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El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment turns 5: ‘It was for us, not them’

Cointelegraph · Aug 12, 2026

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Five years after El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, the experiment has fallen short of its original promises for locals, but it’s been great for Bitcoin’s global profile.

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