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)

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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