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Boaz Sobrado, data analyst and the founder of whynotcuba.com\\xa0 joins the show to talk about trends in Cuban Bitcoin adoption. In this episode:\\xa0

• How Boaz came to start an ecommerce company in Cuba and how Bitcoin became relevant to him
• The structure of Bitcoin trading markets in Cuba
• How Bitcoin currently trades in Cuba
• Drivers of Bitcoin adoption in Cuba
• Why Cuba until recently hasn\'t been known as an important jurisdiction for Bitcoin
• Why Cuba doesn\'t show up in the typical proxies for bitcoin usage
• Why internet penetration in Cuba is accelerating Bitcoin adoption
• How Bitcoin is incorporated into the remittance flow in Cuba
• How the Cuban regime thinks about and talks about Bitcoin
• The history of Cuba\'s three simultaneous sovereign currencies
• How the sovereign currency transitions are a means for the government to acquire hard currency at the expense of savers
• The key factors supporting a wave of Bitcoin adoption in Cuba today
• How Bitcoin markets permit the pricing of the black market peso rate

Content mentioned in this episode:\\xa0

• Boaz Sobrado, A Day Using Money in Cuba
• Boaz Sobrado in Decrypt, Why Cuba is Primed for Bitcoin Adoption

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