This Caribbean Island Will Soon Be A Bitcoin-Enabled Paradise

This Caribbean Island Will Soon Be A Bitcoin-Enabled Paradise

A development on the Caribbean’s Bequia island will take bitcoin as payment for villas and services to circumvent international banks.Bequia, an 18-square-kilometer island in the Caribbean’s Grenadines archipelago, is poised to become one of the most Bitcoin-integrated communities in the world.“The One Bequia development, where 39 luxury villas are set to be built, will be the first of its kind in the Caribbean to accept bitcoin as payment for the properties,” according to a recent report from Euronews. “Bitcoin will also be accepted as payment for everyday essentials at the development’s....


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