Bitcoin boosters see Latin America as ‘cryptopia.’ Does the idea have any currency?

Cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, is popular with a lot of Latin American countries: they see the virtual money as a prosperous alternative to conventional finance. Last year El Salvador became the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. Last week Panama’s Congress authorized its use — and Brazil’s looks set to do so this month.

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