Brazil Crypto Report #172: Brazil's Oranje Pill with Gui Gomes
Oct 29, 2025
Gui Gomes, CEO of OranjeBTC and former executive at Bridgewater, dives into Latin America's Bitcoin future. He highlights OranjeBTC's mission to drive adoption while building a major Bitcoin treasury. Drawing from his experience with Ray Dalio, he outlines how Bitcoin could replace traditional reserve currencies. Gui also discusses Brazil's unique position as a potential early adopter, emphasizing the region's need for digital monetary solutions amidst local economic challenges. Through education and strategic investments, OranjeBTC aims to set a transformative example.
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Dual Mission: Education Plus Treasury
- Orange BTC has a dual mission: drive Bitcoin education and build the region's largest Bitcoin treasury.
- Gui Gomes positions Brazil as a prime market that
From Law School To Bitcoin Founder
- Gui Gomes described moving from law school and entrepreneurship in Brazil to Bridgewater and discovering Bitcoin in business school.
- He left Bridgewater to join Swan Bitcoin and later founded Orange BTC to focus on Bitcoin adoption in Latin America.
Bridgewater Shaped Bitcoin Conviction
- Working at Bridgewater exposed Gui to Ray Dalio's ideas on shifting reserve currencies and validated Bitcoin's value proposition.
- He connects Dalio's changing world order thesis with Bitcoin as a decentralized alternative to future currency power shifts.