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Can Bitcoin become a real currency? Here's what's wrong with El Salvador's crypto plan

  • Written by John Hawkins, Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society and NATSEM, University of Canberra
Can Bitcoin become a real currency? Here's what's wrong with El Salvador's crypto planSalvador Melendez/AP

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, has got himself a pair of laser eyes – on his Twitter profile at least.

Laser eyes are something social media users give themselves to show they love cryptocurrency – and Bukele proved his crypto-enthusiasm last week by having El Salvador become the world’s first nation...

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