Fintrender
About

Independent intelligence on the merge of crypto and finance.

Fintrender is a research desk, not a news portal and not a trading account. We read the market from Brazil and LatAm — where the next financial rails are being built first — and write for the people who have to act on it.

We believe the future of financial intelligence is contextual, independent and actionable. Crypto and traditional finance are merging into one system, and most coverage is either hype or press release. We do neither.

Our work is curation with a point of view: long-form reports, visual briefs and live dashboards that say what matters now — with the numbers, dates and sources in the text, so a human or a machine can read and cite them.

We cover stablecoins, tokenization, DeFi, regulation and prediction markets, with a standing focus on Brazil, the DREX and the broader LatAm market — the fastest-moving corner of tokenized money in the world right now.

Everything we publish is free to read. The full report PDFs are gated by email so we can track distribution and stay in touch — nothing more.

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The founder

Gustavo Cunha

Gustavo Cunha

Founder & CEO, Fintrender

Gustavo Cunha moves naturally between traditional financial markets and the world of blockchain and crypto assets. Over 20 years in traditional finance, including a directorship at Rabobank in Brazil, and more than a decade dedicated to the convergence between finance and technology. He coordinated the Tokenization and Digital Currency (CBDC) Group during Brazil's G20 presidency in 2024, is the author of the book “The Tokenization of Money” (Actual), founding partner and CEO of Fintrender.com, and a columnist at Valor Investe. He has lived in Porto, Portugal, since 2018.

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What we cover

Stablecoins & DREX

Private and public digital money, and the Brazilian Real on tokenized rails.

Tokenization & RWA

Who is issuing what, on which network — the landscape of tokenized assets.

DeFi & protocols

Lending, DEXs and tokenomics — where protocol revenue actually goes.

Regulation

The rules shaping crypto in Brazil and how they reshape the market.

Prediction markets

A new asset class and the regulatory fronts opening around it.

ETFs & flows

Institutional distribution and the structural shift in spot markets.

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Read the research

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Work with us

Fintrender produces independent intelligence on the convergence of TradFi and onchain finance. We work with institutions, funds and builders on research partnerships, custom reports and advisory.