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Riccardo Giorgio Frega

Riccardo Giorgio Frega

Italian author, podcaster, and Bitcoin activist; co-host of Bitcoin Italia Podcast and Bitcoin Explorers YouTube channel.

Jun 19, 2026

28:40
Is that the wallet that you're going to use? Explain what the Chivo wallet is to people that might not be aware.
28:45
Okay, so first of all, only Salvadorian can have the Chivo wallet because in order to activate the Chivo wallet to get an account, you need to use a Salvadorian ID.
28:56
And when President Bukele launched the Bitcoin law in El Salvador, he also launched the Chivo wallet.
29:03
That is the wallet that the Bitcoin president, Nahid Bukele, gave to Salvadorian people in order to interact with Bitcoin.
29:16
um and that's not the only thing he basically gave everyone a 20 um a 20 airdrop basically of digital dollars to everyone that installed the chivo wallet that's what made the wallet extremely popular 20 is good money in El Salvador, especially back then in 2021.
29:45
So I think Chivo got downloaded three, four millions of time in a few months and El Salvador has six million citizens.
29:57
So big success.

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49:48
So did you want to touch on the first thing like about the lengthening the term and, and, No, no,

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