> The massive arrests ordered by Maduro of “currency speculators” who, according to the official narrative, kicked off an economic war, are a thing of the past.(…)<p>>As of December 30, these operations represented an estimated $20 billion that has entered the Venezuelan ecosystem. Considering that private projections suggested that the country’s economy would end 2024 with a GDP of around $100 billion, that’s a significant figure.<p>20 billion out of 100 are made up of cryptocurrency seizures?! That’s crazy!