This week, Cointelegraph reporter Joe Corridor takes podcast listeners again to highschool — Bitcoin (BTC) college.
On the newest episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph, listeners can take pleasure in interview snippets, soundbites and pearls of knowledge from the likes of Blockstream CEO Adam Back and Tether chief expertise officer Paolo Ardoino, in addition to professionals in cybersecurity and from Chainalysis.

Plus, hear from college students who attended the varsity about what it’s prefer to reside, breathe, sleep and research crypto for 2 weeks, 24/7. An Italian Ethereum fan feedback on Bitcoin maximalism, Latin People observe Europeans’ habits concerning recycling, and Taiwanese college students settle into life across the cryptocurrency.
This week’s episode of Decentralize additionally investigates how deep Bitcoin and crypto adoption reaches in Lugano, the distinctly Italian metropolis within the southern part of Switzerland. Town adopted Bitcoin as de facto authorized tender one 12 months in the past, and there was noticeable progress since then — with the Bitcoin “B” brand exhausting to overlook within the city heart.

Greater than 200 distributors settle for Bitcoin in Lugano. Big brands like McDonald’s, Rolex and even Lamborghini will take the cryptocurrency, whereas some pharmacies, comfort shops and tobacco retailers additionally settle for it.
Nonetheless, Bitcoin remains to be not deeply or broadly understood, and there’s loads of work to be accomplished if Lugano is to someday absolutely embrace it, as Ardoino defined:
”I want I used to be capable of say that our job is finished, however I feel we’re simply at first. A very powerful half is the training of the retailers.”
The purpose-of-sale gadgets retailers use throughout Lugano additionally settle for Tether (USDT) and Luga, a token that locals and residents can use.
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To listen to a secret from Again regarding MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, study what Paraguayans fabricated from Switzerland on their first-ever journey to Europe, and uncover why the efforts in Lugano might unfold to different areas of Europe, plug in and hear in to this week’s episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph — obtainable on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Cointelegraph’s podcast page and extra.
The episode additionally serves as a sneak preview of an upcoming Cointelegraph documentary about life in Lugano. Subscribe to Cointelegraph’s YouTube channel here to catch it when it’s launched.
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