La Banque centrale du Brésil a infligé une amende d'environ 3,15 millions de dollars américains à Banco Topázio et lui a interdit d'exercer des activités de change hors marché pour les actifs cryptographiques pendant 2 ans.

Mars Finance information, according to Times Brasil, reports that the decision-making committee of the administrative sanctions procedure under the Central Bank of Brazil has fined Banco Topázio approximately 3.15 million USD and banned it from conducting over-the-counter foreign exchange business for virtual asset trading for the next 2 years. Regulators stated that Banco Topázio, during the period from October 2020 to September 2021, when handling related transactions of about 1.7 billion USD, had deficiencies in customer qualification review, customer registration, anti-money laundering, and counter-terrorism financing controls, and failed to report suspicious transactions to Coaf. Brazilian Central Bank officials indicated that similar restrictions could also be applied to other institutions involved in cryptocurrency business in the future.