El Zonte, a quiet surf town on El Salvador's coast, draws travellers not just for its waves, but for a bold financial ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele made light of new U.S. Senate legislation that would impose sanctions over his country's ...

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele believes that the country’s bet on Bitcoin was a success but its adoption has fallen short. He also told TIME in an interview that the government has done ...

El Zonte inspired Bukele to make bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador. CoinDesk visited the surfing village to see how it’s developing.

Yet my trip to El Salvador revealed a gap between the promise and the reality. At restaurants, hotels, and shops, my attempts to pay with bitcoin were met with confusion or outright rejection.

El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, has mocked U.S. senators who want to investigate his government for alleged crypto ...

President Nayib Bukele recently extolled the merits of El Salvador’s rocky experiment with bitcoin, telling TIME that it has been “a resounding success” that ultimately allowed the Central ...

Bitcoin Beach: How a small seaside town became cryptocurrency ground zero El Zonte was transformed after Nayib Bukele made currency legal tender — but has the bubble burst?

Yet my trip to El Salvador revealed a gap between the promise and the reality. At restaurants, hotels, and shops, my attempts to pay with bitcoin were met with confusion or outright rejection.

Yet my trip to El Salvador revealed a gap between the promise and the reality. At restaurants, hotels, and shops, my attempts to pay with bitcoin were met with confusion or outright rejection.