Episode #173: Brazil's Next Export: Tokenized Credit with Paulo David

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Paulo David discusses how tokenization can transform Brazil's capital markets and improve access to private credit.

🙌 You can listen to BCR on your favorite podcast platform YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts 🔥 Join the BCR English language Telegram group to continue the conversation Olá pessoal! Today’s episode is with Paulo David, CEO and co-founder of AmFi, one of Brazil’s leading real-world asset tokenization platforms. Paulo is a serial entrepreneur who previously built and sold two major Brazilian fintechs - including Grafeno, which has processed over US$18 billion in transactions. He brings invaluable insights into how blockchain technology can transform the country’s capital markets. The Opportunity: Brazil’s “Most Attractive Export” Paulo frames Brazil’s challenge succinctly: t he country maintains the world’s second-highest interest rates, yet global investors remain largely absent from its private credit markets. While foreign capital flows freely into Brazilian equities, commodities, and venture investments, the private credit sector remains inaccessible due to complexity, lack of transparency, excessive intermediaries, and the absence of secondary markets. AmFi aims to bridge this gap by creating a standardized, transparent platform that connects Brazilian yield with global…

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Stanley

Guest: Paulo David

Topics covered

• tokenization
• credit markets
• blockchain
• Brazil
• entrepreneurship
• capital markets

Keywords

• tokenized credit
• Brazil
• AmFi
• blockchain technology
• capital markets
• private credit
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AmFi, Grafeno

Places: Brazil

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