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Puertopia
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English
Etymology
en Puerto Rico utopia.
Proper noun
en cryptocurrency _ slang Puerto Rico as a cryptocurrency tax haven.
en 2018 Mimi Sheller Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mobility_Justice/gJJLDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22puertopia%22 unnumbered to "crypto-currency" traders building their own version of a libertarian, tax-free "Puertopia" built on Bitcoin.
en 2020 Jeff John Roberts Kings of Crypto: One Startup's Quest to Take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street https://www.google.com/books/edition/Kings_of_Crypto/0vDcDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22puertopia%22&pg=PT190 unnumbered Their arrival came as residents of the island struggled from the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Maria, but the young millionaires—some of them were billionaires—had another priority: creating "Puertopia."
en 2021 Catalina M. de Onís Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico https://www.google.com/books/edition/Energy_Islands/iI4pEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22puertopia%22&pg=PA210 210 Puerto Rico has become a hotbed for this virtual currency as ultra rich advocates, such as Brock Pierce, flocked to their Caribbean “Puertopia” to evade taxes and to maximize their blockchain profits.
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en terms derived from toponyms
en Cryptocurrency Taxation Puerto Rico