Buda.com
“Can Buda.com become the dominant crypto exchange and cross-border payment infrastructure layer for South America's emerging digital economy?”
Founded2015
HQSantiago, Chile
FoundersJaime Bünzli Rojas
Total raised$400K
Latest roundSeed, 2016
IndustryFintech / Crypto
The story
Founded in 2015 as a cryptocurrency exchange in Chile, Buda.com expanded to become the largest crypto market in South America, operating in Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Argentina. The company evolved beyond pure exchange services to offer Bitcoin-backed loans, OTC desk services, and cross-border payment rails. It became carbon neutral in 2019 and has positioned itself as infrastructure for third-party payment solutions in LATAM, integrating with Circle's USDC ecosystem and complying with Chile's Fintech law Travel Rule requirements.
Last 12 months
Product timeline
2015
Buda.com founded in Santiago, Chile as a cryptocurrency exchange platform.· pivot
2016
Raised $300K seed round to grow the crypto exchange.· banking
2019
Became first carbon neutral crypto platform in Latin America under CarbonNeutral® certification.· pivot
2024
Listed on Circle Alliance Directory as a partner using USDC, offering Bitcoin-backed loans and cross-border payment solutions.· lending
Same company
Buda.com was analysed under more than one name on the same domain, so its stack is split across these dossiers. Each was analysed independently and may name providers the others do not.
The stack
4 layers disclosed in Buda.com’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Buda.com (self-operated)
Lending
in the full report
FX & payouts
in the full report
Crypto
in the full report
Accounting gap: significant
4 more providers across 3 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.