521

El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment (ticotimes.net)

submitted 2 months ago by ooli2@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

149 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 2 months ago

an extremely volatile speculative asset primarily used for buying drugs, gambling, and illegal pornography doesn't work as an actual currency?
who would have guessed

[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Half of El Salvador doesn't have electricity or internet, Bukele is just a far-right weirdo who probably thought this would attract Techbros to invest in his regime.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 2 months ago

Wow the misinformation

this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025

521 points (98.0% liked)

World News

35674 readers

523 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

jackmarxist@lemmy.ml

zephyreks@lemmy.ml

OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml