Mercado Bitcoin Goes Cross-Chain: Brazil’s Crypto Giant Adopts Wormhole
Latin America’s largest crypto exchange just bridged the gap—literally. Mercado Bitcoin’s Wormhole integration lets users hop between blockchains faster than a politician flip-flops on crypto regulation.
Why it matters: Brazil’s 3.2M+ users now get seamless access to Ethereum, Solana, and other chains without centralized exchange bottlenecks. Take that, TradFi gatekeepers.
The fine print: Wormhole’s $325M hack in 2022 still haunts—but hey, at least it wasn’t as bad as that time a certain bank ’lost’ customer funds for the fourth time this decade.