/tags/bitcoin-2021 Bitcoin 2021 en-US WLRN Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:22:36 GMT /news/2021-09-06/el-salvador-officially-adopts-bitcoin-sound-economics-or-populist-grandstanding This week El Salvador becomes the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. President Nayib Bukele insists it'll be a boon; critics call it an authoritarian diversion. Mon, 06 Sep 2021 20:22:36 GMT /news/2021-09-06/el-salvador-officially-adopts-bitcoin-sound-economics-or-populist-grandstanding Tim Padgett /news/2021-06-15/why-el-salvador-is-embracing-bitcoin-and-why-skeptics-warn-it-wont-work Last week El Salvador became the world's first country to make Bitcoin legal tender. But the cryptocurrency's complexity and volatility are big challenges. Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:30:44 GMT /news/2021-06-15/why-el-salvador-is-embracing-bitcoin-and-why-skeptics-warn-it-wont-work Tim Padgett