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El Salvador's Bitcoin Sovereign Experiment: Volatility, Chivo Wallet, and Debt Market Realities

In September 2021, El Salvador became the first nation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender alongside the US Dollar. Promoted as a tool for financial inclusion and cheaper remittances, the experiment faced low domestic adoption, international credit rating downgrades, and complex negotiations with the IMF.

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