Residents of the poor beach town of El Zonte, El Salvador are standing watch... hoping a tide of financial fortune finally comes in. A local beach, dubbed Bitcoin Beach, has jumped into the waters of ...

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The beach town of El Zonte on El Salvador's Pacific coast is a laid back surfer's haven with white beaches, palm trees, and a small population of 3,000 people. The low-income community has no banks ...

EL ZONTE, El Salvador, Sept 7 (Reuters) - In the El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte, a surfing hotspot known as "Bitcoin Beach," tourists and some residents heralded the president's decision to make ...

A project in Brazil seeks to emulate the successful adoption of bitcoin seen on the beaches of El Salvador. This is an opinion editorial by João, founder of Boletim Bitcoin, a Brazilian portal focused ...

The beach town of El Zonte set a trend that culminated in El Salvador's parliament approving a bill to accept bitcoin as legal tender - Copyright AFP/File STR The ...