Bolivia's Last-Ditch Currency Bet: Spare Change Becomes Crypto Lifeline

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quantified · 3h ago

Hard to see how this ends well for Bolivian citizens, unless Bitcoin really works as a currency. Bizarre that it's poor countries that might be the ones fully in first, except that rich countries are rich in alternatives.

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Bolivia's Last-Ditch Currency Bet: Spare Change Becomes Crypto Lifeline

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