Bitcoin in Brazil - Are we there yet?
Bitcoin is being widely adopted across the world, in developed countries like the United States and developing African countries alike. But Brazilians don't seem to be interested in jumping on to the bitcoin bandwagon. Surprisingly for a country which is the 5th largest when it comes to number of internet users, the adoption of bitcoins is very low, with less than 0.1% bitcoin wallet downloads. A number of reasons ranging from lack of knowledge to regulatory issues can be listed for slow adoption of bitcoin in Brazil. Language. With Portuguese being their native tongue, most Brazilians are....
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