Bitcoin is used in EL zonte a village in El Salvador because “majority of residents are unbanked and the local businesses don’t meet the requirements that would enable them to accept credit cards.”
Bitcoin was used by the Nigerian gender equality protestors to raise 40% of their money when they “noticed bank transactions were being slowed down while its online payment links to facilitate donations had stopped working”
Bitcoin was used to help freedom protestors in Belarus. “BYSOL chose bitcoin as a way to transfer funds as other ways are under the total control of the government,.”
Bitcoin is used to help women in Afghanistan learn to code and earn seizure resistant money in a place not served by normal digital payment networks.
Bitcoin is being used by public and private companies as a reserve asset because its is safe from debasement, unlike the dollar.
Bitcoin was used along with gift cards to send remittances to Nigeria to get around a failing currency and capital controls that force people into a disadvantageous government controlled exchange rate.
Bitcoin is used in Texas to balance green energy grids using a dynamic load response. “The move isn’t just profitable — it’s key to using more renewable energy.”
Ukraine wants to use Bitcoin to balance loads and maximize profitability on nuclear power plants.
Number one finance app public company Square bought $50M of Bitcoin because it is an “instrument of economic empowerment.
Bitcoin was used by Venezuela to settle trades with Turkey and Iran.
Iran’s central bank is accumulating Bitcoin to settle trades with countries after being pushed out of the dollar system by America.
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