TREE NEWS update: Mercado Pago, the payments arm of Mercado Libre, told users in its app on Friday that crypto transfers were unavailable and deposits would be delayed due to system instability, and said it is working on a fix. The same day, Brazilian digital bank Nubank paused crypto deposits and withdrawals because of an external data provider outage, saying buy and sell services remained operational and customer assets and data were protected. Neither firm confirmed whether the two failures were related.
Mercado Pago Halts Crypto Transfers, Cites System Instability
AI take
Two of Latin America's largest fintechs reporting crypto rail failures on the same day is a reminder that tokenized and digital-asset access still rests on a thin layer of providers most users never see. The fact that both firms kept buy and sell functions running while transfers and deposits stalled shows how operational risk sits unevenly across a platform's crypto stack. That neither confirmed a link leaves the scope of the disruption unresolved. Worth watching is whether the outages stay isolated to transfers or begin to touch the broader custody and settlement claims these platforms make.
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