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Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown entity (person or persons). [5] Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, [6] with the release of its open-source implementation.
Bitcoin price hits all-time high above $66,000 [citation needed] 22 January 2022 $35,000 : Bitcoin price falls almost 50% from all-time highs, to below $35,000 [221] 12 May 2022 $25,401 : Following the Terra-LUNA crash in May 2022, Bitcoin retreated to its lowest level since December 2020. Traders seized the discounted bitcoin to buoy the price ...
El Salvador became the first country in the world to use bitcoin as legal tender, after having been adopted as such by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in 2021. [1] It has been promoted by Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, who claimed that it would improve the economy by making banking easier for Salvadorans, and that it would encourage foreign investment.