El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender

El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele (Salvador Melendez/AP)
Sun, 06 Jun, 2021 - 06:53
Associated Press Reporter

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has announced his intention to send proposed legislation to the country’s congress that would make Bitcoin legal tender in the Central American nation.

The 39-year-old president characterised it as an idea that could help El Salvador move forward.

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