Boston Marathon Begins With Indigenous Land Acceptance

It was well before dawn on Monday, near the starting line of the 125th Boston Marathon, that the president of the Boston Athletic Association read a statement acknowledging that 26.2 miles of the marathon passed through the homelands of Indigenous peoples. A statement read in the dark, accompanied by rattles and drums, He protested the …

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Acceptance Broken By Glitches

El Salvador faced a rocky transition during its time. Acceptance of Bitcoin as legal tender On Tuesday, the country adapted to new technology that would allow payment using cryptocurrency. The country is the first to use Bitcoin as its official currency. Authorities struggled to fix glitches in the new system, including the country’s digital wallet …