Today on the Brief 

• The SEC changes accredited investor rules 
• Fintech and crypto investor Ribbit Capital starts $350 million SPAC
• Previewing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech

Our main conversation is with Ruben Galindo, CEO and co-founder of Airtm.

Airtm is a global dollar account that lets users anywhere access U.S. dollars, powered by cryptocurrency infrastructure and a P2P network. 

The company is currently working with Juan Guaido’s opposition government in Venezeula to attempt to distribute $18 million in funds the U.S. seized from the Maduro dictatorship. 

In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:

• How Airtm works outside of the traditional banking system
• Why people around the world are hungry for access to dollars 
• What the Health Heroes campaign is trying to achieve 
• How Guaido and Airtm are trying to work around the Maduro government’s attempt to suppress them

Find our guest online:Website: airtm.comTwitter: @theairtm