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The December 13, 2025 episode of Live From Bitcoin Beach - El Salvador features Isabella Santos explaining how she builds Bitcoin circular economies through merchant onboarding, sats-forward pricing, and practical payment tooling.
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The September 26, 2025 episode of the Juan Cienfuegos Podcast features Kiki explaining how grassroots education and local leadership turn interest in Bitcoin into sustained usage.
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The October 01, 2024 episode of the Juan Cienfuegos Podcast features Matt Hill explaining how StartOS enables non-technical users to run Bitcoin nodes and personal servers.
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The July 09, 2025 episode of Juan Cienfuegos' BitCorner podcast features humanitarian Aaron Murphy detailing his plan to turn a former gang-controlled El Salvador coffee farm into “Bitcoin Mountain.”
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The inaugural April 23 2025 episode of the Archie Podcast features Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert explaining how El Salvador’s legal-tender leap and the US strategic-reserve order reshape global Bitcoin policy.
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The March 29, 2025 episode of DJ Valerie B LOVE Show with Aaron Murphy explores how Bitcoin funds sustainable community projects that alleviate poverty and violence in Latin America.
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In the March 27, 2025 Emerge21 episode, Charlie Stevens details his journey from Ireland to El Salvador and Berlin, driven by economic pressures and the pursuit of financial sovereignty.
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On February 26, 2025, the IMF approved a 40‑month Extended Fund Facility for El Salvador, mandating fiscal consolidation and a series of Bitcoin reforms. The report details measures to limit public exposure to Bitcoin.
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The October 18, 2024 episode of the DJ Valerie B LOVE Show features a panel discussing the significant progress of Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador, focusing on community-driven efforts like the Bitcoin Beach project.
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In the September 22, 2024 episode of The Transformation of Value podcast, Samson Mow explains the dynamics of nation-state Bitcoin adoption, focusing on the strategic approaches countries are taking to accumulate Bitcoin reserves.
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The October 4, 2023 episode from Kitco News aired an interview with Tristan Thoma, in which he delved into El Salvador’s journey two years after making Bitcoin legal tender. He highlights that Bitcoin is primarily being used to facilitate remittances.
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In this blog post, we dig into the study "Are cryptocurrencies currencies? Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador" by Alvarez, Argente, and Van Patten, published in Science. Read on to explore the key findings from our review.
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