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El Salvador makes bitcoin legal tender

By Tom Phillips • 11 June 2021 • Updated 2 September 2022 • nfcw.com
El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, allowing citizens to use the cryptocurrency to make payments for goods and services as well as pay their tax bills and receive remittances from abroad... More


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