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Did El Salvador benefit from making Bitcoin a legal tender? 

The Startup Magazine

El Salvador was the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender, which could inspire many other nations worldwide. El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as a legal tender in September 2021, and Nayib Bukele, the president of the country, was the man behind this idea. Are you ready to discover these facts?

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures says: “I feel that the ability to spin up and then successfully operate remote engineering locations is a skill that technology companies need to develop earlier in their development than used to be the case.”. You can attend Stanford from Nigeria or Oxford from El Salvador.

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New Story and 3D Printed Homes

Feld Thoughts

In the past four years, New Story has funded over 2,200 homes, building 17 communities for over 11,000 people across Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, and Bolivia. This group of about fifty families partners with New Story to fund their operating expenses and give them the license to take calculated risks through new R&D projects.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – August 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

bTendo’s operation in Israel will become the basis for STM’s development center in Israel. RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE BETWEEN COMPANIES FROM ISRAEL AND EL SALVADOR. The initial stage of the alliance includes design and construction of two Wave Power Plants in El Salvador (one of 1 MW and a second of 10 MW).