There’s a Crypto-Mining Machine in Every Home in Caracas
The craze is the result of hyperinflation mixed with free electricity.
The skyline of Caracas.
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Crypto fever may have cooled across much of the globe, but don’t tell that to folks here in Caracas. They’re mining coins like crazy.