Guatemala News

Lessons from hyperinflation lead more people to Bitcoin, according to Ledn co-founder Mauricio di Bartolomeo.

“Imagine if Best Buy, Bank of America, Fox News and an NFL team were all owned by the same individual. All of them will have lightning capabilities in the future,” Jose Lemus, CEO of Ibex Mercado, told Cointelegraph.

The Central American country of Guatemala is getting inked on the path to greater Bitcoin merchant adoption.

A Bitcoin project in Guatemala has cleaned up the air, contributed to carbon-negative Bitcoin mining and put a Bitcoin miner in the hands of the local mayor.

Honduras and Guatemala are studying central bank digital currencies and the value they could bring to their respective monetary systems.