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by hazov 4729 days ago
Must be a different Argentina, I was there these days and although some guys that works in the Argentinian branch of the bank I work were very tech-savvy and were complaining the restrictions of moving money out of the country they did not cite Bitcoin, at all, some were venturing with buying gold and moving it out of Argentina but that was all.

For me it was odd, bitcoin appears a good way to move money from there to the other side of the River Plate.

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As the top commenter notes, it is probably impossible to actually buy enough BTC inside Argentina to support the transactions those bankers are looking to make. There is almost always plenty of gold for sale everywhere, and plenty of buyers at your destination.