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BTC + DeFi = FTW

Version One Ventures

which are the primary means of trading in countries like Venezuela (see this excellent study of bitcoin as a censorship resistant bridge currency). 4) Monetary policy / governance – This is a hot button issue and perhaps a bit less clear than the first three points. Bitcoin also dominates in p2p markets (localbitcoins, Bisq, etc.)

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

When you support that platform with inspirational and informative subject matter that helps guide people along the way, and then offer them a community of service providers who can help round out their team—well, that’s the ticket. I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US.

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Trump is everyone's problem now.

This is going to be BIG.

How about Venezuela funds from 1998? It's no longer just a political issue when you're operating in an environment where the government is threatening the otherwise very stable national platform by which you've built your business on. What investor wants to take that extra layer of government risk?