Report: Venezuela uses digital wallet app Jetman Pay to convert taxes from one of its airports into Bitcoin and sell it abroad for USD, bypassing US sanctions (Yessi Bello Perez/The Next Web)

Yessi Bello Perez / The Next Web:
Report: Venezuela uses digital wallet app Jetman Pay to convert taxes from one of its airports into Bitcoin and sell it abroad for USD, bypassing US sanctions  —  Venezuela appears to be leveraging cryptocurrencies as part of a larger effort to bypass US sanctions.



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