Argentinian Nonprofits Launch Minivan Tour to Spread Crypto Awareness

Argentinian non-profit organizations Bitcoin Argentina and Bitcoin Americana have just launched a cryptocurrency awareness campaign “Bitcoineta,” local news outlet Infobae reports Monday, June 4.

The campaign’s name is an abbreviation from “Bitcoin” and “camioneta,” the Spanish word for minivan.

It consists of a Bitcoin-branded van, jointly purchased by the two participating organizations, that will go around Argentinian – and eventually Latin American – towns to spread basic knowledge about cryptocurrencies among local communities.

The idea behind Bitcoineta is to reach each village and town in the country to “show people how they can take advantage” of cryptocurrencies, the founder of the project Gabriel Kurman said.

The van is equipped with all the necessities to travel all over the country and, in the long term, all over Latin America. In addition to all the other tools, it has a projector to demonstrate crypto-related movies and presentations.

Bitcoineta’s…