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.

After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding waves, El Zonte has had ...

In this episode of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” Aaron van Wirdum spoke with Jorge Valenzuela and Roman Martinez, aka Chimbera, two community leaders from the Bitcoin Beach project in El Zonte, El ...

The tech behind the Bitcoin Beach Wallet 04:03. This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi traveled to "Bitcoin Beach," a small coastal town in El Salvador called El Zonte that has ...

The El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte is visibly poor, with dirt roads and a faulty drainage system. But in one way, it's ahead of the rest of the country: It has bitcoin.

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador gestures during his speech at the closing ceremony of the Latin American Bitcoin and Blockchain Conference at Mizata Beach, El Salvador, on Nov. 20, 2021.

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, ...

El Salvador said the bitcoin-dollar exchange rate will be set by markets. ... poses at his business where he accepts Bitcoins at El Zonte Beach in Chiltiupan, El Salvador June 8, 2021.

Bitcoin already was legal to use in El Salvador but its acceptance was voluntary, so the legislation passed late Tuesday now requires all businesses — except those without the technology — to ...

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.

EL ZONTE, El Salvador >> After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding ...