EL ZONTE, El Salvador (AP) — After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding ...

EL ZONTE, El Salvador, Sept 7 (Reuters) - In the El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte, a surfing hotspot known as "Bitcoin Beach," tourists and some residents heralded the president's decision to make ...

The beach town of El Zonte set a trend that culminated in El Salvador's parliament approving a bill to accept bitcoin as legal tender - Copyright AFP/File STR The ...

On the coast of El Salvador, lies a small rustic beach town of 3,000 locals, known as El Zonte. A surfer’s paradise, the village is frequented by those seeking an authentic and rustic vibe. Like so ...

El Salvadorian school kids as young as 12 years old are being orange-pilled — taught to send their first Bitcoin (BTC) transaction by visiting members of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach. Bitcoin Beach ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi traveled to "Bitcoin Beach," a small coastal town in El Salvador called El Zonte that has created a bitcoin economy. El Zonte is one of the first ...

If you feel like you've been hearing a lot about bitcoin lately, those aren't voices in your head. Last month, in an attempt to skirt harsh financial sanctions, a top Russian lawmaker said Russia may ...

PLAYA EL ZONTE, June 14 (Reuters) - The El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte is visibly poor, with dirt roads and a faulty drainage system. But in one way, it’s ahead of the rest of the country: It ...

Roman Martinez, one of the co-founders of the Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador, claimed that “a lot of Bitcoiners” are considering the country as a place to resettle in response to international ...

Michael Peterson became the so-called Father of Bitcoin Beach, Bloomberg Businessweek reported. Thanks to an anonymous donation, Peterson helped El Zonte widely adopt the currency. Lawmakers in El ...

El Tunco Beach El Salvador - known as Playa El Tunco. We continue our backpacking El Salvador adventure and arrive in the coastal village of El Tunco. El Tunco Beach is a well known destination for ...

EL ZONTE – After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding waves, El Zonte has ...