Axie Infinity Finds Ready Players in Hyperinflation-Racked Venezuela

Axie Infinity Finds Ready Players in Hyperinflation-Racked Venezuela
Juan Tirado, 32, is unemployed and lives with his family at his in-laws’ small home in Maturín, the capital of Monagas state in Venezuela. He earns his living by playing the cryptocurrency-powered video game Axie Infinity every day from his mobile phone.“Being able to play Axie has helped me pay off years of debts and cover not only my own food expenses, but for my daughter, too,” Tirado said in an interview in Spanish via Discord.Venezuela is in its seventh year of recession, with a minimum wage around $2.40 a month and the highest inflation rate in the world. That’s…