Colombia’s Poor Banking Infrastructure Great Potential for Bitcoin

Colombia’s Poor Banking Infrastructure Great Potential for Bitcoin

The South American country of Colombia has a crumbling financial system but the bitcoin market has enormous potential. Bitcoin.com interviewed SurBTC’s CEO Guillermo Torrealba about the bitcoin market in Colombia. Colombia has Enormous Potential. SurBTC operates bitcoin exchanges in Chile and Colombia. The company launched the Colombian exchange at the....


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