Full CoverageEl Salvador’s new bitcoin plan could cost money providers like Western Union and others $400 million a year, says President Bukele
By MacKenzie Sigalos
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El Salvador Becomes First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as National Currency
By Santiago Pérez & Caitlin Ostroff
Cryptocurrency prices tumble and exchange trading falters as snags crop up
Crypto Platform Bitso to Service El Salvador’s Bitcoin Wallet
By Joanna Ossinger
Why has El Salvador officially adopted bitcoin as its currency?
By Matthew Sparkes
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El Salvador is now the world’s largest bitcoin experiment. Salvadorans say they want no part in it.
By Anna-Catherine Brigida
El Salvador’s Adoption of Bitcoin Is Off to a Rocky Start (Published 2021)
By Oscar Lopez & Ephrat Livni
Bitcoin Now Legal Tender in El Salvador, Marking World First
By Sebastian Sinclair
El Salvador Accepts Bitcoin as Legal Tender
By Mark Kolakowski
On 'Bitcoin Beach' tourists and residents hail El Salvador's adoption of cryptocurrency
By Wilfredo Pineda
El Salvador's bitcoin digital wallet beset by technical glitches
By Nelson Renteria
El Salvador becomes a crypto laboratory with bitcoin gamble
By Christine Murray
In Global First, El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin as Currency (Published 2021)
By Oscar Lopez & Ephrat Livni
El Salvador's world-first adoption of bitcoin endures bumpy first day
By Nelson Renteria & Anthony Esposito
Crypto platform Bitso working with El Salvador on Chivo digital wallet
By Anthony Esposito & Rosalba O'Brien
Salvador street protest breaks out against bitcoin adoption
By Wilfredo Pineda