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by dan-rocks 1114 days ago
Everywhere. Argentina and Venezuela due to need, Brazil due to the criminal opportunities it offers. It's even a running joke in Brazil that every week they arrest a new crypto-pyramid ring leader and give it the name "Sheik of Bitcoin", "Pharaoh of Bitcoin", etc. the press is running out of royal titles to give out.
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In Columbia it's hugely popular for tax-avoidance - plus the state is planning to create its own digital currency.
Colombia, parce.
Lol, my bad. I do this all the time, due to proximity to an actual place named Columbia.