BitPagos is a Latin American cryptocurrency and blockchain financial-services platform that began as a Bitcoin payment processor before rebranding as Ripio in January 2017. BitPagos's Twitter Score is 13 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #74,129 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
BitPagos was co-founded by Sebastián Serrano as CEO, Luciana Gruszeczka as COO, and Mugur Marculescu. The company started operating as a fintech focused on Bitcoin payment processing in Latin America, and in June 2014 raised $600,000 to expand beyond Argentina into additional Latin American markets. It was also a Startup Battlefield finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2016.
BitPagos closed a $1.9 million Series A round in January 2017, led by Huiyin Blockchain Venture, with Digital Currency Group, Boost VC, and Draper VC participating. That same month, the company rebranded to Ripio, a name drawn from its consumer credit product. Under the Ripio brand, the company expanded its offering to include a cryptocurrency wallet, exchange, brokerage, OTC desk, institutional custody, tokenization, and crypto-as-a-service infrastructure. Ripio subsequently raised a $50 million Series B round announced in September 2021, led by Digital Currency Group, with participation from Amplo, Draper Ventures, and Boost VC. Additional backers across the company's history include Pantera Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Tim Draper, Barry Silbert, 8capita, South Ventures, and NXTP Labs.
BitPagos has also been associated with work alongside Mercado Libre to create the Meli Dólar (MUSD) stablecoin, and enabled cryptocurrency buying and selling through Mercado Pago in Chile, Mexico, and Brazil. The ecosystem's official token is identified as Ripio Coin (RPC). The active successor account for the company is now Ripio, while @BitPagos represents the former brand. BitPagos has published 443 posts and has been mentioned by 55 accounts, totaling 150 mentions.
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The accounts that follow BitPagos include 34 founders, 6 angel investors, 5 influencers and 8 VCs, among them Erik Voorhees, Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss, Zooko, Nick Szabo and Dan Morehead.