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The Pacific Islands of Fiji elected Sitiveni Rabuka as the new Prime Minister. According to Lord Fusitu’a, a Tongan noble and a former member of the Tongan parliament, Rabuka is pro-Bitcoin and is looking to adopt #cryptocurrency as a legal tender to help Fiji improve financial inclusion.
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