Philippines, Indonesia Tipped As Next Bitcoin Nation-States By Samson Mow

Bitcoin exchange Bitspark is looking to expand the bitcoin remittance services it offers in Hong Kong to the island nation of Indonesia. Bitspark CEO George Harrap spoke enthusiastically about the move, saying: "We are excited to be able to bring our low cost service to Indonesia in partnership with PT Artabit... Indonesia is an exciting opportunity and a key focus for us... It's a very different market in terms of logistics and distribution than our existing Philippines services with many people using Post Offices as the primary cash pickup location, not third party remittance stores.......

Back in November, Hong Kong based Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitspark Limited unveiled the first ever end-to-end Bitcoin remittance solution: A much needed service that would allow Hong Kong's population to gain easy access to the advantages bitcoin offers when compared to conventional remittance services to transfer money to the Philippines. They're now extending their services from the Philippines to also serve Indonesia. The numbers behind the demand. According to the Hong Kong Government's website, more than 165,000 Indonesians and about 169,000 from the Philippines were residing in Hong....

Samson Mow, the former chief strategy officer at Blokstream and founder of JAN3, believes that most decentralized financial (DeFi) protocols can’t compete with Bitcoin when it comes to building an effective monetary network due to their lack of decentralization. Samson Mow Says DeFi Can’t Compare To Bitcoin Because of their lack of decentralization, Samson Mow, […]

In a public statement, the Bank of Indonesia warned against the risks of using bitcoin and emphasized that it is not currency or a legal payment tool. The bank added that any risks incurred with owning digital currencies should be shouldered by its owners. Prior to this, the governor of the Bank of Indonesia already said that using bitcoin breaks a number of the country's laws. The latest statement doesn't necessarily ban its use but contains strongly-worded statements against the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin in Indonesia. While other countries that formerly had a skeptical stance on bitcoin....

“Now is a pivotal point in Bitcoin’s evolution — we’re on the verge of mass adoption, and I think that I can make it happen faster,” said Samson Mow. Blockstream chief strategy officer Samson Mow has announced he will be leaving the blockchain firm after five years.In a Tuesday Twitter thread, Mow said he would continue to be a “#BlockstreamSpy” following his departure from the Canada-based firm where he had worked since April 2017. He said he would stay on as CEO of game development company Pixelmatic, a position in which more “attention is being demanded,” but planned to focus on....