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This week, ten Brazilian fintech startups kicked off the first UDAX Universidad Brazil cohort at FGV Business School in São Paulo, and the timing couldn't be more significant. Ripple just announced a major expansion in Brazil: cross-border payments, digital asset custody, brokerage, and treasury tools, plus a VASP license application with the Central Bank of Brazil. Partners like VERT Capital and Justoken have already tokenized billions in assets on the XRP Ledger. Ripple's UDAX and FGV launched an 8-week accelerator to help the country's most promising blockchain founders take their products from great to investor-ready. Our inaugural cohort - Regolda, Lendara, Levery, Valyria, Kapitale, C9 Tech, Trustbond, VS1, PayDo, and PixNow - finished week one and exceeded every expectation. Brazil has one of the most forward-thinking financial ecosystems in the world and these founders are proving it. Applications for the 2026 Oxford and Berkeley cohorts are still accepting applications: https://lnkd.in/eYuaqTnR