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* New podcast * Nik Bhatia and I discussed new research from Digital Assets Research Institute (www.da-ri.org) supported by HRF showing >329,000 refugees have traveled across borders carrying Bitcoin. We discuss how the report is helping change the way policymakers & regulators see Bitcoin YouTube: Fountain:

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The Bitcoin Layer • The Global Refugee Crisis & The Bitcoin Solution • Listen on Fountain

In this episode, Nik is joined again by Daniel Batten to explore Bitcoin’s role as a humanitarian tool. They unpack a new report showing that ove...

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The Global Refugee Crisis & The Bitcoin Solution

Podcast Episode · The Bitcoin Layer · 08/15/2025 · 35m

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The Global Refugee Crisis & The Bitcoin Solution

The Bitcoin Layer · Episode

Rare photos of Bitcoin mining in Bhutan Amazing how a tiny land footprint, no eWaste (all rigs are recycled), no water footprint + 100% renewable energy just contributed 40% of Bhutan's GDP, funds environmental and infrastructure initiatives such as their airport rebuild. They even used Bitcoin to raise the salaries of govt workers by 50-65% Any country with surplus energy can copy from Bhutan's playbook, but I'm happy its nations like Bhutan, El Salvador, Paraguay, Ethiopia who are discovering this first because it's helping to address global wealth inequality one nation at a time.