This article is from cointelegraph.com.br and the original article can be read here in Portuguese
Mercado Bitcoin announced that it has teamed up with EQI Investments to create a new company, with the aim of providing access to cryptocurrencies and other digital asset classes to a qualifying portfolio.
EQI has one of the largest investment advisory structures in the country, an asset manager with approximately R$2 billion under advisory and a wide portfolio with the best investment products that Bitcoin Market customers now have access to.
For the Bitcoin Market, the joint venture represents the diversification of channels for the distribution of the assets it offers.
“Since our founding, we have gained around 3.5 million customers. Now, we intend to increase this number, diversifying the channel through this initiative focused on B2B. We will reach more people, with an important average investment ticket and who are looking for new forms of return, with security and liquidity”, says Reinaldo Rabelo, CEO of Mercado Bitcoin, adding that this is one of the partnerships that the exchange is closing. , with high demand in the pipeline.
EQI, which is preparing to become a stockbroker in the coming months, sees in the union of forces a way to double in size this year.
“We will start to act more strongly in cryptos and we will have access to the great customer portfolio of the Bitcoin Market. It is one of those partnerships in which ‘win-win’ is a reality”, says Custódio.