TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#276: Starting an exchange in Guatemala, onboarding enterprise clients, and freedom money with the IBEX Mercado team

10.18.2021 - By Marty BentPlay

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Join Marty as he sits down with Jose Lemus, Juan Pablo Lemus, & Estaban de la Peña; the IBEX Mercado founding team, to discuss:

- Why they built the exchange

- International banking restrictions in Guatemala

- How they ended up with their non-custodial model

- Communicating with regulators

- Avoiding having to KYC kids

- Banking the unbanked

- Bitcoin's perfect incentives

- much more

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