Background & Biography
Thiago Sarandy’s route into cryptocurrency management runs through financial law and the operations of investment businesses. Binance’s April 2026 appointment announcement identifies earlier partner and chief legal officer roles at Genial Investments and Warren Investments. It also records a law degree from PUC-Rio, a capital-markets LL.M. from FGV-RJ and further blockchain study at MIT.
He joined Binance in 2022 and previously headed regulatory and legal affairs for Brazil and El Salvador. In April 2026, he became general manager for Brazil, taking responsibility for the company’s strategy and operations in that market. The appointment brought a legal and regulatory specialist into a broader operating position.
The National Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s March 2025 crypto-assets seminar programme listed Sarandy as Binance’s senior legal counsel for Latin America. It assigned him to a roundtable about virtual assets in Brazil, institutional dialogue and future prospects, extending the public record of his legal-policy work.
Banco Central do Brasil’s May 12, 2026 ABcripto audience list names him as Binance Brazil’s general manager. A separate participant list for an institutional meeting dated May 28 again gives his general-manager title, alongside Binance compliance representatives.
Notable Contributions
A September 14, 2026 CVM account documents Sarandy’s participation in a September 11 meeting in Rio de Janeiro organised by Instituto Livre Mercado. It names him at the opening and on the tokenization panel with José Alexandre Vasco and Marcelo Firmino dos Santos. The meeting addressed tokenized securities and real assets, distributed records, custody and settlement. His contribution brought an exchange operator’s perspective into a discussion with the securities regulator’s technical staff.
Another aspect is association-level representation. Binance’s announcement that it joined ABcripto and would participate on its board quotes Sarandy explaining the value of contributing to standards and dialogue with policymakers. The company described governance, consumer protection, compliance and responsible innovation as priorities for its participation.
In July 2026, Binance’s announcement of ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 certifications for Sim;paul identified Sarandy as its Brazil country manager. He presented privacy and information-security governance as part of the local operation’s commitment to users. The announcement says BSI conducted the assessment of the named operation’s management systems.
Sarandy’s July 17, 2026 guest column in InfoMoney argued that crypto platforms were becoming broader financial-services businesses. He linked that direction to access, education and integration between traditional and digital assets. A precise qualification accompanied his examples of tokenized US shares and other global offerings: the products cited were not yet available in Brazil. His argument concerned the direction of international services and demand for access outside conventional trading hours. The column is clearly marked as his opinion.
The Inter Invest Summit programme for September 26, 2026 lists Sarandy in its digital-assets session on market cycles and opportunities with Murillo Alves, Andrey Nousi and Danilo Perroti. The named assignment extends his public activity from legal-policy discussion to a broader market audience.
Why Katharos.ai Follows Thiago Sarandy
Katharos.ai follows Sarandy for the connection between financial law and operating a digital-asset business. His career includes investment-business legal responsibilities, institutional dialogue, a named tokenization panel, association representation and public explanation of privacy controls. His signed commentary adds a direct account of how he views the relationship between exchange services and conventional markets.
The move into general management makes the implementation of those ideas worth following. His record provides concrete subjects for future coverage: how local products are explained, how industry standards are discussed and how operating controls support a growing service.
Areas to Follow
- Changes to his Brazil management responsibilities and later employer-confirmed leadership arrangements. - Further named contributions to CVM, central-bank and industry-association discussions about market infrastructure. - How he explains the availability and limits of products for Brazilian users. - Public reporting on the maintenance of information-security and privacy controls at the relevant local operation. - Subsequent signed commentary or recorded discussions that clarify his views on exchange services and traditional-finance integration.
Reporting Scope
Brazil is the current professional-market anchor; El Salvador is an earlier legal remit. Binance named Daniel Acosta Latin America head in June 2026, superseding April’s stated reporting line to Nazar.
Public programmes establish assignments and attendance records establish participation, rather than regulatory decisions. Company association membership and management-system certifications do not constitute personal permissions. Employer biographies supply the stated educational background, while signed commentary remains attributable opinion.
Areas of Influence
Policy & Regulation reflects his legal and institutional work. Exchanges & Infrastructure reflects his responsibility for Binance’s Brazilian operation and his participation in discussions about tokenization and market access. Community, Media & Education captures his signed commentary and public speaking. These categories describe documented activities, without turning commercial advocacy into independent regulatory advice.
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