El Salvador leads world in adopting bitcoin as official currency
https://www.reuters.com/article/el-salvador-bitcoin/el-salvador-leads-world-in-adopting-bitcoin-as-official-currency-idUSKBN2G308Z
El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, a real-world experiment proponents say will lower commission costs for billions of dollars sent from abroad but which critics warned may fuel money laundering.