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06/06/2021 GMT

El Salvador plans to make crypto-currency legal tender

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The central American country El Salvador is to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender

The Central American country El Salvador is to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.

The president of El Salvador has said his country will adopt the digital currency Bitcoin as legal tender, to improve the lives of low income families. We hear from the capital San Salvador. 

Also on the programme: Mexico holds mid-term elections amid massive political violence; and why doctors in India are increasingly worried about the prevalence of black fungus cases.

(Photo :A banner that reads "We accept Bitcoin, free, fast and without contagion" is seen at a beach cafe on Punta Roca Beach in La Libertad, El Salvador; Credit: REUTERS/Jose Cabezas)

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