Episode Details

Ruben Galindo, cofounder and CEO of Airtm, joins the show. Recently, Airtm has been in the news as it was reported that Juan Guaidó, Venezuela's would-be President, was using the app to coordinate the disbursement of funds seized from the Maduro regime to healthcare workers in Venezuela. In this episode:

• Why Ruben cofounded Airtm 
• How Airtm creates local liquidity for dollars against any local currency
• How Airtm manages their reserve
• How Bitcoin and Ethereum intersect with AirUSD
• How Airtm creates local liquidity on their platform
• The size of Airtm's userbase globally and in Venezuela
• Why international freelancers gravitate towards AirTM
• The genesis of Airdrop Venezuela
• How Airtm linked up with Venezuelan president Juan Guaido to distribute payments to Venezuelans
• The genesis of the plan to distribute seized funds to Venezuelan healthcare workers
• How Airtm is planning to route around Maduro's attempts at censorship
• How Airtm manages the physical risks of running a grey market business in Venezuela

Read more about Airtm here.