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Brazil Election Court Orders Suspension of Pro-Flávio Crypto Site

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an archival 2012 frontal view of Brazil's Superior Electoral Court headquarters in Brasília, with its curved glass facade, white roofline, rounded domes and lawn; institutional context, not a depiction of the October 2026 suspension order, rendered in warm ochre and slate-blue pastel strokes.

Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court justice Estela Aranha ordered the interim suspension of Brasil 22 Token on October 9 at the request of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s coalition. The project offered cryptocurrency rewards for online posts promoting presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. The order requires promotional posts to be removed within three hours and platforms to preserve relevant records. Flávio’s campaign denied any relationship with the site or cryptocurrency sales and said it had pursued legal action to take the site down. The interim ruling will go before the court’s plenary, ahead of the October 25 presidential runoff.

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