{"id":13129,"date":"2018-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/2018\/11\/09\/how-venezuelas-collapse-is-spurring-cryptocurrency-adoption\/"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:36:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:36:30","slug":"venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"How Venezuela\u2019s Collapse Is Spurring Cryptocurrency Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela\u2019s currency crisis has provided a unique use case for real-world cryptocurrency adoption. 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