The Battle to Get A Dictator’s Seized Millions to 62,000 Venezuelan Health Care Workers

Today on the Brief The SEC changes accredited investor rules Fintech and crypto investor Ribbit Capital starts $350 million SPAC Previewing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech 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 Find our guest online:Website: airtm.comTwitter: @theairtm