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Bitcoin was made legal tender in the country through the Bitcoin Law, which was passed on 8 June 2021, [42] [43] and took effect on 7 September 2021. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] During the first month, the Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development reported that 12 percent of Salvadoran consumers have used the cryptocurrency, however, 93 ...
According to a survey done by the Central American University 100 days after the Bitcoin Law came into force: 34.8% of the population has no confidence in bitcoin, 35.3% has little confidence, 13.2% has some confidence, and 14.1% has a lot of confidence. 56.6% of respondents have downloaded the government bitcoin wallet; among them 62.9% has ...
Bitcoin's hasty retreat from $50,000 in the wake of El Salvador's widely publicized move to allow the digital coin to be used as legal tender left many in the marketplace scratching their heads.
In 2021, El Salvador became the first country to make the cryptocurrency legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, which it adopted two decades earlier. Lawmakers in El Salvador rush new bitcoin ...
In January 2024, the first 11 US spot bitcoin ETFs began trading, offering direct exposure to bitcoin for the first time on American stock exchanges. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] In December 2024, bitcoin price reached $100,000 for the first time, as US president-elect Donald Trump promised to make the US the "crypto capital of the planet" and to stockpile ...
As bitcoin reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first tim e, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele was triumphant on Thursday about his big bet on the cryptocurrency. The adoption of ...
Bitcoin became legal tender on 7 September 2021, [5] 90 days after the publication of the law in the official gazette, [16] [17] which makes El Salvador the first country to have bitcoin as legal tender. [5] [18] Bitcoin joined the United States dollar as the second official currency of El Salvador. [19] [needs update]
A more than 120% surge in bitcoin this year and a nearly 50% jump in ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, have propelled the sector's market value to roughly $3.5 trillion, according to ...