Axie Infinity Finds Ready Players in Hyperinflation-Racked Venezuela
As they have in the Philippines, some players are making enough money to feed their families.
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Nov 23, 2021 at 5:54 p.m. UTC
Nov 23, 2021
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Venezuela Citizens Reportedly Using Gold Flakes to Pay for Goods and Services As Economic Crisis Deepens
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Oct 22, 2021 at 7:17 p.m. UTC
Oct 22, 2021
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Venezuela’s New Digital Bolivar Isn’t Digital, and It Won’t Solve the Country’s Economic Crisis
In view of the hyperinflation in the Latin American country, the government decided to remove six zeros from the currency and issue a new bolivar. For a third time.
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Oct 7, 2021 at 9:58 p.m. UTC
Oct 7, 2021
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Crypto Adoption in Venezuela
Alejandro Machado, Open Money Initiative co-founder, with an update on crypto adoption in Venezuela.
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Mar 10, 2021 at 8:47 p.m. UTC
Mar 10, 2021
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Bitcoin and Inflation: Everything You Need to Know
The cryptocurrency was designed to counter the harms of inflation, but is this really such a big issue?
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Jan 28, 2021 at 10:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 28, 2021
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Bull Run Democracy, Revisited
In 2017, high-flying bitcoiners attempted to foment democracy in Venezuela by airdropping crypto and paper wallets. What did we learn from these experiments?
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Jan 7, 2021 at 8:59 p.m. UTC
Jan 7, 2021
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Crypto Remittances Prove Their Worth in Latin America
Crypto remittances are growing in Latin America, particularly in the wake of other remittance platforms shutting off access to some markets.
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Dec 9, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. UTC
Dec 9, 2020
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Pizza Hut Venezuela Now Accepts Crypto Payments
The Venezuelan arm of the restaurant chain now accepts dash and bitcoin through CryptoBuyer.
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Nov 30, 2020 at 8:38 a.m. UTC
Nov 30, 2020
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US Government Enlists USDC for 'Global Foreign Policy Objective' in Venezuela: Circle CEO
The U.S. government is sending USDC payments to Venezuela using Circle and Airtm to bypass Nicolas Maduro, the nation's dictator.
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Nov 20, 2020 at 7:36 p.m. UTC
Nov 20, 2020
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Venezuela's Bitcoin Story Puts It in a Category of One
Venezuela’s peer-to-peer bitcoin activity has been extraordinary, whether measured as an absolute or relative to GDP, according to CoinDesk Research data.
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Nov 11, 2020 at 8:42 p.m. UTC
Nov 11, 2020