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El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender

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927 points smallerfish | 1 comments | 04 Feb 25 00:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sarcasmatwork ◴[04 Feb 25 00:16 UTC] No.42925398[source]▶
Misleading.

Under the new rules, bitcoin is no longer considered "currency," though it remains "legal tender."

https://reason.com/2025/02/03/el-salvador-walks-back-its-bit...

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1. josu ◴[04 Feb 25 00:22 UTC] No.42925473[source]▶
They literally removed the term "moneda de curso legal", which translates as "legal tender", from Article 5.

https://x.com/monicataher/status/1884971499129610322