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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"1bae9622-c3fe-46c5-9190-750fd22d0dc0","kind":"publish","page_slug":"bitso","published_at":"2026-11-05T17:55:47.463Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Bitso","sections":[{"content":"Bitso is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in Mexico in 2014 that expanded across Latin America. Press coverage reports a $62 million Series B in 2020 led by Kaszek Ventures and QED, and a $250 million Series C that valued the company at about $2.2 billion. Ripple led an investment round in Bitso in 2019, and Ripple has used Bitso for payments liquidity in Mexico. Press reports in 2025 describe further funding aimed at Brazilian expansion. Details of that later round were not verified from a primary source.","heading":"Company Overview and Funding","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"TechCrunch: Bitso raises $62 million","type":"news_article","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/09/with-investors-expecting-a-latin-american-cryptocurrency-boom-mexicos-bitso-raises-62-million/embed/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crunchbase News: Bitso $250M Series C","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/fintech-ecommerce/tiger-global-coatue-lead-bitsos-250m-series-c-as-company-gains-unicorn-status"},{"credibility":3,"name":"FXStreet: Ripple leads investment round in Bitso","type":"news_article","url":"https://fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/ripple-leads-investment-round-in-mexican-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitso-201910160132"}]},{"content":"In July 2019 Bitso announced it would be regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission under its distributed ledger technology framework, with supervision starting 1 August 2019. The same report says Bitso worked with Mexican regulators and operates under Mexico's Fintech Law. In March 2023 Brazil's central bank authorized Nvio Brasil, Bitso's Brazilian subsidiary, as a payment institution, according to LatamFintech. A 2026 third-party summary says Bitso is supervised by the CNBV in Mexico and registered with the CNV in Argentina. That summary is a secondary source, and the current licensing status was not confirmed with the regulators. No regulatory sanction against Bitso was found.","heading":"Regulatory Status","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"The Block: Bitso receives DLT licence from Gibraltar FSC (July 2019)","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.theblock.co/linked/32736/mexican-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitso-receives-dlt-licence-from-gibraltar-financial-services-commission"},{"credibility":3,"name":"LatamFintech: Bitso receives BC approval to operate in Brazil","type":"news_article","url":"https://latamfintech.co/articles/defi-fintech-bitso-receives-bc-approval-to-operate-in-brazil"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Where Legal Crypto: Bitso availability and regulation","type":"other","url":"https://wherelegalcrypto.pages.dev/exchanges/bitso/"}]},{"content":"Bitso Business, the company's enterprise arm, launched the MXNB peso-pegged stablecoin on Arbitrum. Bitso also reportedly added USDC on Solana in February 2025 and USDT on Solana in November 2025. FF News reports a Bitso Onchain decentralized exchange rollout to select customers in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, but its date was not confirmed. The requester says a Bitso product keynote is on the Solana Breakpoint 2026 agenda. The agenda page returned HTTP 429 when fetched, so that claim is unverified.","heading":"Products and Solana Integration","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"CryptoRank: Bitso unveils peso-pegged stablecoin on Ethereum layer 2","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptorank.io/news/feed/200b3-bitso-unveils-peso-pegged-stablecoin-on-ethereum-layer-2"},{"credibility":3,"name":"FF News: Bitso Onchain launch","type":"news_article","url":"https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/cryptocurrency/bitso-onchain-launch/"}]},{"content":"Searches for Bitso combined with hack, fraud, Ponzi, sanctions, investigation and North Korea returned no reports tying the company to such events. This is an absence of evidence in a limited search, not a clean bill of health. Court records and Mexican regulatory bulletins were not searched directly. One Spanish-language outlet reports that Bitso laid off about 80 employees, and the date and details were not verified.","heading":"Incidents and Allegations","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":3,"name":"DiarioBitcoin: Bitso layoffs report","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.diariobitcoin.com/mexico/el-exchange-cripto-mexicano-bitso-despide-a-80-empleados/"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":2,"name":"The Block: Gibraltar DLT licence","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.theblock.co/linked/32736/mexican-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitso-receives-dlt-licence-from-gibraltar-financial-services-commission"},{"credibility":2,"name":"TechCrunch: Bitso raises $62 million","type":"news_article","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/09/with-investors-expecting-a-latin-american-cryptocurrency-boom-mexicos-bitso-raises-62-million/embed/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crunchbase News: Bitso Series C","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.crunchbase.com/fintech-ecommerce/tiger-global-coatue-lead-bitsos-250m-series-c-as-company-gains-unicorn-status"},{"credibility":3,"name":"LatamFintech: Brazil approval","type":"news_article","url":"https://latamfintech.co/articles/defi-fintech-bitso-receives-bc-approval-to-operate-in-brazil"},{"credibility":3,"name":"FF News: Bitso Onchain","type":"news_article","url":"https://ffnews.com/newsarticle/cryptocurrency/bitso-onchain-launch/"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Where Legal Crypto: Bitso","type":"other","url":"https://wherelegalcrypto.pages.dev/exchanges/bitso/"}],"summary":"Bitso is a Mexico-founded cryptocurrency exchange and financial platform operating in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, backed by investors including Ripple. Searches run for this page found no fines, enforcement actions, hacks or fraud allegations against the company. The evidence is thin, though: much of it is dated or from secondary sources, and the requester's claim of a Breakpoint 2026 keynote could not be verified because the agenda page returned HTTP 429.","timeline":[{"date":"2014","event":"Bitso founded in Mexico (per press background)","source":"CoinDesk","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/mexican-bitcoin-exchange-bitso-acquires-competitor"},{"date":"2019-07-19","date_evidence":"The article was published on July 19, 2019","event":"Bitso announces Gibraltar FSC DLT licence, with supervision from 1 August","source":"The Block","source_url":"https://www.theblock.co/linked/32736/mexican-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitso-receives-dlt-licence-from-gibraltar-financial-services-commission"},{"date":"2019-10","event":"Ripple leads investment round in Bitso","source":"FXStreet","source_url":"https://fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/ripple-leads-investment-round-in-mexican-cryptocurrency-exchange-bitso-201910160132"},{"date":"2020-12","event":"Bitso raises $62M Series B","source":"TechCrunch","source_url":"https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/09/with-investors-expecting-a-latin-american-cryptocurrency-boom-mexicos-bitso-raises-62-million/embed/"},{"date":"2023-03","event":"Brazil central bank authorizes Bitso subsidiary Nvio Brasil as payment institution","source":"LatamFintech","source_url":"https://latamfintech.co/articles/defi-fintech-bitso-receives-bc-approval-to-operate-in-brazil"}]},"v":1}