Bitso Raises Over US$1.85m to Boost Mexican Bitcoin Remittance

Bitso Raises Over US$1.85m to Boost Mexican Bitcoin Remittance

Bitso a Bitcoin to Mexican Peso exchange, which uses the popular cryptocurrency to let Mexicans freely trade dollars and pesos in and out of Bitcoin. Donald Trump has been facing a lot of backlash over his idea to build a wall around Mexico to halt the remittances flowing from the US to this country. While it is evident Bitcoin can easily sneak around any artificial wall, Mexican Bitcoin startup Bitso raised US$1.85m to provide better remittance solutions. Attacking the remittance payment industry is never a smart idea, and Donald Trump will come to that realization at some point in his....


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