Mass Bitcoin Adoption in Latin America

Following the historic news of El Salvador making Bitcoin legal tender, host Christian Keroles sits down with three CEO’s of prominent Bitcoin projects in South America to react to the news as well as discuss Bitcoin adoption across Latin America. Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar CEO of IOV Labs and RSK , Mauricio Tovar CEO Tropykus Finance, and Max Cajurzaa CEO of Money on Chain protocol all lend their experience both building Bitcoin projects and educating users about Bitcoin.

We cover the challenges they face and tremendous progress that has been made! The Panel spends time discussing how broken the legacy finance infrastructure is in South American countries and how RSK is serving as a permissionless financial stack for users in Latin America and across the globe. We are starting to see major ecommerce sites leveraging both Bitcoin and stable assets built on RSK and Money on Chain.

Next the group takes time to break down the El Salvador situation and give their opinions on Article 7 and other aspects of how this bill was implemented. The group tends to favor the bill and think it is rather far, whereas many critics have shared mixed opinions over specific implementation details. Finally the Panel speculates on which countries are likely to be next, we discuss the nuances around Panama’s “crypto bill”, and much more.

Please enjoy this informative deep dive on Bitcoin adoption in Latin America!

Panelists:

Diego Gutierrez-Zaldivar CEO of IOV Labs and RSK @dieguito
Mauricio Tovar CEO Tropykus.finance @maurotov
Maximiliano Carjuzaa CEO of Money on Chain @maxcarjuzaa

Moderator:

Christian Keroles: Host of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast @ck_SNARKs

Timestamps:

0:00 - 3:57 Intro
3:57 - 6:52 Mauricio introduces himself and Tropykus Finance
6:52 - 9:08 Diego introduces himself, IOV Labs, and RSK
9:08 - 11:30 Max introduces himself and Money on Chain
11:30 - 17:17 Diego's reaction to the news in El Salvador
17:17 - 19:41 Mauricio's reaction to the news in El Salvador
19:41 - 20:39 What is Mauricio doing on his trip to El Salvador?
20:39 - 22:07 Max's reaction to the news in El Salvador
22:07 - 22:33 Is Max planning a trip to El Salvador?
22:33 - 23:50 Max's thoughts on the new bill in El Salvador
23:50 - 26:24 Diego's thoughts on the new bill in El Salvador
26:24 - 28:59 Mauricio's thoughts on the new bill in El Salvador
28:59 - 31:39 Mauricio's take on bitcoin education in Latin America
31:39 - 35:04 Diego's take on bitcoin education in Latin America
35:04 - 37:09 Max's take on bitcoin education in Latin America
37:09 - 38:19 Bitcoin is a grass roots movement
38:19 - 40:32 How far has the RSK ecosystem come?
40:32 - 41:35 Mauricio's last words
41:35 - 48:12 Diego's thoughts on the state of the RSK ecosystem
48:12 - 50:50 Building on RSK
50:50 - 53:39 The reaction from users of Money on Chain
53:39 - 56:28 Which country will adopt bitcoin next?
56:28 - 56:58 The permissionless adoption of bitcoin
56:28 - 1:00:01 Closing comments