Curaçao, a Caribbean island with roughly 156,000 residents, just became the least populous nation ever to play in a FIFA World Cup. The Guinness World Record is nice. The 7-1 loss to Germany on June 14, less so.
The match, the goal, the record
Germany was ruthless, pouring in seven goals against a team making its first-ever appearance on the sport’s biggest stage. Curaçao managed to avoid a shutout thanks to Livano Comenencia, who scored the island’s first World Cup goal in the 21st minute.
Curaçao’s quiet crypto play
While the world was focused on the football, Curaçao has been assembling something arguably more consequential for its economic future: a formal regulatory framework for Virtual Asset Service Providers.
