Morning Edition · Wednesday, August 26, 2026Published at 1:49 AM EDT · New York

Bitcoin payments have nearly stopped at El Zonte, while a British group tells Parliament banks block 40% of transfers to exchanges

A Bitcoin Core developer reported that a restaurant at the site of El Salvador's original adoption project took its first bitcoin payment of the month from him.

Jon Atack, a Bitcoin Core developer, reported that when he paid in bitcoin at a restaurant in El Zonte, El Salvador, staff told him it was the establishment's first bitcoin payment that month. crypto.news reported the account alongside surv…