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Today, we’re reliving the journey of Nayib Bukele, the laser-eyed president of El Salvador who made bitcoin legal tender in a world first.

It was one year ago today that El Salvador wisely moved its strategic bitcoin reserve into cold storage. Now, the country is sitting on over half a billion dollars in BTC.

Fix the money

The old adage goes, “do you wanna be right, or do you wanna make money?” 

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele has proven it’s possible to do both.

Bitcoin was first and foremost freedom money to Bukele, as it was for activists like Alexei Navalny…

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