EPISODE · Feb 11, 2022 · 26 MIN
El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment
from Nothing is Foreign
Can 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.
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Can 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.
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