Why Venezuela Likely Doesn't Have a $60 Billion Bitcoin Stash

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A $60 billion rumor dominates conversations in the crypto space in the fallout of Maduro's capture. Is Venezuela a secret Bitcoin giant? 🔥 EPISODE LINK 🔥 👉 https://unchainedcrypto.com/how-venezuela-shows-why-bitcoin-crypto-and-stablecoins-help-everyday-people/ 👈 Thank you to our sponsors: 👉 Uniswap → https://hub.uniswap.org/ 👉 Figure Markets → https://figuremarkets.co/unchained Amid several years of economic challenges, Venezuela boasts a long and intriguing relationship with crypto. Following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by the U.S. government, these crypto ties have again been brought into focus. In this Unchained podcast episode, Ledn cofounder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo and Economic Inclusion Group President Jorge Jraissati join Laura Shin to unpack this history, including the plausibility of the Latin American country sitting on a $60 billion Bitcoin stash. Mauricio details how the hums of Bitcoin mining rigs became the sound of freedom for Venezuelans. Jorge says post-Maduro Venezuela will “demand” a crypto-powered economy. Will the crypto industry shape the future of Venezuela? And what does such a future look like? Guests: ⭐️ Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Cofounder and CSO of Ledn ⭐️ Jorge Jraissati, President of Economic Inclusion Group Timestamps: 🚀 00:00 Introduction 👀 1:22 Is Venezuela sitting on $60 billion worth of Bitcoin? 🤔 8:08 What is fanning the flames of speculation? 🧏‍♂️ 16:52 How Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining became a way out for Venezuelans under Maduro ⁉️ 28:07 What inspired Maduro to launch Petro? 🫠 32:26 How Maduro allegedly used a Petro campaign to fish out and expropriate Bitcoin miners 💡 37:40 Why stablecoins have become so critical to Venezuelans 😬 45:52 Why Maduro's Petro was dead on arrival 🧠 50:51 How crypto is influencing geopolitics 💫 56:49 How crypto can play a role in the rebuilding of Venezuela #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! CHECK OUT THE CRYPTOPIANS → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFzunCFXrv4 WEBSITE → https://unchainedcrypto.com UNCHAINED DAILY NEWSLETTER → https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ LAURA'S TWITTER → https://x.com/laurashin UNCHAINED TWITTER → https://x.com/unchained_pod FACEBOOK → https://www.facebook.com/unchainedwithlaurashin INSTAGRAM → https://www.instagram.com/laurashin/?hl=en LINKEDIN → https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurashin/ MERCHANDISE → https://unchainedpodcast.company.site/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEW EPISODES OF UNCHAINED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY! ALONG WITH BITS & BIPS AND THE CHOPPING BLOCK Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 YOUR NO-HYPE RESOURCE FOR ALL THINGS CRYPTO!