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El Salvador’s Largest Bank Will Support Bitcoin for Loans, Credit Cards and Other Services

The use of Bitcoin in El Salvador has not had the best of starts. Still, financial institutions are already doing their best to comply with the law. Bancoagrícola, the country’s…

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Here’s why Algorand (ALGO) price just rallied to a new multi-year high

Institutional investment, new governance features and a groundbreaking project with the government of El Salvador are just a few of the factors behind ALGO’s rally to a new all-time high.

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Fidelity Director: El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption Is Slightly Overplayed

El Salvador made history earlier this week when it became the first country to officially accept Bitcoin as a legal tender. While the community rejoiced about the significance of the…

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Russia Not Ready for Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Putin’s Spokesman Peskov Says

Russia has no reason to recognize bitcoin, President Putin’s press secretary has noted after El Salvador became the first country to adopt the digital coin as legal tender. In a…

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Salvadoran Government’s Chivo Wallet Experiences Hiccups, Some Residents Can’t Claim $30 BTC Reward

On the day El Salvador implemented the bitcoin tender law, the official government wallet called the Chivo wallet had some initial issues for five hours on Tuesday. Residents could not…

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Edward Snowden Says Competing Nations Now Under Pressure to Acquire Bitcoin Following El Salvador

Following El Salvador making bitcoin legal tender, privacy activist and whistleblower Edward Snowden says, “there is now pressure on competing nations to acquire bitcoin — even if only as a…

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