Bitcoin Latam Report

In this episode of The Bitcoin Latam Report, I sit down with MetaMick, co-founder of Geyser, a Bitcoin crowdfunding platform helping Bitcoin builders, educators, creators and circular economies raise funds with Bitcoin. We discuss how Geyser started, the challenges of building a non-custodial Bitcoin platform, why crowdfunding matters for grassroots adoption, and how Bitcoin can empower communitie...

In this episode of The Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik speaks with Lorena Ortiz, one of the best-known Bitcoin educators and community builders in Mexico. Lorena shares her journey from discovering Bitcoin in 2017, to co-founding the iconic Bitcoin Embassy Bar in Mexico City, to becoming Fedi’s Community Master for Latin America. They discuss how Bitcoin Embassy Bar helped strengthen the local...

In this episode of The Bitcoin Latam Report, I speak with Bruno Vaccotti, director of the Fintech Chamber in Paraguay, founder of the Paraguayan Bitcoin education initiative, entrepreneur, organizer of Acelerando Bitcoin, and one of the key voices pushing Bitcoin adoption in the country. We discuss how Paraguay became a major Bitcoin mining hub, the government inefficiencies that keep slowing inno...

In the 15th episode of the Bitcoin Latam Report, Maciej Cepnik speaks with Tomek Kowodziejczuk, a longtime Bitcoiner, founder of the Bitcoin FilmFest in Warsaw, and now a builder in Prospera, the freedom-oriented special economic zone in Roatán, Honduras. They discuss why Tomek left Poland for Prospera, the philosophical roots of Bitcoin and libertarianism, and why he sees Bitcoin as a tool for fr...

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 Bitcoin Latam Report to break down Bitcoin-collateralized loans built on Rootstock, a Bitcoin sidechain where you pay fees in Bitcoin, earn yield on stablecoins,...

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 called my friend Roman, a Bitcoiner who's lived in Puerto Vallarta for the past 15 years, to find out what was actually happening on the ground. And yes, we ended...

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 industry across LatAm before going all-in on Bitcoin. We talked about what fractional reserve actually looks like from the inside, the lessons El S...

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 a flat $5,000/year in tax, get a real residency certificate, a company, and a bank account. All without leaving your couch. Maciej Cepnik had the chanc...

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 own admission, took 10 years to truly understand it. We unpack how Argentine capital controls first led Fernando to Bitcoin as a payment rail, what finally ma...

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 La Casa de Satoshi in Mexico City, we dig into what it actually takes to build a self-sufficient Bitcoin community, from legal structures and autonomous energy to...

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 entrepreneur. They break down what Fedi is actually building beyond a wallet, why custody isn’t a binary decision, and how federated models can offer privacy, securit...

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 markets to launch a public instrument tied to Bitcoin. Maciej challenges  They also get into: how auditors look at Bitcoin on a balance sheet in Mexico, why some...

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 means for Bitcoin. 00:02 Javier’s background 00:58 Journalism → Forbes → Bitfinex / Satoshi in Venezuela 02:56 Leaving Venezuela in 2023 06:20 How do Venezuel...

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 retirement. This episode is based on Aureo’s first report: “Limitations of Mexico’s Retirement Savings System (SAR) and Savings Alternatives in Mexico.” Together...

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 Bitcoiners” pushed him toward self-custody, and why he started the store after realizing how hard it was to get basic Bitcoin tools like a node. They discuss wh...

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 Universidad Francisco Marroquín shaped Rudy’s Austrian-econ, liberty-first worldview, why adoption in Guatemala looks different (a relatively stable quetzal...

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 with US companies. We dig into what actually gets you hired remotely, how AI is reshaping junior roles, and Hugo’s path into México’s Bitcoin scene, especi...

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, the challenges of custody solutions, security concerns for Bitcoin holders in the region, and the importance of building a developer community. The co...