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Countries Adopting BTC as Legal Tender

Countries are escaping the centralized banking world

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Joe Guglielmucci
Jun 20, 2021
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El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after its congress approved President Nayib Bukele’s proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency in an effort to promote “financial inclusion”, investment and economic development.

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The cryptocurrency’s use as legal tender – alongside the US dollar – will go into law in 90…

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