Brazilian exchange Mercado has announced its partnership to the Stellar Development Foundation on Tuesday. It stated that it will develop one of nine LIFT Challenge Real Digital-related projects, which were chosen by the Central Bank of Brazil.

In partnership with Fenasbac, the Central Bank of Brazil (Bacen) is running the LIFT Challenge Real Digital. This collaborative environment allows for the Central Bank of Brazil to work in a cooperative manner. SDF joins the Stellar integration consortium, which was created by Mercado bitcoin to create solutions for Real Digital. It also includes ClearSale and CPQD.