legal tender

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The top recommendation was to "safeguard monetary sovereignty and stability by strengthening monetary policy frameworks and do not grant crypto assets official currency or legal tender status."

From Reuters

El Salvador uses the U.S. dollar as legal tender.

From Reuters

El Salvador last year became the first country to make the cryptocurrency bitcoin legal tender, drawing criticism from international lenders.

From Seattle Times

The currency was created by France in the late 1940s to serve as legal tender in its then-African colonies.

From BBC

Bukele, who championed the adoption of the cryptocurrency as legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, said on Twitter on Wednesday night, "We are buying one Bitcoin every day starting tomorrow."

From Reuters