{"id":67208,"date":"2026-01-10T18:46:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67208"},"modified":"2026-01-10T18:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:46:33","slug":"nobel-laureate-maria-machado-envisioned-a-bitcoin-national-reserve-for-new-venezuela-but-bettors-doubt-shed-be-taking-over-caracas-anytime-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67208","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Laureate Maria Machado Envisioned A Bitcoin National Reserve For &#8216;New&#8217; Venezuela &#8211; But Bettors Doubt She&#8217;d Be Taking Over Caracas Anytime Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Following <strong>Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s<\/strong> ouster, attention has turned to Venezuelan opposition leader <strong>Mar\u00eda Corina Machado\u2019s<\/strong> potential return, and with her, the prospects for <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) in the oil-rich nation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Machado Called Bitcoin \u2018Lifeline\u2019 For Venezuelans<\/h2>\n<p>Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to advance democracy in Venezuela, is a known Bitcoin advocate.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2024 interview, she described the apex cryptocurrency as a &#8220;lifeline&#8221; for Venezuelans during periods of hyperinflation.<\/p>\n<p>Machado envisioned Bitcoin as part of national reserves in a \u201cnew\u201d Venezuela.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Venezuela Opposition Leader Marina Machado: National Bitcoin Reserve Proposal\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5DNrpZVWxEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Venezuela\u2019s Crypto Adoption<\/h2>\n<p>Venezuela has a<a ...><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49830531\/nobel-laureate-maria-machado-envisioned-a-bitcoin-national-reserve-for-new-venezuela-but-be?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Nobel\" laureate maria machado envisioned a bitcoin national reserve for venezuela but bettors doubt she be taking over caracas anytime soon>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s ouster, attention has turned to Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado\u2019s potential return, and with her, the prospects for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in the oil-rich nation. Machado Called Bitcoin \u2018Lifeline\u2019 For Venezuelans Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to advance democracy in Venezuela, is a known Bitcoin advocate. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-67208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}