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AskCyber Home » News » cryptocurrency » El Salvador to Allow Bitcoin as Legal Tender

El Salvador to Allow Bitcoin as Legal Tender

2021-06-08 by Michelle Dvorak

Bitcoin El Salvador

President Bukele Wants Cryptocurrency to Be an Official Currency in El Salvador

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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele says he wants to make Bitcoin acceptable as legal tender in the country. Bukele made the announcement this week at Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida.

If it’s approved, El Salvador would become the first country in the world to formally adopt bitcoin as legal tender

.”Next week I will send to congress a bill that will make bitcoin a legal tender,” Bukele said, according to the conference’s organizer, Bitcoin Magazine.

Bukele added that El Salvador is working with digital finance company Strike to make it happen.

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The Republic of El Salvador is a small country in Central America. The country has a population of about 6.4 million people. The country’s official currency is the United States Dollar.

El Salvador’s GDP is smaller than Bictcoin daily trading volume.

The US Department of State says that remittances from Salvadorans working in the United States make up 21 percent of El Salvador’s GDP – approximately $6 billion USD in 2019. This is one of the highest ratios in the world.

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El Salvador Lacks Isn’t Exactly Online

Seventy percent of the country’s residents do not have a bank account. According to Statista, only about 41 percent of homes in El Salvador have internet coverage. Just over 28 percent of residents have mobile phones. That makes it difficult to deal with cryptocurrencies that exist only online in cryptocurrency wallets.

The country will be giving up the stability of the US Dollar in exchange for the extremely popular and often volatile cryptocurrency. In March 2021, Bitcoin rocketed to a new record high of over $61,000 USD. The spike happened in a matter of minutes.

Salvadorian President Bukele will have to petition congress to adopt bitcoin as an official currency. Bukele Tweeted an update and says the plan is almost ready to go.

READ Six Essential Cryptocurrency Terms and Definitions

Bitcoin May Present Challenges for Salvadorians

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have received a lot of new attention. Bitcoin is an original cryptocurrency that many people know the name of, but not much about how it works. To buy, sell, exchange or pay with a cryptocurrency people must sign up with a cryptocurrency exchange and fund it with a form of payment.

Bitcoin has created millionaires who got in early on the cryptocurrency wave but came out to flat coins (a term for traditional currencies). Others converted their bitcoin gains into real estate or other stable investments.

Another well-known cryptocurrency, Dogecoin, has sparked a fascination with non-traditional currencies. Dogecoin rose to fame as a subreddit, Wall Street Bets, rallied to push the value of Dogecoin up.

Filed Under: cryptocurrency Tagged With: bitcoin, LATAM

About Michelle Dvorak

Michelle writes about cyber security, data privacy focusing on social media privacy as well as how to protect your IoT devices. She has worked in internet technology for over 20 years and owns METRONY, LLC. Michelle earned a B.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michelle published a guide to Cyber Security for Business Travelers


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