El Salvador has adopted Bitcoin as official legal tender - but will other countries follow?
El Salvador officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender on September 7. Image: REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
Tim Fries
Co-founder and editor, The Tokenist

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