Podcast · 1,186 episodes on record

How Venezuela Shows Why Bitcoin, Crypto and Stablecoins Help Everyday People

Published

January 13, 2026

Length

58 min

Type

Full

Position

1,031 of 1,186

January 13, 2026

How Venezuela Shows Why Bitcoin, Crypto and Stablecoins Help Everyday People

0:00 / 58:38

0:00Choose a match or chapter to light up its moment58:38

Listen to the full episode

Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.

Search the Record

Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet

When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.

Tom Emmer Episodes Around January 13, 2026

Episode 1,031 of 1,186 — walk the feed in the order it was published.

View all episodes

54:10

DAT Stocks Are on Sale. Are They a Buy? Plus, Why Crypto Is Dead - Ep.985

Dec 20, 2025·Ep 985

1:03:55

Lessons From A Successful Tokenization Project & What Market Structure Reveals About Trump-Linked WLFI’s False Promises: Bits + Bips - Ep. 986

Dec 20, 2025·Ep 986

55:37

Bits + Bips: Will Crypto Rise on Liquidity or Will 2026 See Another Washout? - Ep. 988

Dec 23, 2025·Ep 988

50:11

DEX in the City: How Even TradFi Wants to Pass the Crypto Market Structure Bill - Ep. 989

Dec 24, 2025·Ep 989

1:18:51

How Crypto Users Get Rekt and How You Can Stay Safe - Ep. 987

Dec 24, 2025·Ep 987

1:04:54

2025 Crypto Year in Review, Part 1: Shit Talking Edition - Ep. 990

Dec 26, 2025·Ep 990

1:18:23

Landmark Regulation, ICOs, Downtober & Privacy: 2025 Crypto Year in Review (Part 2) - Ep. 991

Dec 30, 2025·Ep 991

1:09:44

Bits + Bips: 2026 Crypto Predictions: BTC & ETH Hit Record Highs, Stablecoins Go Big

Dec 31, 2025

1:01:12

The Chopping Block: Aave Civil War + Flow Hack + Coinbase Super-App - Ep. 993

Jan 1, 2026·Ep 993

1:20:44

The Crypto Market Structure Has Changed and Rising Tides May No Longer Lift All Boats

Jan 3, 2026

1:01:11

58:38This episode

How Venezuela Shows Why Bitcoin, Crypto and Stablecoins Help Everyday People

Jan 13, 2026

49:54

The Chopping Block: Venezuela Sanctions Drama + Polymarket Insider Trading + Zcash Foundation Exodus

Jan 14, 2026

53:59

Bits + Bips: How AI and Energy Prices Will Force the Fed’s Hand

Jan 15, 2026

52:14

DEX in the City: Why the Market Structure Bill May Not Be Good for DeFi

Jan 15, 2026

32:24

Polygon's Big Pivot: Why the Network Is Pivoting to Payments and What It Means for POL

Jan 17, 2026

51:36

Why Bitcoin Has Fallen Behind Gold & What Could Come Next

Jan 17, 2026

40:47

Q-Day Is Imminent. Can Bitcoin Survive the Quantum Threat?

Jan 18, 2026

54:28

Uneasy Money: In a World of AI, Are Dino Privacy Coins a Good Bet?

Jan 18, 2026

47:35

Bits + Bips: Why Grayscale Sees ATHs Before Q3, With ETH Outperforming

Jan 19, 2026

1:04:16

How Nansen’s New Trading Agent Makes It Easier to Follow the Smart Money Onchain

Jan 21, 2026

1:08:26

Why Bitcoin Isn't Acting as Digital Gold & International Stocks Are Winning - Bits + Bips

Jan 21, 2026

53:10

DEX in the City: When NYSE Goes Onchain, What Happens to Financial Intermediaries?

Jan 22, 2026

55:52

The Chopping Block: Crypto Clarity Act Drama + Stablecoin Yield Wars + Developer Liability Fights

Jan 22, 2026

1:17:15

Uneasy Money: Why Crypto Still Can't Overcome Its ICO Struggles

Jan 23, 2026

48:57

Bits + Bips: Why Gold Still Dominates — And What Bitcoin Must Prove

Jan 24, 2026

1:06:45

Gold to $12,000 or “Sell Gold Today”? – Bits + Bips

Jan 28, 2026

View all episodes

Summary

Thank you to our sponsors, Uniswap and Figure Markets!

