Economics
Greece's Cash Crisis is Bitcoin's Boost
Greece's Cash Crisis is Bitcoin's Boost
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At a coffee shop on a beach in Athens sits Thanos Marinos. The forty-something Greek prides himself on being the first to bring bitcoin, a digital currency, to his cash-strapped country a year ago.
"I didn't see it as much as a business case back then," says Marinos. "The main reason was to bring awareness about bitcoin and blockchain technology to Greece."