# El Salvador becomes first country to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/el-salvador-becomes-first-country-to-adopt-bitcoin-as-an-official-currency/
- Published: 2021-09-08T10:00:21-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: A recently-installed Bitcoin ATM. Article by Jon Porter. The Verge – September 7, 2021. As of today [Sep 7, 2021], Bitcoin is an official currency of El Salvador alongside the US dollar, after the Central American country became the first to adopt the cryptocurrency as legal tender. At three minutes to midnight local time, the country’s populist president Nayid Bukele tweeted that […] Click here to view original web page at www.theverge.com Curated by John Wysocki Chief Technical Officer See Full Bio