From The Ground: Salvadoran Tells Us Exactly What’s Going On In Bitcoin Country

From The Ground: Salvadoran Tells Us Exactly What’s Going On In Bitcoin Country

If we want to know what’s really going on in El Salvador, asking a Salvadoran is the way to go. Our first From The Ground report had phenomenal information, but there are details that only a local can provide. Luckily for us, the “Bitcoin en Español” podcast, a Swan Bitcoin production, had the Salvadoran guest […]


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