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El Salvador has been the world’s top bitcoin tourism destination since 2021, when it became the first country to accept bitcoin as legal tender, it has become one of the favorite destinations ...
El Salvador town embracing bitcoin as currency 13:37. If you feel like you've been hearing a lot about bitcoin lately, those aren't voices in your head.
Inspired by the adoption of El Salvador, Fernando Motolese created the Bitcoin Beach Brazil project. As reported in an interview with the Brazilian portal Boletim BTC, the idea emerged on September 7, ...
Before Bitcoin Beach, 90% of people in El Zonte had no bank accounts; nor had they ever made a digital transaction. Up until then, the vast majority had no savings. Suddenly, everybody was using ...
Mr Avendano believes it’s not just Bitcoin pulling foreigners to El Salvador, but the country’s safety. To combat gang violence, Mr Bukele enforced a “state of exception” in 2022, rounding ...
In a surf town in El Salvador nicknamed "Bitcoin Beach," shopkeeper Maria Aguirre watched with delight as the cryptocurrency -- and her investment in it ...
Roman Martinez, the co-founder of Bitcoin Beach, claimed people were considering El Salvador a more affordable place to raise families and buy homes “living in a Bitcoin standard.” ...
In collaboration with MPB and the Bitcoin Beach, El Salvador’s Ministry of Education intends to launch the official Bitcoin curriculum, dubbed “My First Bitcoin,” for its students to access ...
The El Zonte region, located about one hour from the capital San Salvador, was where the Bitcoin Beach social project started, motivated by an anonymous donation to the local community.