DeFi Technologies Expands Latin American Footprint with Strategic Brazil Push

DeFi Technologies, a Canadian digital asset solutions firm, is executing a strategic expansion into Latin America, with Brazil serving as a central focus. The company announced a partnership on February 6, 2026, with MERGE, a leading regional crypto and fintech conference series. This collaboration precedes a multi-day event in São Paulo scheduled for March, building upon the firm's initial market entry in December 2025.

Concurrently, the company is advancing its stablecoin infrastructure in Canada through its involvement with Stablecorp. In a move to scale a regulated, blockchain-based Canadian dollar alternative, VersaBank has been selected as the custodian for the QCAD stablecoin.

The expansion initiative kicks off with the DeFi Technologies Insights Symposium on March 16, 2026, in São Paulo. This event acts as the precursor to a three-day series culminating in the main MERGE conference, which anticipates over 5,000 attendees and more than 300 speakers from Latin America, Europe, and the United States. The audience is expected to include not only crypto and fintech professionals but also regulators and representatives from traditional financial institutions.

The schedule is structured as follows:

• March 16: DeFi Technologies Insights Symposium, focusing on digital assets, real-world assets, blockchain, and AI.
• March 17: MERGE Institutional Summit at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo (invitation-only, 400 guests).
• March 18-19: Main MERGE conference at the World Trade Center São Paulo.

This partnership is designed for the long term, with a follow-up event already planned for MERGE Madrid in October 2026.

Foundation Built on Previous Product Launch

This conference alliance follows the successful introduction of products to the Brazilian market late last year. In December 2025, the company's subsidiary, Valour, listed six digital asset products on the Brazilian exchange B3. The offerings include Brazilian Depositary Receipts (BDRs) for DeFi Technologies shares (DEFT31) and exchange-traded products (ETPs) tracking Bitcoin (BTCV), Ethereum (ETHV), Ripple (XRPV), Solana (VSOL), and Sui (VSUI).

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Brazil represents Valour's first market outside of Europe and is intended to function as a platform for broader Latin American growth.

Advancing Regulated Stablecoin Infrastructure in Canada

In a parallel development, DeFi Technologies disclosed on February 4, 2026, that Stablecorp has appointed VersaBank as custodian for the QCAD Digital Trust. VersaBank is a federally regulated Canadian Schedule I bank and will be responsible for safeguarding the reserves backing the QCAD stablecoin.

The QCAD project is positioned as the first regulatory-compliant Canadian dollar stablecoin. DeFi Technologies is providing support to Stablecorp in areas including product development, liquidity, and market access.

Additional Corporate Milestones in Early 2026

The company has reported several other advancements since the start of the year:

• January 26: Valour received approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the London Stock Exchange to distribute select yield-bearing crypto ETPs to British retail investors.
• January 12: DeFi Technologies reported that Valour's ETPs saw estimated net inflows of $138.2 million for the full year 2025.

The concerted push into Brazil and the progress on the stablecoin project illustrate the company's simultaneous growth initiatives. Through the MERGE partnership, DeFi Technologies gains access to a network of key decision-makers in one of the world's largest cryptocurrency markets.