El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender
Source: AP
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced in a recorded message played at a Bitcoin conference in Miami Saturday that next week he will send proposed legislation to the countrys congress that would make the cryptocurrency legal tender in the Central American nation.
The 39-year-old president, who has maintained approval ratings above 90% and made Twitter his preferred way of communicating, characterized it as an idea that could help El Salvador move forward.
Next week I will send to Congress a bill that will make Bitcoin a legal tender in El Salvador, Bukele said. In the short term this will generate jobs and help provide financial inclusion to thousands outside the formal economy and in the medium and long term we hope that this small decision can help us push humanity at least a tiny bit into the right direction.
The U.S. dollar is El Salvadors official currency. About one quarter of El Salvadors citizens live in the United States and last year, despite the pandemic, they sent home more than $6 billion in remittances.
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
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