At the same event last year Najib Bukele, the innovative young President of the Central American republic of El Salvador, announced that his country would be adopting Bitcoin as legal tender.
The announcement was introduced by Samson Mow, a prominent figure in the Bitcoin community, who has played a key role in the implementation of the Bitcoin laws in El Salvador and is rumored to be preparing legal tender laws in collaboration with several other countries, mostly in Central and South America.
Although not yet in the same phase as El Salvador with its legal tender lead, these three areas are paving the way for widespread use of Bitcoin, the only fully decentralised crypto currency in the world.
While this does not differ from the rules for the rest of Portugal, an explicit statement of support for Bitcoin, Bitcoin businesses and Bitcoin transactions is a clear message from Madeira that Bitcoin and Bitcoiners are welcome there.
Portugal as a whole is already a very popular emigration destination for international Bitcoiners.
Madeira’s announcement of adoption has Bitcoin Twitter ablaze with plans from both individuals and companies to visit and/or relocate to the island.
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In a statement released today, the Porto Metropolitan Command said that the police officers who were in the area were informed that there had been an incident in Alameda das Antas, at 02:40, and immediately attended the scene.
According to a source from the Metropolitan Command of the PSP in Porto, during the early hours of the morning there was an incident which involved a man being stabbed at Alameda das Antas, in Porto and the “woman who accompanied him when separating the fight also ended up being stabbed”.
“A big investment has to be made and the training of the different health establishments to be able to respond to these needs.
According to data on the national ecological footprint calculated by the international organisation Global Footprint Network, if every person on Earth lived like the Portuguese, 2.5 planets would be needed to satisfy the resource needs.
Speaking to journalists in Quarteira, Algarve, Catarina Martins said she considered it “absolutely outrageous” to see that, in the face of “galloping” inflation in the country, citizens are seeing their salaries and pensions reduced, while some companies present extraordinary profits.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the price of a basket of essential products has shot up by more than 22 euros, which represents an increase of 12.12%, reaching a total of 205.99 euros, according to accounts made by the Portuguese Association for Consumer Defense .