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Best of 35 West: Venezuela’s Cryptocurrency Experiment
21 minutes Posted Sep 2, 2021 at 1:41 pm.
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Margarita R. Seminario sits down with Moises Rendon, CSIS Senior Associate and the former director of the Future of Venezuela Initiative. Moises introduces the world of cryptocurrencies and outlines key differences between decentralized and public currencies, such as Bitcoin, and state-sponsored cryptocurrencies, like the Venezuelan Petro. They discuss why cryptocurrencies have become so popular in Venezuela, and how they are transforming the humanitarian sector.

This episode was first released on March 18, 2021.