Bitcoin is a very valuable asset and to be able to own it we need money and even a lot of money, bitcoin is not created and distributed for free. It's funny that he said that bitcoin is helping 1.7 million people in his country escape poverty. Not to mention, bitcoin is a highly volatile investment and most people lose money investing in it, not too many people make profits from it. So, it would be a lie to say that bitcoin is helping alleviate poverty.
To reduce poverty in a country, that country needs to create jobs for its people and help them generate income, thereby ensuring their living needs and poverty will gradually be eliminated. It is not that we rely on risky speculative assets to solve the country's poverty problem.
Bitcoin can help people get out of the economic downturn, but it depends on how people can invest. Poverty is always associated with a lack of financial balance and it is impossible for poor people to invest in bitcoin because they are thinking about how they can eat for the day. Bitcoin is not able to eradicate poverty completely, especially for most people in poor countries and it is impossible for that to happen.
It is much more rational when the country starts to open up sources of employment for the people so that with a stable income they can invest. Poverty is a big problem for the country and it is not easy to eradicate poverty when the country is not present to provide employment opportunities for its people. It is this difficulty that the state needs to think about and they must provide easy access to work.