Brazilian Central Bank: About 30% of cryptocurrency license applications do not meet capital requirements

According to Brazilian media Portal do Bitcoin, Ailton de Aquino Santos, the Director of Regulation at the Central Bank of Brazil, stated that about 30% of the applications for licenses from cryptocurrency service providers have issues with registered capital not meeting regulatory requirements, and many applying institutions have not submitted audited financial statements.

The Central Bank of Brazil previously announced 120 cryptocurrency license applications, of which 119 are still under review, and 1 has been rejected. According to the new regulations, the minimum capital requirement for cryptocurrency trading and intermediary service providers can reach 37.2 million reais (approximately 7 million USD). Currently, the regulatory authority has not disclosed the list of non-compliant companies, and the 30% non-compliance ratio does not mean that the same proportion of applications will ultimately be rejected.