Bitcoin: El Salvador's grand experiment
- Written by David Coker, Senior Lecturer - Finance and Fintech, University of Westminster
El Salvador is likely to become the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Momentum Fotograh/ShutterstockAround the world, bitcoin has a mixed reputation. Owning and using the cryptocurrency is legal in a majority of nations, tolerated in many others, and outlawed by a relatively small number.
El Salvador has just become the first nation...