# Mercado Bitcoin

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mercado-bitcoin
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Mercado Bitcoin — official](https://www.mercadobitcoin.com.br/)

## Key details

- **Parent:** brothers Gustavo and Mauricio Chamati
- **Launch:** 2013

## Overview
**Mercado Bitcoin** is **Brazil's largest cryptocurrency exchange and Latin America's first crypto unicorn**, integrated with Brazil's Pix instant-payment rails for fiat funding <sup>[1][1], [2][2], [Brazil report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BR)</sup>. It is the flagship asset of the 2TM Group and a pioneer of tokenization in the region.

## History
**2013 — Mercado Bitcoin founded** in São Paulo by brothers Gustavo and Mauricio Chamati, becoming one of Brazil's first crypto exchanges.
**2018 — 2TM Group formed** as the holding company over Mercado Bitcoin and related ventures (MB Tokens, MB Digital Assets, Meubank).
**2021 — raises a $200M Series B led by SoftBank**, reaching a ~$2.1B valuation and becoming Latin America's first crypto unicorn.
**2022 — Banco Central do Brasil's parent SmartPay and 2TM expand**, and Mercado Bitcoin integrates Pix for instant BRL deposits/withdrawals.
**2023–2025 — operates under Brazil's crypto-asset law (Lei 14.478/2022)** with Banco Central do Brasil as supervisory authority, expanding tokenized assets and fixed-income products.

## Ownership & operator
**Operating entity**: **Mercado Bitcoin**, under **2TM Group / 2TM Participações**.
**Major shareholders**: **founders the Chamati brothers**, plus investors including **SoftBank Latin America Fund, Parallax Ventures, G Squared and others**.
**Regulators**: **Banco Central do Brasil** and **CVM** under Brazil's crypto-asset framework.

## Technical integration
Mobile and web apps with a REST API. Supports BTC, ETH and a broad range of tokens via crypto deposit addresses, plus tokenized fixed-income and asset products. Fiat funding/withdrawal is primarily via Pix and TED bank transfers in Brazilian reais.

## Implementations & partners
**Major competitors**: [Bitso](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bitso) (LatAm exchange) + [Binance](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/binance) (global exchange) + [Coinbase](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/coinbase) (global exchange) + [Nubank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/nubank) (neobank with crypto).

## Status
**Active, Latin America's largest crypto exchange and a leader in regional tokenization** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.mercadobitcoin.com.br/ "Mercado Bitcoin — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercado_Bitcoin "Mercado Bitcoin — Wikipedia"
[br-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BR

- [1] [Mercado Bitcoin — official][1]
- [2] [Mercado Bitcoin — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Brazil report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BR)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/BR-brazil.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [mercado-bitcoin.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/mercado-bitcoin). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.