BREAKDOWN: The Battle to Get Dictator’s Seized Millions to 62,000 Venezuelan Health Heroes

How crypto-powered Airtm is teaming with Venezuela’s opposition government to distribute $18 million in funds the U.S. seized from the Maduro dictatorship, featuring Airtm CEO Ruben Galindo.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.
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Our main conversation is with Ruben Galindo, CEO and co-founder of Airtm.
Airtm is a global dollar account that lets users anywhere access U.S. dollars, powered by cryptocurrency infrastructure and a P2P network. 
The company is currently working with Juan Guaido’s opposition government in Venezeula to attempt to distribute $18 million in funds the U.S. seized from the Maduro dictatorship. 
In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:

How Airtm works outside of the traditional banking system

Why people around the world are hungry for access to dollars 

What the Health Heroes campaign is trying to achieve 

How Guaido and Airtm are trying to work around the Maduro government’s attempt to suppress them

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Website: airtm.com
Twitter: @theairtm
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