Samson Mow introduces new nation-state adoption for crypto in Bitcoin 2022
Bitcoin is already legal tender in Roatán, Honduras, and Madeira, Portugal. Now a Mexican Senator wants to make it so in her country as well. Speaking at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Samson Mow, former chief strategy officer of Blockstream, named three new jurisdictions that would be adopting or proposing to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. As told by Mow, the first is that of the Caribbean island Roatán, which is part of Honduras. Honduras Prospera Inc. is the organizer and promoter of the jurisdiction. The entity's president, Joel Bomgar, told the audience: "Bitcoin within....
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