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  "name": "Crypto-Friendly Destinations Index",
  "description": "Places listed on BTC Map within 25 km of each city centre (counts only), the local rule on paying in crypto on the spot, and hotel check-in ID rules, for 100 destinations.",
  "publisher": "StaySats",
  "url": "https://staysats.com/data/crypto-friendly-destinations.json",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "columnLicenses": [
    {
      "columns": [
        "btcmap_places_25km",
        "btcmap_verified_since_2025",
        "btcmap_hotels",
        "btcmap_date"
      ],
      "license": "https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/",
      "attribution": "© OpenStreetMap contributors, via BTC Map (btcmap.org)"
    }
  ],
  "basedOn": [
    {
      "name": "BTC Map",
      "url": "https://btcmap.org/"
    }
  ],
  "updated": "2026-10-12",
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    "country",
    "btcmap_places_25km",
    "btcmap_verified_since_2025",
    "btcmap_hotels",
    "btcmap_date",
    "local_crypto_payment_rule",
    "local_rule_text",
    "local_rule_source",
    "check_in_rule",
    "hotels_bookable_with_us"
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      "local_crypto_payment_rule": "restricted",
      "local_rule_text": "Under the UAE central bank's Payment Token Services Regulation (Circular 2/2024, in force on August 31, 2024; transition ended in June 2025), goods and services may be paid in crypto only with a licensed dirham payment token or a registered foreign payment token. The DIFC and ADGM financial free zones have their own rules.",
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      "city": "Bangkok",
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      "local_crypto_payment_rule": "restricted",
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