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Will Bitcoin adoption be driven outside the US?

Lightspeed Venture Partners

In Zimbabwe, hyperinflation drove the US Dollar became the de facto local currency even while foreign currency trading was illegal. Africa presents another example of adoption of a digital currency, or at least a digital form of payments. M-PESA, a payments system enabled on mobile phones, now constitutes 31% of Kenya’s GDP.

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