Venezuela, rich in oil and pivotal to global energy flows, is not just another sanctioned state. Its weight in the international system is disproportionately large.
The arrest of Nicolas Maduro by the United States did not only blow up the geopolitical balance; it shook the very foundations of the global financial system. For Robert Kiyosaki, nothing happening is accidental: behind Venezuela, the oil, and the sanctions, an invisible currency war is unfolding—and Bitcoin is at the center of it.
The fall of Maduro and the real earthquake in the markets
The arrest of Nicolas Maduro and his transfer to the United States shocked the international stage. However, beyond the political dimension, it was the global markets that began to tremble. Venezuela, rich in oil and pivotal to global energy flows, is not just another sanctioned state; its weight in the international system is disproportionately large. For Robert Kiyosaki, author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad," the Maduro case is the tree hiding an entire forest of monetary manipulation. He directly links these developments to Bitcoin, which he considers a sanctuary against a financial system that has turned into an explosive field of confrontation.
Why Venezuela is a systemic headache
When Maduro, who is also in a standoff with Guyana, was arrested and taken to the US, the world watched with bated breath. The markets, however, reacted instantly. The reason is simple: Venezuela possesses some of the largest oil reserves worldwide and exports a large portion of its production outside the traditional circuit, often toward China. This parallel transaction model bypasses the dollar and poses a direct challenge to American monetary sovereignty.
Robert Kiyosaki points out that many believe the cases of Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela are simply about oil, but as he says, "that is only the surface." In reality, he argues that this is a story concerning China and the global monetary system. According to him, sanctions no longer target states, but channels. Shipping companies, insurance organizations, ports, and payment settlement platforms are becoming the real fields of pressure. This is not a military war, but a war of systems, with Venezuela serving as the most characteristic symbol of this tension.
Wars begin with money
In a lengthy Facebook post, Robert Kiyosaki underlines that today, wars do not start with bombs, but with money. He refers to Iraq and Saddam Hussein's attempt to sell oil in euros, a move that he argues accelerated his fall. The parallel with Venezuela is not coincidental. Maduro sought economic relations based on alternative currencies, oil contracts linked to debt, and payment mechanisms outside the dollar. For Kiyosaki, all of this makes the country a threat to the established monetary order. The stake is no longer energy, but monetary sovereignty. The dollar is at the center of the game, and any state attempting to decouple from it becomes a target of unorthodox forms of warfare: financial, digital, and accounting.
Maduro, Bitcoin, and the currency war
Within this environment, Bitcoin emerges. For Robert Kiyosaki, this cryptocurrency represents a financial system beyond the control of governments and central banks. It is, in essence, a response to the militarization of the economy and a way for citizens and investors to protect themselves. Behind the missiles and diplomatic conflicts, an invisible war of payment systems and currencies is playing out. For Kiyosaki, the arrest of Maduro is not the end, but a warning signal. Venezuela, as an oil state that tried to end its dependence on the dollar through China, was considered a strategic threat.
As he writes, when money becomes political, citizens are the first to pay the price. If your reserves are frozen, if your oil cannot be insured, if your currency cannot be used in transactions, and if you are excluded from global payment systems, then you no longer control your country. Bitcoin, as a borderless asset without a banking system and without the need for institutional approval, attracts those on the margins of the dollar-dominated world. For Kiyosaki, the truly wealthy do not study politics, but systems. And the dominant system, as he says, is changing. It is no longer about who owns the "black gold," but about who controls the global money pipes. And in this changing world, Bitcoin may prove to be the way out.
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