Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-10-24
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 35 | Live — commercial, within explicit scope · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 20 | Live — commercial, within explicit scope · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 0 | No verified change in the last 365 days |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Custody & trading · Brazil
Bitcoin and ether trading with own custody in the íon app
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Live — commercial, within explicit scope2024-06-10
- commercial
- Live — commercial, within explicit scope2024-06-10
Itaú Unibanco began offering bitcoin and ether trading with custody at the bank itself via its íon investment app in December 2023 and opened it to all íon clients from 10 June 2024.
Scope: íon Itaú investment platform clients.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-24
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
No partner or provider named in our verified sources yet.
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): Brazil
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2024-06-10 · Status
Access expanded to all íon Itaú clients.
2023-12-04 · Status
Crypto trading launched via íon (initial stage).
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