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El Salvador Becomes First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as National Currency

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El Salvador Becomes First Country to Adopt Bitcoin as National Currency

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Hint: The internationalization of RMB should focus on these countries that use the US dollar as their sovereign currency but suffer from it.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0f8b827ccde8b38d2f4957addc2076aa\" tg-width=\"326\" tg-height=\"160\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"></p>\n<p><b>2. Who is behind the development and support of Bitcoin App and ATM in El Salvador?</b>El Salvador is a poor country, but this time it launched an app to send $30 and more than 200 ATM machines. I don't think El Salvador's private technology companies have the ability to make a national wallet App and more than 200 ATM machines, while the government is even less capable. According to the Wall Street Journal, Salvadoran App downloads, which are not in Apple App Store or Google App Store, first appeared in Huawei App Store.</p>\n<p><b>3. Will Bitcoin further show its versatility because of El Salvador? 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In fact, the core of Bitcoin launched by El Salvador is App under the control of the national government. In other words, if you want to use Bitcoin in El Salvador, you have to download this app (Chivo). Spending in El Salvador through this wallet App is no different from buying breakfast in China through WeChat wallet. Of course, you have to say that one bottom is Bitcoin and the other bottom is RMB, which is different. But for users, there is no difference. 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