"Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, recognized for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called her "tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela." But for many in the Bitcoin community, the win carries another layer of meaning - because Machado isn't just a democracy activist. She's also one of few (but growing) global political figures who has openly embraced Bitcoin as a tool of resistance against authoritarianism."
"The Nobel Committee described Machado, 58, as "a woman who keeps the flame of democracy going amidst a growing darkness." It's a description that fits not just her fight against the current regime but her larger vision of how technology - and decentralized money - can empower citizens when governments fail them. "I'm in shock," Machado said after the announcement. "I am just one person. I certainly do not deserve this.""
María Corina Machado received the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for tireless promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela. The Nobel Committee called her a unifying figure sustaining democracy in a brutal authoritarian state facing humanitarian and economic collapse. Machado remained in Venezuela despite being barred from the presidential race and forced into hiding. She attributes the collapse to financial repression and state control of money and promotes decentralized money and technology, including Bitcoin, as tools to empower citizens and resist authoritarianism. She dedicated the prize to the suffering Venezuelan people and thanked President Trump on social media.
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