What will the crypto crash mean for 'bitcoin nation' El Salvador?
16 June 2022
El Salvador has invested heavily in bitcoin and related infrastructure in a bold plan to build its economy around the cryptocurrency, but now its value has plummeted
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The Central African Republic has become the second country to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender, but experiences in El Salvador, the first nation to do so, point to a gloomy outlook
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1 March 2022
The adoption of cryptocurrency as legal tender by El Salvador's government has attracted enthusiastic tourists, concern from financial institutions and scorn from locals
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El Salvador recently became the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender, but traders have been exploiting the state issued bitcoin "wallet app" to make a quick profit
