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Brazilian B3 exchange to start trading Bitcoin and Ethereum futures

By RT Staff Reporters · May 17, 2022 · 1 min read

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian exchange B3 confirmed Monday that it will launch bitcoin futures trading in the next six months, its first product for the cryptocurrency market.

B3’s chief financial officer, André Milanez, said, “We plan to launch bitcoin futures in the next three to six months.”

The executive did not provide details on how this new exchange product will work, whether it will be through the creation of a company or whether bitcoin futures will be traded directly, but what is certain is that it is a plan that is on the agenda for the short term.

Brazilian B3 exchange to start trading Bitcoin and Ethereum futures. (Photo internet reproduction)

In Brazil, institutional and retail investors can currently trade 11 ETFs with cryptocurrency exposure through B3, including CRPT11 from Empiricus with Vitreo, NFTS11 from Investo, QBTC11, QETH11 and QDFI11, all from QR Assets, and META11, HASH11, BITH11, ETHE11, DEFI11, WEB311, all from Hashdex.

Brazil also has more than 25 investment funds approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) that offer various types of exposure to the cryptocurrency market, Cointelegraph reported.

It is worth recalling that in January 2022, B3’s Chief Information Technology Officer Jochen Mielke de Lima revealed that the exchange plans to launch products related to the cryptocurrency market later this year, including trading in Bitcoin and Ethereum futures.

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Jul 11, 2026 · 06:07

Bitcoin · benchmark

64,224
+0.15%

L 63,965day rangeH 64,233

-45.35% over 12 months

Market breadth · 17 names

71% advancing

12 ▲ advancing5 declining ▼

Currencies, rates & key inputs

Ethereum

1,801

+0.30%

Solana

78.21

+0.18%

Gold

4,129

-0.04%

USD / BRL

5.11

-0.17%

Full instrument board

Instrument	Last	Change	YoY	Prev.	High	Low	Volume
BTC	64,224	+0.15%	-45.35%	64,127	64,233	63,965	20,344,088,576
ETH	1,801	+0.30%	-39.11%	1,796	1,801	1,788	7,594,837,504
SOL	78.21	+0.18%	-51.98%	78.07	78.21	77.53	1,878,578,560
XRP	1.11	+0.43%	-59.47%	1.10	1.11	1.10	914,261,952
BNB	579.10	+0.71%	-16.06%	575.03	579.10	573.32	938,870,208
ADA	0.17	+0.77%	-76.38%	0.17	0.17	0.17	231,523,264
DOGE	0.07	+0.26%	-63.10%	0.07	0.07	0.07	409,464,032
AVAX	6.71	-0.41%	-67.57%	6.74	6.74	6.70	165,456,688
LINK	8.00	+0.48%	-47.68%	7.96	8.01	7.95	190,406,864
DOT	0.88	+0.30%	-77.56%	0.88	0.88	0.87	115,920,704
LTC	45.09	+0.76%	-52.16%	44.75	45.09	44.62	164,851,984
BCH	246.92	+0.68%	-53.56%	245.26	246.92	243.68	129,279,656
TRX	0.33	-0.37%	+9.31%	0.33	0.33	0.33	389,889,120
XLM	0.19	-0.39%	-47.23%	0.19	0.19	0.19	144,494,416
HBAR	0.07	-1.09%	-64.05%	0.07	0.07	0.07	64,608,912
NEAR	1.89	-0.30%	-24.78%	1.89	1.92	1.88	147,473,984
ATOM	1.59	+0.35%	-65.74%	1.59	1.61	1.59	19,870,628
AAVE	96.23	+0.51%	-67.66%	95.74	96.45	94.50	266,042,688

Largest moves today

HBAR
0.07
-1.09%

ADA
0.17
+0.77%

LTC
45.09
+0.76%

BNB
579.10
+0.71%

BCH
246.92
+0.68%

AAVE
96.23
+0.51%

LINK
8.00
+0.48%

XRP
1.11
+0.43%

The session read

The Bitcoin rose 0.15%, with breadth positive — 12 of 17 names higher. ADA led, while HBAR lagged.

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