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Bitcoin Trading Activity Goes Ballistic in Venezuela as Rule of Law Erodes
The worse the political, social, and economic conditions in Venezuela get, the more that residents suffering under the Maduro regime pile into Bitcoin.
According to Coin Dance, more than 47 billion Venezuela bolivars were traded against Bitcoin in the first week of July. This broke a previous record that had been set in mid-June.
While the rising amounts of bolivars being spent on buying Bitcoin could be attributed to the fact that the Venezuelan currency is perpetually weakening, it also coincides with the price of the flagship cryptocurrency appreciating considerably in the last couple of weeks.
About that 50,000 bolivar note…
As of April, the inflation rate in Venezuela was estimated to have hit 1,300,000 percent. Mid last month, the South American country announced a 50,000 bolivar bill designed to ease business transactions.
In order to keep up with #hyperinflation, #Venezuela has decided to release new #currency denominations... https://t.co/vXjla1BpYI
— Swiss America (@Swiss_America) June 13, 2019
Still, Venezuela ranks among the top 30 countries whose national currencies are the most traded for Bitcoin, according to Coinhills.
