El Salvador becomes first country to make bitcoin legal tender
President Nayib Bukele says legislators overwhelmingly approved the legislation he proposed last week
09 June 2021 - 20:31
El Salvador has become the first country to formally adopt bitcoin as legal tender after President Nayib Bukele said congress approved his landmark proposal.
The 39-year-old president, whose Twitter profile has a “laser eyes” picture of the kind popular with devotees of cryptocurrencies, said on Twitter legislators overwhelmingly approved the legislation...
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