Bitcoin Latam Report
Hosted by Maciej Cepnik, a Canadian who moved to Mexico and is a Bitcoin entrepreneur, this show features English-language interviews with Bitcoin founders, builders, and operators across the entire Latin American region. From Mexico City to Buenos Aires, we dig into how Bitcoin is used for payments, remittances, mining, and regulation, along with the hard lessons, tactics, and opportunities shaping the LatAm ecosystem.
Episodes
14 episodes
#Bitcoin14 Damián Silva on DeFi in LatAm: KYC-free loans back by Bitcoin and the future of Tropykus
What if you could buy a house, renovate your home, or fund your business, without selling a single satoshi, and without KYC?That's exactly what Tropykus users in Latam are doing. Damián Silva, community lead at Tropykus, joined The Bitc...
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Episode 14
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46:07
#EP13 SPECIAL REPORT - The Realities on the Ground in Puerto Vallarta with a Bitcoiner
Yesterday was a difficult day for Mexico. After the reported capture and death of El Mencho by the Mexican government, chaos erupted across the country, and the news was flooded with footage and claims that were hard to verify.So I call...
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Episode 13
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36:41
#EP12 Gabriel Amorocho on the Rotten Banking System in LatAm and Bitcoin in Colombia
If you knew what happens behind the scenes at Latin American banks, you wouldn't trust them with your money.I didn't say that, it's Gabriel Amorocho's, a Bitcoiner from Cali, Colombia, who spent years inside the fintech and banking indu...
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Episode 12
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51:20
#EP11 Joey Langenbrunner (CEO Nomad Layer) on PROSPERA, The New Tax Heaven for Digital Nomads
Joey Langerbrunner, CEO and Founder of Nomad Layer, is solving once and for all the residency issue for Digital Nomads. He built the world's first remote tax residency program inside Prospera, a special economic zone in Honduras, where you pay ...
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Episode 11
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51:38
#EP10 - The Bitcoin Libertarian on How to Build a Successful Bitcoin Podcast and Lessons from LatAm
In this episode of the Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik sits down with Fernando, the voice behind The Bitcoin Libertarian podcast. Fernando is a Buenos Aires-born, Hong Kong-based Bitcoiner who has been in the space since 2011, but by his ow...
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Episode 10
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1:08:07
EP#9: Daniel of the White Paper House (Mérida) on the Challenges of Building a Bitcoin Citadel
In this 9th episode of the Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik sits down with Daniel, a Mexican entrepreneur based in Mérida, Yucatán, who's building one of the most ambitious Bitcoin citadel projects in Latin America. Recorded at ...
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Episode 9
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40:16
#EP8 - Obi Nwosu Fedi’s Vision: Private, Community-Based Bitcoin for All
In this episode of the Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik had the chance to sit down with Obi Nwosu at La Casa de Satoshi, right in the heart of Mexico City. Obi is the co-founder & CEO of Fedi and an inspiring visionary Bitcoin entreprene...
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Episode 8
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1:04:02
#EP7 Boyd Cohen - Mission & Challenges of Mexico’s First Bitcoin Treasury Company (Arcadia₿)
In Episode 7 of the Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik sits down with Boyd Cohen (CSO at Arcadia₿) to unpack what it really takes to build Mexico’s first Bitcoin treasury company.They discuss how Arcadia₿ is navigating Mexico’s capital...
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Episode 7
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1:07:38
#EP6 Javier Bastardo - What's Next for Venezuela After Maduro: Oil, USDT, and the Bitcoin Reality
In this episode, Maciej Cepnik sits down with Javier Bastardo, a Venezuelan journalist for Forbes, comms/PR at Bitfinex, and founder of Satoshi in Venezuela, for a firsthand look at Venezuela’s breaking point and what comes next, and what it me...
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Episode 6
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1:15:22
#EP5 Santiago Varela - Retirement in Mexico Is Getting Destroyed—Bitcoin Could Be Your Lifeboat
In Episode 5 of the Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik talks with Santiago Varela Belmont (Director at KardashevBTC and founder of La Casa de Satoshi) about why Mexico’s pension system is structurally failing, and why Bitcoin matters for retir...
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Episode 5
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46:29
#EP4 Ronny Avendaño - From Toronto to El Zonte - Founding and growing the Bitcoin Hardware Store
In Episode 4 of the Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik interviews Ronny Avendaño, founder and CEO of the Bitcoin Hardware Store, in Mexico City at La Casa de Satoshi. Ronny shares his journey from Toronto to El Salvador, how meeting “real Bitc...
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Episode 4
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59:30
EP#3 Rudy Gallardo: Orange-Pilling Guatemala and Using AI to Advance Bitcoin Education
In this third episode of the Bitcoin Latam Podcast, Maciej Cepnik sits down with Rudy Gallardo (@bullishguate), a Guatemala-based Bitcoin community builder and entrepreneur who's organizing monthly meetups in Guatemala City. We unpack how Unive...
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Episode 3
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56:39
EP#2 Don Chambitas on Building a Tech Recruitment Agency Before Everyone Else & Bitcoin in México
In this second episode of the Latam Bitcoin Report, Maciej Cepnik sits down with Hugo “Don Chambitas” Hernández, a veteran tech recruiter who built a brand around open-salary job posts and now runs a recruitment agency matching LatAm developers...
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Episode 2
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53:33
EP#1 Gustavo Flores Echaiz - CEO of Aureobitcoin.com
In the inaugural episode of the Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik interviews Gustavo Flores, CEO of Aureo, discussing the evolving landscape of Bitcoin in Latin America. They explore Aureo's mission to promote Bitcoin as a savings technology,...
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Episode 1
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