Markets Key Facts —The deal. Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, has invested R$100m ($20m) in Mercado Bitcoin, Latin America’s biggest digital-asset platform. —The round. The sum is the first close of a larger Series C that also includes the platform’s founders and Japan’s SoftBank. —The use. Funds will go to payments infrastructure, tokenized investments, […] The post Tether Backs Brazil’s Mercado Bitcoin in a $20 Million Deal appeared first on The Rio Times.