Amid several years of economic challenges, Venezuela boasts a long and intriguing relationship with crypto. Following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by the U.S. government, these crypto ties have again been brought into focus.

In this Unchained podcast episode, Ledn cofounder Mauricio Di Bartolomeo and Economic Inclusion Group President Jorge Jraissati join Laura Shin to unpack this history, including the plausibility of the Latin American country sitting on a $60 billion Bitcoin stash.

Mauricio details how the hums of Bitcoin mining rigs became the sound of freedom for Venezuelans. Jorge says post-Maduro Venezuela will “demand” a crypto powered economy.

Will the crypto industry shape the future of Venezuela? And what does such a future look like?

Hosts:

Laura Shin

Guests:

Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, Cofounder and CSO of Ledn

Jorge Jraissati, President of Economic Inclusion Group

Links:

Bitcoin Rallies to $93,000 After U.S. Attack on Venezuela

How Maduro’s Capture and a ‘Pre-War World’ Affects Bitcoin: Bits + Bips

Brian Kelly on Token-Curated Registries, Robinhood Crypto Trading and the Petro

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.

← All episodes from Tom Emmer

How Venezuela Shows Why Bitcoin, Crypto and Stablecoins Help Everyday People

Search the Record

Tom Emmer Episodes Around January 13, 2026

DAT Stocks Are on Sale. Are They a Buy? Plus, Why Crypto Is Dead - Ep.985

Lessons From A Successful Tokenization Project & What Market Structure Reveals About Trump-Linked WLFI’s False Promises: Bits + Bips - Ep. 986

Bits + Bips: Will Crypto Rise on Liquidity or Will 2026 See Another Washout? - Ep. 988

DEX in the City: How Even TradFi Wants to Pass the Crypto Market Structure Bill - Ep. 989

How Crypto Users Get Rekt and How You Can Stay Safe - Ep. 987

2025 Crypto Year in Review, Part 1: Shit Talking Edition - Ep. 990

Landmark Regulation, ICOs, Downtober & Privacy: 2025 Crypto Year in Review (Part 2) - Ep. 991

Bits + Bips: 2026 Crypto Predictions: BTC & ETH Hit Record Highs, Stablecoins Go Big

The Chopping Block: Aave Civil War + Flow Hack + Coinbase Super-App - Ep. 993

The Crypto Market Structure Has Changed and Rising Tides May No Longer Lift All Boats

How Maduro's Capture and a 'Pre-War World' Affects Bitcoin: Bits + Bips

The Chopping Block: 2025 Winners & Losers + 2026 Predictions - Ep. 998

Why 2026 Is 'Too Chaotic' to Make Crypto Predictions

DEX in the City: Why Prediction Market 'Insider Trading' Isn't Illegal — Yet

How Aave Labs and the DAO Should Split Ownership of the Brand - Uneasy Money

How Venezuela Shows Why Bitcoin, Crypto and Stablecoins Help Everyday People

The Chopping Block: Venezuela Sanctions Drama + Polymarket Insider Trading + Zcash Foundation Exodus

Bits + Bips: How AI and Energy Prices Will Force the Fed’s Hand

DEX in the City: Why the Market Structure Bill May Not Be Good for DeFi

Polygon's Big Pivot: Why the Network Is Pivoting to Payments and What It Means for POL

Why Bitcoin Has Fallen Behind Gold & What Could Come Next

Q-Day Is Imminent. Can Bitcoin Survive the Quantum Threat?

Uneasy Money: In a World of AI, Are Dino Privacy Coins a Good Bet?

Bits + Bips: Why Grayscale Sees ATHs Before Q3, With ETH Outperforming

How Nansen’s New Trading Agent Makes It Easier to Follow the Smart Money Onchain

Why Bitcoin Isn't Acting as Digital Gold & International Stocks Are Winning - Bits + Bips

DEX in the City: When NYSE Goes Onchain, What Happens to Financial Intermediaries?

The Chopping Block: Crypto Clarity Act Drama + Stablecoin Yield Wars + Developer Liability Fights

Uneasy Money: Why Crypto Still Can't Overcome Its ICO Struggles

Bits + Bips: Why Gold Still Dominates — And What Bitcoin Must Prove

Gold to $12,000 or “Sell Gold Today”? – Bits + Bips

Summary