El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment

Podcast: Nothing is Foreign (LS 46 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: El Salvador's Bitcoin ExperimentPub date: 2022-02-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationCan a nation — and economy — of 6.5 million people run on bitcoin? That's the real-time experiment playing out in El Salvador, where the country's tech bro president has made the cryptocurrency legal tender. We'll take you inside El Salvador and hear from locals to see how the promise of a cryptocurrency paradise by a self-professed 'world's coolest dictator' is running up against the reality of regular people just trying to survive. Featuring investigative reporter Nelson Rauda with El Faro. Note: this episode contains explicit language.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBC, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.