content: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edgarSubmission xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/ownership" xmlns:com="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">
    <headerData>
      <submissionType>144</submissionType>
      <filerInfo>
        <filer>
          <filerCredentials>
            <cik>0002063736</cik>
            <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
          </filerCredentials>
        </filer>
        <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>
  
  
  
      </filerInfo>
    </headerData>
    <formData>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001745431</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>StoneCo Ltd.</issuerName>
        <secFileNumber>001-38714</secFileNumber>
        <issuerAddress>
          <com:street1>4TH FLOOR, HARBOUR PLACE</com:street1>
          <com:street2>103 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, P.O. BOX 10240</com:street2>
          <com:city>GRAND CAYMAN</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>E9</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>KY1-1002</com:zipCode>
        </issuerAddress>
        <issuerContactPhone>55 3004-9680</issuerContactPhone>
        <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Mali Investment Holdings Ltd.</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
        <relationshipsToIssuer>
          <relationshipToIssuer>Director</relationshipToIssuer>
        </relationshipsToIssuer>
      </issuerInfo>
      <securitiesInformation>
        <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common</securitiesClassTitle>
        <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
          <name>Citigroup Global Markets Inc</name>
          <address>
            <com:street1>388 Greenwich Street</com:street1>
            <com:city>New York</com:city>
            <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
            <com:zipCode>10013</com:zipCode>
          </address>
        </brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <noOfUnitsSold>34500</noOfUnitsSold>
        <aggregateMarketValue>401109.00</aggregateMarketValue>
        <noOfUnitsOutstanding>290187329</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
        <approxSaleDate>03/24/2025</approxSaleDate>
        <securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
      </securitiesInformation>
      <securitiesToBeSold>
        <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common</securitiesClassTitle>
        <acquiredDate>07/10/2023</acquiredDate>
        <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Open Market Purchase</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
        <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>NASDAQ</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
        <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
        <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>34500</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
        <paymentDate>07/10/2023</paymentDate>
        <natureOfPayment>Cash</natureOfPayment>
      </securitiesToBeSold>
      <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
      <remarks>THIS FILING WAS DELAYED DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND DELAYS IN OBTAINING VALID FILING CREDENTIALS AFTER ORIGINAL CREDENTIALS RECEIVED FROM EDGARNEXT WERE FOUND TO BE INVALID.</remarks>
      <noticeSignature>
        <noticeDate>04/03/2025</noticeDate>
        <signature>/S/ Silvio Jose Morais, by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as broker</signature>
      </noticeSignature>
    </formData>
  </edgarSubmission>
metadata_documents: [{"type": "144", "sequence": "1", "filename": "primary_doc.xml", "secsgml_size_bytes": 3073}]
text: 144
  0002063736
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001745431
  StoneCo Ltd.
  001-38714
  4TH FLOOR, HARBOUR PLACE
  103 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, P.O. BOX 10240
  GRAND CAYMAN
  E9
  KY1-1002
  55 3004-9680
  Mali Investment Holdings Ltd.
  Director
  Class A Common
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc
  388 Greenwich Street
  New York
  NY
  10013
  34500
  401109.00
  290187329
  03/24/2025
  NASDAQ
  Class A Common
  07/10/2023
  Open Market Purchase
  NASDAQ
  N
  34500
  07/10/2023
  Cash
  Y
  THIS FILING WAS DELAYED DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND DELAYS IN OBTAINING VALID FILING CREDENTIALS AFTER ORIGINAL CREDENTIALS RECEIVED FROM EDGARNEXT WERE FOUND TO BE INVALID.
  04/03/2025
  /S/ Silvio Jose Morais, by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as broker