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El Salvador's 'Bitcoin Beach' Cheers Cryptocurrency Surge
20 Mar 2024 02:09 GMT
In a surf town in El Salvador nicknamed "Bitcoin Beach,… which replaced the national currency -- the colon -- in 2001.
… make transactions.
In 2021, El Salvador became the world's … .
But not everyone in El Salvador is convinced by the cryptocurrency …
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El Salvador Takes Bitcoin Victory Lap, Plans Transfer to ‘Piggy Bank’ Physical Vault
16 Mar 2024 03:14 GMT
… unprecedented crackdown on El Salvador’s violent gangs, … s flagship policies. El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as … .
El Salvador officially dropped its national currency, the Salvadoran colón, … announcement reportedly places El Salvador’s estimated Bitcoin …
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El Salvador's bitcoin gamble faces reality check
11 Jan 2024 05:16 GMT
… used bitcoin last year in El Salvador, the first country anywhere to … US dollar, which replaced the Salvadoran colon in 2001.
The goal was … have never ever used the currency.
The poll was carried out …
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US lawmakers target perceived risks of cryptocurrency adoption in El Salvador with reintroduced bill
12 May 2023 23:07 GMT
… Bitcoin as legal currency in El Salvador.
Congressional records showed … a second attempt at El Salvador’s Cryptocurrency Accountability Law … tender in El Salvador along with the national currency colón and … agencies to report on El Salvador’s capabilities in …
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US lawmakers target perceived risks of crypto adoption in El Salvador with reintroduced bill
12 May 2023 22:34 GMT
… Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act, which Risch … tender in El Salvador alongside the national colon currency and the … States to report on El Salvador’s capabilities in … March 23, 2022
Related: El Salvador’s Bitcoin strategy evolved …
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El Salvador's bitcoin experiment rides on choppy seas as currency fluctuates
28 Apr 2023 00:20 GMT
… of the cryptocurrency, and El Salvador became the first country … 2001, dumping the national currency, the colón.
"They told us … that has enthusiastically embraced El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment is … to be places like El Salvador that will drive bitcoin …
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What’s up with… Altice, FCC, VMO2
18 Mar 2024 18:36 GMT
… Whether coincidentally or not, El Salvador’s economy has been … Nayib Bukele announced that El Salvador’s bitcoin collection is … swingeing conditions) to rescue El Salvador’s battered economy, was … the country’s national currency, the colón, could not. That …
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International News: Miss El Salvador represents her country with Bitcoin costume
16 Jan 2023 16:08 GMT
… Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Miss El Salvador, Alejandra Guajardo represented her … Bitcoin costume, Reuters report.
El Salvador became the world’s … Salvadoran, Francisco Guerrero.
The currency-themed outfit includes a … bitcoin and a huge colon coin strapped to her …
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Miss Universe 2023: El Salvador contestant walks the ramp in Bitcoin-inspired costume
14 Jan 2023 08:03 GMT
… was carrying a huge colón coin on her back … , which El Salvador recognized as legal tender in 2021, and Colón, the … country's previous currency.
While sharing … “This look represents El Salvador’s history of currency,” said the Miss …
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Bizarre moment Miss El Salvador appears on stage dressed as a giant Bitcoin
14 Jan 2023 02:44 GMT
El Salvador's Miss Universe contestant … the country's 'currency history'.
“Cocoa was used … a long time, then the colón until it was replaced by … Guajardo walked down the runway.
El Salvador was the first country in …