Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s controversial president, announced Saturday that he planned to submit a legislative approval that, if and when passed, would grant bitcoin the status of legal tender in his home country.
The announcement was made during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, during which Bukele appeared in a video announcing the move. 
“We hope that this decision will be just the beginning in providing a space where some of the leading innovators can reimagine the future of finance, potentially helping billions around the world,” Bukele said in a Twitter post on Saturday evening. In what is perhaps a sign of the times, Bukele’s profile picture was changed to feature the laser eyes memes, commonly used by proponents of bitcoin.
The El Salvadorean government is working with bitcoin startup Strike on the initiative. 
“This is the shot heard ’round the world for Bitcoin. What’s transformative here is that bitcoin is both the greatest reserve asset ever created an

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