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El Salvador prepares to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender amid skepticism

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San Salvador, Aug 30 (EFE).- With a week to go before Bitcoin becomes legal currency in El Salvador, some business owners visited by Efe on Monday displayed skepticism and cited a lack of public information ahead of the launch.El Salvador will be the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, and it will circulate alongside the US dollar, the official currency in the Central American country. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS).B-ROLL OF THE SIGNS ANNOUNCING THE ACCEPTANCE OF BITCOINS IN THE STORES AND THE ATM BOOTH WHERE PEOPLE CAN EXCHANGE BITCOIN FOR DOLLARS, IN SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR.

Added on the 31/08/2021 03:47:14 - Copyright : EFE Inglés

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