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El Salvador passes the Bitcoin Law

El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approved a law giving Bitcoin legal-tender status alongside the U.S. dollar.

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The original text required economic agents to accept bitcoin when offered, subject to limited exceptions, and required the state to facilitate convertibility. It set a 90-day period before taking effect.