From the BBC World Service: In the second of our week-long crypto series, Alex Bornyakov, Ukraine’s deputy minister for digital transformation, tells us how Ukraine’s using crypto to boost supplies. In many parts of the developing world, cryptocurrencies are becoming a tool for people to move money more freely – we hear from a dedicated bitcoin education center in Ghana. Then, we look at a El Salvador, which has adopted bitcoin as legal tender and how it’s coping with such a volatile market.
Signs promoting bitcoin transactions are seen in a small shop in El Zonte beach, El Salvador, on of the places where the use of bitcoin has been most promoted, on August 27, 2022. - The prolonged fall in its value worries them and, although less enthusiastic than at the beginning, users are confident of a recovery. Bitcoin celebrates one year as legal tender in El Salvador, with some unfinished plans. (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images)