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El Salvador Made Bitcoin Legal Tender As President Bukele Casually Chatted on Twitter Spaces

The Breakdown

English - June 10, 2021 01:10 - 19 minutes - ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
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Last night, El Salvador voted to pass the bill making Bitcoin legal tender. As representatives debated the bill, the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele and his brother and campaign manager Karim Bukele surprise-joined a Twitter Space hosted by Nic Carter, where the president would spend about an hour answering questions. 
In today’s episode, NLW breaks down:
The substance of the bill 
Specific elements of the plan from the Spaces chat - including Volcano mining and the Bitcoin cost of foreign residency 
The historical significance of the moment for Bitcoin, media, El Salvador and more
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Last night, El Salvador voted to pass the bill making Bitcoin legal tender. As representatives debated the bill, the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele and his brother and campaign manager Karim Bukele surprise-joined a Twitter Space hosted by Nic Carter, where the president would spend about an hour answering questions. 

In today’s episode, NLW breaks down:

The substance of the bill  Specific elements of the plan from the Spaces chat - including Volcano mining and the Bitcoin cost of foreign residency  The historical significance of the moment for Bitcoin, media, El Salvador and more -- Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io -- Enjoying this content?   SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=   Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW   The Breakdown is produced and distributed by CoinDesk.com

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