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🟪What happened: Mercado Bitcoin, one of Latin America’s largest crypto exchanges, partnered with Polygon to tokenize over $200 million in real world assets (RWAs) in 2025.
🟪Why does it matter: This integration can help Mercado Bitcoin scale its tokenization capabilities, as the exchange aims to more than double its tokenization portfolio, which is currently valued at $180 million. The exchange will use Polygon’s technology to offer faster and more affordable transactions for tokenized assets like private credit, fixed-income instruments and “revenue-sharing products.”
This partnership also can alleviate challenges that limited tokenized asset adoption in emerging markets like Brazil. For investors in the region, Mercado can help make investment opportunities more accessible through fractional ownership of diverse assets. Previously, these asset classes were mainly available to institutional or wealthy individuals.
Private credit assets under management are expected to grow to $3 trillion by 2028 according to Moody’s. Additionally, there is a rising interest in the Latin American region with Goldman Sachs and other major institutions growing their Private Equity teams in emerging markets. The convergence of this industry and tokenization can have an impact on the region and lead to broader increases in assets onchain.
Mercado in Brazil is the fifth largest private credit tokenization platform by active loans and is looking to expand its capabilities beyond Latin America. Mercado’s asset tokenization unit, MB Tokens has created over 340 tokenized products and plans to expand these offerings further with Polygon’s infrastructure.
This collaboration shows how blockchain technology can help bring assets onchain in emerging markets, helping to create more opportunities for institutions and retail investors in the region and globally.
🟪The big picture: Mercado’s partnership with Polygon Labs can help Latin America create more liquidity and access to RWAs through tokenization. This integration of blockchain technology can help to bring innovation to improve traditional financial systems, rather than replace. The exchange can make investment more accessible to locals with Polygon’s scalable and low cost transactions. In turn, this can create a future where financial access is less determined by geography.
Polygon’s tokenization infrastructure has supported similar tokenized products, including Ondo’s OUSG (a tokenized U.S. Treasury fund) in Europe and Apollo’s ACRED fund. These tokenized funds showcase how Polygon’s technology serves as the backbone for many major global financial products, bridging the gap between institutional investment and DeFi.
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