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The Fog of War: Three Themes Crypto Investors Should Pay Attention To Now

thebarefootvc

Since its debut in 2009, Bitcoin has been heralded as a self-sovereign alternative to government controlled fiat. Yesterday, Infura, a cloud -based node network for Ethereum, cut off access for wallets in Venezuela and quickly reversed course blaming the outage in code that was implemented to comply with sanctions against Russia.

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Bitcoin: Resilience in Crisis

thebarefootvc

Those in countries that have previously experienced massive inflation (Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Argentina) or capital controls (China, India) have long seen relative value in an asset that is independent of government financial manipulation.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I have faced, and continue to face, many challenges along the way—evolving from an editor to a business owner, developing a memorable brand, finding great talent, to name a few. I originally came from Argentina, and lived in Brazil and Venezuela before moving to the US. It was the best decision of my life. 12) We Wanted to Help.

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Americans are Better Off Without TikTok But Banning It is Bad Policy

This is going to be BIG.

If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on with regards to the future of TikTok in the United States, it is that congressional leaders have embarrassed themselves during the questioning of TikTok’s US CEO as the government considers whether or not to ban the popular app. Venezuela much?

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4

Steve Blank

Beyond these encouraging developments with our former Cold War rivals the US assumed a position of unparalleled military dominance. Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. and other countries.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4 – Bridge Colby

Steve Blank

Beyond these encouraging developments with our former Cold War rivals the US assumed a position of unparalleled military dominance. Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. and other countries.

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