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How Bitcoin became El Salvador's legal currency

12 years after it was first introduced as an alternate and experimental currency in 2009, Bitcoin became the legal tender of the Central American nation, El Salvador. On June 9, 2021, the El Salvador Congress approved President Nayib Bukele’s propos...

by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago

I keep hearing (uneducated) people say crypto is mainly used for illicit activities and it should therefore be boycotted. But they forget that the same cash they use is the main choice for funding illegal activities.

I just read an article about bitcoin in a local newspaper. While the newspaper itself was very critical towards bitcoin, the comments were nearly unanimous. „Bitcoin is mainly used for money laundering“, „Crypto is a safe haven for illicit activity“...