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Bitcoin Beach

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Consensus Magazine
Opinion
The Bitcoin Circular Economy Battles Entrenched Mindsets in El Salvador
In his third weekly dispatch from El Salvador, Jonathan Martin meets two Bitcoin entrepreneurs working to improve financial inclusion.
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By Jonathan Martin
Aug 28, 2023 at 2:28 p.m. UTC
Aug 28, 2023
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How Bitcoin Beach’s Pioneering Circular Economy Aims to Make a Global Impact
Video
Cdtv
How Bitcoin Beach’s Pioneering Circular Economy Aims to Make a Global Impact
Bitcoin Beach is a coastal community in El Salvador that has garnered over 3,000 bitcoin users, including more than 500 families and 120 businesses. The project's director Mik...
How Bitcoin Beach’s Pioneering Circular Economy Aims to Make a Global Impact
By CoinDesk Inc
Apr 17, 2023 at 8:01 p.m. UTC
Apr 17, 2023
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Consensus Magazine
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Beach’s Pioneering Circular Economy Is Making a Global Impact
This Salvadorean coastal community has garnered over 3,000 bitcoin users including more than 500 families and 120 businesses. Its adoption model is now being replicated around...
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By Frederick Munawa
Apr 17, 2023 at 12:07 p.m. UTC
Apr 17, 2023
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El Salvador Looks to Become the World’s First Sovereign Nation to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender
Video
Cdtv
El Salvador Looks to Become the World’s First Sovereign Nation to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender
Michael Peterson, the director of Salvadorian bitcoin initiative Bitcoin Beach, on the state of digital payments in El Salvador responding to President Nayib Bukele’s announce...
El Salvador Looks to Become the World’s First Sovereign Nation to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender
By CoinDesk Staff
Jun 7, 2021 at 2:38 p.m. UTC
Jun 7, 2021
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(l-r) Michael Peterson of Bitcoin Beach, Jack Mallers of Strike and Miles Suter of CashApp in El Salvador
Tech
Lightning network
Strike Launches Bitcoin Lightning Payment App in El Salvador; Full EU Support Is Next
Salvadorans can now use Strike to receive remittances from their families abroad without the added hassle of currency conversion. The EU is next.
(l-r) Michael Peterson of Bitcoin Beach, Jack Mallers of Strike and Miles Suter of CashApp in El Salvador
By Colin Harper
Mar 31, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 31, 2021
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