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El Salvador leads the world into cryptocurrency: bitcoin legal tender

A Bitcoin logo is seen outside at Sevilla Barber Shop where Bitcoin is accepted as a payment method in Santa Tecla, El Salvador.[Reuters]

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, real-world experiment proponents say will lower commission costs for billions of dollars sent home from abroad but which critics warned may fuel money laundering.

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