Here in Venezuela, Doctors Struggle to Access Aid From Crypto Platform
Late last month, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó announced he would use the digital currency exchange Airtm to redistribute some $19 million to Venezuelan health care workers. One health care worker told me what happened when she tried to register: “Most people I know, who work like me in the health sector and have discussed the matter, couldn’t register and didn’t even know what Airtm is.
According to Guaidó’s team, this campaign has four stages: application; verification and selection; registration in the digital platform (Airtm) intended for payment; and transfer of aid for three consecutive months. Recently, Airtm blocked the use of Banco de Venezuela, the largest public bank in the country, to reduce users’ risk from some government actions.