Batswana skeptical of Bitcoin

Friday, December 08, 2017

Despite the skyrocketing value of Bitcoin, Botswana is yet to embrace this cryptocurrency craze that is sweeping the world.

While other Southern African countries such as neighbouring South Africa and Zimbabwe have embraced Bitcoin, in Botswana people still have reservations about this technology.

As Bitcoin has a reputation for being unpredictable, unsafe and volatile, in Zimbabwe it has become a safe haven for many fretting over the liquidity situation in that country.

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