El Salvador's bitcoin adoption hits snags

By Anthony Esposito and Nelson Renteria
Updated September 8 2021 - 5:15am, first published 5:11am
El Salvador's government has installed ATMs that allow bitcoin to be converted into US dollars.
El Salvador's government has installed ATMs that allow bitcoin to be converted into US dollars.

El Salvador has became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, although it suffered teething problems when the government had to unplug a digital wallet to cope with demand.

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