Philippine Blockchain Week width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"> The Philippines, a developing country in Southeast Asia, is gaining traction in the global digital space. A report from Chainalysis.com has listed the Philippines as the second leading country in blockchain adoption—thanks to Filipinos’ growing interest in the space and its massive adoption of play-to-earn games. The country’s President, Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr., has pushed for digitalization and the use of new technologies in the government to ensure efficient and fast delivery of services to the public. Blockchain, the emerging technology behind Bitcoin, is one of the new technologies that government agencies are exploring. In this episode of BSV Stories , we get a glimpse of initiatives by the government, businesses, and both public and private institutions as the country catapults itself into becoming a digital nation. Digital transformation is a priority in the new administration , according to the new administration. In light of this, the country’s central bank, The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), has expressed its full support to help implement legislative bills about the digitalization of the nation. As Assistant Governor Edna Villa told me, “we are doing a lot of things in the government, in particular also […]