El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender after passing law
Posted on AllSides June 9th, 2021
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El Salvador has become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
Lawmakers in the Central American country’s Congress voted by a “supermajority” in favor of the Bitcoin Law, receiving 62 out of 84 of the legislature’s vote.
The price of bitcoin was up 5% to $34,239.17 shortly after the vote.
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