The Half Hour w/ YuYu Yuan and Spencer Travis: Episode 4, Bitcoin in El Salvador w/ Steven Lupien

Extempters and debaters do not want to miss this week's episode of The Half Hour with YuYu and Spencer! Episode Four will explore Bitcoin in El Salvador with special guest, Steven Lupien.

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4 | Bitcoin in El Salvador [with Steven Lupien]

-----Description of Podcast-----

This podcast features special guest Steven Lupien to discuss the impacts of the Bitcoin Law passed in El Salvador. The effects are shown not only in El Salvador, but on a domestic and international basis as well.

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-----Sources from this Video-----

1. The Guardian - Scepticism grows in El Salvador over pioneering Bitcoin gamble - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/30/scepticism-grows-in-el-salvador-over-pioneering-bitcoin-gamble

2. NPR - El Salvador is the First Country to Accept Bitcoin as a Legal Tender - https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034838909/bitcoin-el-salvador-legal-tender-official-currency-cryptocurrency

3. Reuters - Majority of Salvadorans Don’t Want Bitcoin - https://www.reuters.com/technology/majority-salvadorans-do-not-want-bitcoin-poll-shows-2021-09-02/

4. Blockchain by Mark Gates

5. Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker

6. The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous

7. NYTimes - The Fantasy of Bitcoin is Becoming Real - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/opinion/bitcoin-el-salvador.html

8. Cointelegraph - Bukele Claims that Bitcoin Wallet is “95% Fixed” - https://cointelegraph.com/news/el-salvador-s-bitcoin-wallet-is-95-fixed-president-bukele-says

9. NYTimes - In Global First, El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin as Currency - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/world/americas/el-salvador-bitcoin.html

10. Forbes - El Salvador Welcomes Bitcoin - https://www.forbes.com/sites/cryptoconfidential/2021/09/13/el-salvador-welcomes-bitcoin--coinbase-calls-out-the-sec/?sh=15d3c3913f07

-----About The Half Hour-----

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