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Bitcoin Usage Declines in El Zonte as Card Payments Rise

El Zonte, the El Salvador surf town rebranded as “Bitcoin Beach,” is losing its signature habit. Bitcoin usage is declining there as everyday card payments gain ground, a shift that cuts against the town’s global reputation as a living lab for cryptocurrency in daily commerce. A Bitcoin Town Reaches for Cards El Zonte matters because it became the origin story for El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment, the place where locals were shown paying for gro…
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A veteran Bitcoin Core contributor claims that his payment was the first made at BTC for a month at a restaurant in El Zonte, an anecdotal signal that revived the debate about the daily adoption of bitcoin in El Salvador. *** A Bitcoin Beach worker said that almost all customers now pay by card and that payments at BTC are virtually non-existent. Jon Atack warned that his experience was anecdotal, although the person consulted had been working i…

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Crypto Briefing broke the news on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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