the digital bank BTG+. Users should be able to buy and sell bitcoin before the end of the year, the digital a
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