Former Brazil Central Bank official Tony Volpon announced BRD, a stablecoin pegged to Brazil’s currency that shares interest earned from its government bond reserves with holders. The product enters a market where Brazil’s benchmark Selic interest rate stands at 15%, the highest level since July 2006. Volpon’s company CF Inovação will issue BRD, targeting large financial institutions seeking access to Brazil’s high-yield government debt through a digital token structure. The announcement came during th ...

巴西央行前董事 Tony Volpon 宣布推出稳定币 BRD。该代币锚定巴西雷亚尔，由巴西国家财政部国债作 为支撑，并向持有人提供巴西本地利率收益敞口，目前巴西基准利率为 15%。Volpon 表示，BRD 旨在 为海外投资者提供更便捷的方式参与巴西高利率市场，并可能通过扩大投资者基础，提升对巴西国债的 需求、降低政府融资成本。（CoinDesk） （来源：吴说） ...

Tony Volpon, a former director at the Central Bank of Brazil, unveiled BRD, a yield-sharing stablecoin tied to the Brazilian currency and backed by Brazilian government debt. Speaking on the “Cripto na Real” program on CNN Brasil, Volpon said the token will be backed by National Treasury bonds, linking its value to sovereign debt and aiming to give holders exposure to local interest rates. The central bank's benchmark interest rate is 15%, compared with the Federal Reserve's target of 3.5%-3.75%. Volpon ...