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Using cryptocurrency will be optional for Panama’s citizens, as opposed to replacing the Panamanian balboa—just as Bitcoin is used alongside the U.S. dollar in El Salvador.
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Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2022
One of Marcano Quiles’ treasures is the Panamanian balboa coin, one of Panama’s official currencies, as a necklace that is only owned by the Alpha Alpha chapter’s brothers.
—Ashley Maria Bermúdez / Special To The Sentinel, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Nov. 2021
Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2022
One of Marcano Quiles’ treasures is the Panamanian balboa coin, one of Panama’s official currencies, as a necklace that is only owned by the Alpha Alpha chapter’s brothers.
—Ashley Maria Bermúdez / Special To The Sentinel, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Nov. 2021
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Balboa
biographical name
Bal·boa
bal-ˈbō-ə 
Vasco Núñez de 1475–1519 Spanish explorer and conquistador
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