Bitcoin Becomes Venezuelans’ Last Resort, Even When Buying Food

Bitcoin Becomes Venezuelans’ Last Resort, Even When Buying Food

Amidst the worsening economic crisis and financial turmoil, Venezuelans are in search for alternative assets and stores of value to finance their daily living. The imposition of excessive regulation on physical assets such as gold has pushed the demand for Bitcoin in the struggling country. The death toll of starving Venezuelan children is rapidly increasing in Venezuela, to the point where military personnel resort to trafficking food into the country and residents are struggling to acquire basic necessities like medicine. Bags of money. In December of 2016, the New York Times provided....


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