Welcome to the What Bit Bitcoin Did Podcast.

Hi there, welcome to a special episode of the What Bit coin did podcast with an update on the political crisis in Venezuela.

I've recorded Sherbup Venezuela previously with Alejandro Mercado and I've invited him back on the

podcast today with Jankala Furello and Maricio Bartolomeo.

I may have pronounced their names wrong, so if I have,

I do apologize for that.

Listen, there's no ads on this show.

This is a special release.

I just wanted to get out there.

I just wanted to have an update on kind of what's happening

in the political crisis, because I know a lot of people

will listen to my podcast are interested in what's happening in Venezuela so yes I hope this is useful if you do have any

questions do feel free to reach out to me my email address is hello at what Bitcoin did dot com.

Hi there all of you how are you all and also thank you all for giving up

some time to come on my podcast.

Yeah thank you. Thanks Peter. Thanks Peter glad to be here. Great so before we

start I think it would be a good idea for everyone to find out very quickly who you are, what your background is and what

your relevance is to what is happening right now and Venezuela.

So Alejandro, you've been on the show before you can kick off.

Yes, thank you Peter. Well, it's great to be here as always. My name is Alejandro Machado.

I'm currently researching how people are using cryptocurrency in Venezuela and also how people in general

are using money there hoping to get some good insights so that people can design products and

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