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Tether puts $20 million behind Mercado Bitcoin amid Latin America's tokenization boom

Tether puts $20 million behind Mercado Bitcoin amid Latin America's tokenization boom

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The $20 million is the first close of a larger Series C round also involving SoftBank; Mercado Bitcoin serves 4.5 million users and has issued over R$2 billion in tokenized assets.

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