Mercadolibre, one of the biggest “e-tailers” in Latam, has partnered with credit giant Mastercard to make use of its tech to secure the cryptocurrency ecosystem of the company. Through this partnership, Mercadolibre will be able to use Mastercard’s Ciphertrace technology, to allow the company to enhance the control and security of the crypto transactions in its trading ecosystem. Mercadolibre, a leading e-tailer of Latam, has partnered with Mastercard, the credit tech company, to improve its due diligence when assessing risks in its cryptocurrency trading platform. The company, which introduced cryptocurrency trading through its own payment system, Mercado Pago, will use Mastercard’s technology to keep track of transactions on its trading services to prevent money laundering and other crimes from happening.
Mastercard’s technology, which comes from the acquisition of Ciphertrace, a blockchain auditing company, will allow Mercadolibre to monitor, identify, and assess risks while helping the retailer to comply with its regulatory obligations, according to a PR statement issued by the company. Brazil is one of the hottest cryptocurrency markets in Latin America, with adoption levels reaching high numbers, per Mastercard Brazil reports. Compliance and due diligence are becoming more and more important in Latam environments and in the country, where the government is focusing on getting a cryptocurrency bill passed later this year. Mercadolibre has been investing in crypto since January, with the company announcing strategic investments in Paxos, a tokenization company, and in Mercado Bitcoin, a Latam-based cryptocurrency exchange, in January. Furthermore, the company purchased $7.8 million worth of bitcoin last April for its Treasury.
