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SatoshiTango

“Can SatoshiTango become the dominant crypto-native savings and payments platform for inflation-affected consumers across Latin America?”

Founded2014
HQBuenos Aires, Argentina
FoundersMatías Bari, Mariano Craiem, Nicolás Loterspil
IndustryFintech / Crypto
The story

Founded in 2014 as one of Latin America's earliest Bitcoin brokers, SatoshiTango evolved from a simple BTC exchange into a multi-asset crypto platform covering 20+ digital assets including stablecoins (USDT, USDC, DAI). The company has leaned into the inflation-hedging narrative dominant in Argentina, positioning crypto-dollar products as a savings tool. It expanded geographically to Chile and Peru, added cross-border payment features (Brazil Pix, gift cards, international transfers), and obtained formal PSAV registration under Argentina's CNV — signaling a compliance-first posture in a rapidly tightening LatAm regulatory environment.

Last 12 months
2026-02
2025-01
Product timeline
2014
Founded by Matías Bari, Mariano Craiem, and Nicolás Loterspil as one of Latin America's first crypto brokers.· pivot
2020
Partnered as a Bitcoin/DAI payment provider for charity campaign LaChamplay with Paulo Dybala and Diego Schwartzman.· banking
2022
Integrated Pago Fácil Chile for Chilean users, enabling deposits via credit/debit cards, MultiCaja, Khipu, and Mach.· banking
2024
Registered as PSAV under CNV (Argentina's securities regulator) as provider number 4 in the virtual asset service provider registry.· banking
2025
Launched QR Pix payments for Brazilian merchants from within the app, expanding cross-border crypto-to-fiat utility.· banking
2026
Operates in 3 countries (Argentina, Chile, Peru) with 800,000+ users and 936,000+ quarterly operations, offering 20+ crypto assets.· pivot
Regulated entities
1
regulatory licence held by SatoshiTango
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
1 layer disclosed in SatoshiTango’s embedded-finance stack
Money movement
Pix
Accounting gap: none

SatoshiTango — frequently asked

Which payment rails does SatoshiTango use?

SatoshiTango moves money over Pix.

Who founded SatoshiTango?

SatoshiTango was founded by Matías Bari, Mariano Craiem and Nicolás Loterspil and is founded in 2014, headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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