Bitcoin Foundation Announces First Affiliate in South Asia
Already the Bitcoin Foundation has affiliates in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and the Netherlands (and more), and they now have another affiliate joining up from Bangladesh. It's the first affiliate in South Asia, making a total of seven affiliates in four continents (over a period of eight months). Impressive! It could very well pan out to be a great spot for bitcoin to grow and help the population with transferring money. Putting things into perspective, the World Bank said in an April press release that people in Bangladesh had received a whopping $14 billion in remittences from....
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