AgenteBTC

AgenteBTC (also spelled Agente BTC) was a crypto exchange in Peru. It was set up in Lima in 2019. People used it to buy Bitcoin, SOL and other coins with soles, and could top up with cash at KasNet corner shops. That app is now closed. The firm has rebranded as Linka, which sells stablecoin payments to businesses in Latin America. AgenteBTC's LinkedIn page put it this way: "AgenteBTC fue el origen. Linka es la evolución." In English: AgenteBTC was the start, and Linka is what came next. In late October 2026, agentebtc.com showed only an error page. The live site is linka.xyz.

AgenteBTC is now Linka: what changed for users

The rebrand changed who the firm serves. AgenteBTC sold crypto to people in Peru. Linka sells payment tools to firms and app builders.

The LinkedIn post says Linka is built for business needs. It lists trade finance, cross-border payments and stablecoin cash flow. The AgenteBTC Facebook page says the same thing. It says the firm is "evolving" to serve "the new corporate economy".

For an old AgenteBTC user, the main point is that the app and website are gone. Fluyez, a rival exchange in Peru, wrote a review of the change. It says agentebtc.com used to send visitors to a Linka login page. It also says Linka "is not for you" if you used AgenteBTC as a private person. If you still hold funds from the AgenteBTC days, contact Linka. We found no public notice from either brand on how the old app was wound down.

How the AgenteBTC exchange worked in Peru

AgenteBTC went live in February 2020, per a Contxto profile from that year. Contxto said it had a web app plus a network of partner shops. It also offered money transfers home and crypto sales to firms. At that time it was self-funded and dealt mostly in Bitcoin.

The app later added more coins. Fluyez lists eight, among them BTC, ETH, USDT, SOL, ADA, SHIB and MATIC. Users could pay in by bank or with cash:

• Bank transfers in soles, through Interbank and BCP only, per Fluyez.
• Cash, at more than 13,000 Agente KasNet points run by Globokas Perú.

Fluyez says AgenteBTC charged 1% to buy or sell. Local bank deposits were free. Fluyez puts the smallest buy at $15. It adds that AgenteBTC moved into Honduras in 2023. All of this is about the old app, not Linka.

Linka stablecoin payments: on-ramps, OTC and B2B transfers

Linka calls itself "stablecoin payment infrastructure for Latin America". A stablecoin is a token pegged to a currency such as the US dollar. Linka's tools are built for firms:

• On-ramp and off-ramp: swap local cash for stablecoins and back.
• Global payments: send and receive money abroad, paid out in local cash.
• OTC desk: large trades handled by staff.
• A white-label wallet a firm can launch under its own brand.
• Treasury tools that show cash and stablecoin balances in one place.
• An API, so app builders can plug these flows into their own products.

The Linka docs list USDT and USDC as the coins it supports. The site lists ten countries, from Mexico and Chile to Peru, Honduras and the United States. It names Bridge and Universal Soft as clients. Prices are not public. The docs say firms get a price based on volume from the sales team.

Linka trade finance and Peru's first stablecoin-paid import

Since the rebrand, most Linka news has been about trade with Asia. CriptoTendencia reported on 9 September 2026 that Linka lends USDT to firms that import and export. The loan covers the wait between a ship leaving port and the payment landing. The report links this to Peru's trade with China.

On 30 September 2026, CriptoNoticias reported a first for Peru. Linka said it had paid for a fully documented import with USDT and USDC. Customs forms and taxes worked the same as for any other import. TokenPost ran the same claim. The "first" is Linka's own claim, and we have not seen it checked by anyone else.

Does Linka support Solana?

Not on its own site. Linka lists Polygon, Ethereum and Stellar as its main chains. The docs do not mention Solana. The Solana link on this page dates from the AgenteBTC days. Back then, SOL was one of the coins people in Peru could buy with soles or KasNet cash. That way to buy SOL closed with the app. If you need to receive stablecoins on Solana, ask Linka first whether it can send them there.

Who Linka is for, and who it no longer serves

Linka suits firms in Latin America that move money across borders. That covers importers, exporters, payment firms and fintech apps. They can add stablecoin on- and off-ramps or a branded wallet through one API. It works best for firms with enough volume to agree a price with sales, since there is no public fee list.

It does not suit private buyers. If you want to buy Bitcoin, SOL or USDT in Peru with soles, the AgenteBTC app that did this is gone. Linka's sign-up is built for firms. It is also a poor fit for teams that need to settle on Solana, since Solana is not on its chain list.

Is Agente BTC safe? Risks, regulation and custody

AgenteBTC held its users' coins and cash for them. That made it a custodial exchange. Users had to trust that the firm stayed solvent and kept funds secure. Linka works the same way for its business clients. It holds or routes their funds and runs its own trading desk.

The rules side is thin. Fluyez says AgenteBTC checked IDs and watched for odd transfers. It also says no state body in Peru supervised the firm. Linka's site says it runs automatic ID and anti-money-laundering checks. It cites SOC 2 and GDPR. But it shows no licence number, no SOC 2 report and no security audit, and we found none.

Public updates are sparse too. The @agentebtc account on X posted nothing in the two months to late October 2026. The old blog address no longer loads.

Linka's site shows a daily volume of $4.2 million. It also claims "over 250k users impacted". Those are the firm's own figures, and it does not say how it counts them.

Alternatives to AgenteBTC for buying crypto in Peru

Private buyers have no direct replacement from the same firm. Other ways to buy crypto with soles include local exchanges and peer-to-peer markets on the big global exchanges. Fluyez is one local option. It wrote the review cited on this page and pitches itself as the AgenteBTC replacement. Before you pick one, check the fees. Also check that it can send SOL or USDT on Solana if that is what you need.

For firms, Linka competes with other stablecoin payment providers in the region. What sets it apart is its base in Peru, its USDT trade loans and its backing from Tether.

AgenteBTC team, Tether funding and history

Víctor Egoavil founded AgenteBTC and now runs Linka as CEO. Crunchbase and the CriptoNoticias report both say so. Alberto Escarate runs sales at Linka, per the same report. Contxto's 2020 profile named Carolina Herrera as CEO at that time.

In December 2024, AgenteBTC raised seed funds from Tether Investments. That is the funds arm of Tether USDT$0.998-0.1%, the firm behind USDT. Crunchbase and Fluyez both report the deal. Egoavil told CriptoTendencia that Linka has been backed by Tether since 2024. He said no other firm from Peru has Tether backing. Tether's logo is on the Linka home page. The size of the deal was not made public.

CriptoTendencia also said Linka was picked from 742 firms that applied to "Venture Ready: De Perú a Estados Unidos". The US State Department backs the scheme. It helps young firms from Peru grow into the United States.

We found no token issued by AgenteBTC or Linka, and neither brand has announced one.