El Salvador makes bitcoin legal tender

By Nelson Renteria and Tom Wilson and Karin Strohecker
Updated June 10 2021 - 1:50pm, first published 1:46pm
President Nayib Bukele has made El Salvador the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
President Nayib Bukele has made El Salvador the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after Congress approved President Nayib Bukele's proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency, a move that delighted the currency's supporters.

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