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El Salvador’s world-first adoption of bitcoin endures bumpy first day

Nelson Renteria and Anthony Esposito

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San Salvador | El Salvador’s historic adoption of bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday was beset by teething problems, as an angry protest by mistrustful citizens, technological glitches and a dip in the cryptocurrency clouded the rollout.

The bold experiment got off to a bumpy start when, shortly after midnight, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele complained the government-backed bitcoin app was not available on various internet platforms, including Apple and Huawei.

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