When sanctions were imposed In Venezuela in 2019, the way out of the sanctions was to use the mechanisms of the Iranians to sell, as congressman was saying, the oil to China. But because Venezuela was out of the swift system, it was being paid in crypto in tether and that created a huge scandal of corruption. There are people imprisoned in Venezuela for some years now. And that it's also part of what needs to be changed. I mean there needs to be transparency. (12:26–12:36)
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Asserts that Venezuela used cryptocurrency, specifically Tether, for payments, leading to a corruption scandal.
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