If you’ve ever wondered where traditional finance and crypto actually meet, Brazil is quietly building that bridge.
The country’s main stock exchange, B3, says it plans to launch a tokenization platform in 2026, along with its own stablecoin to handle settlements. It’s a clear signal that this isn’t an experiment anymore. It’s infrastructure.
The details came from Luiz Masagão, B3’s vice president of products and clients, in a notice sent to investors this week. The plan is to start by tokenizing traditional assets, beginning with stock market products. Alongside that, B3 will issue a proprietary stablecoin designed specifically to support trading and settlement of those tokens.
Brazil’s B3 exchange to launch tokenization platform and its own stablecoin.
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Here’s the key idea: friction disappears.
Masagão explained that the real value comes from linking tokenized assets directly to the existing market. Buyers won’t know — or need to know — whether they’re purchasing from someone trading a traditional share or a tokenized version of it. Everything trades in the same pool. Same liquidity. Same outcome. Different rails.
That matters, especially as regulation evolves.
Just last month, Brazil’s central bank said stablecoin transactions would be treated as foreign-exchange operations for crypto companies. That rule is expected to kick in by February, though how it applies to large stock exchanges like B3 is still being worked out. Either way, the timing shows B3 isn’t waiting on perfect clarity before moving forward.
This tokenization push is only one part of B3’s broader digital asset strategy — and the exchange already has a track record here.
Brazil approved Bitcoin futures ETFs back in 2021, years before the U.S. gave the green light to spot Bitcoin ETFs in early 2024. Since then, 13 crypto-linked ETFs have been listed on B3. In February, the exchange even added a spot XRP fund, underlining how early Brazil has been in offering regulated crypto exposure.
And B3 isn’t stopping at tokenized stocks.
Masagão says the exchange plans to roll out weekly options for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, along with event-based contracts similar to what platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket offer. It’s another step toward blending traditional markets with crypto-native ideas.
As Brazil’s only major stock exchange, B3 has been acting like a test lab for what regulated crypto access can look like. The 2026 tokenization platform — powered by its own stablecoin — could be the moment that experiment goes fully mainstream.
