BTC As A Legal Tender

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Who would have thought a small country like El Salvador could play such a huge role in crypto? Most of us have only heard bad things from that part of the world (Central America) mostly dealing in narcotics, so this was quite unexpected. Not going to sugar coat things there as the country does have severe crime issues including drugs and arms trafficking. It wouldn't be my first port of call, but things can change.

The announcement by the President of El Salvador the other day stating that Bitcoin was going to be a legal tender in his country has huge ramifications outside of his small country. This move has definitely put them in the spotlight for all the right reasons and is most likely giving Finance Ministers around the world sleepless nights.

The reason being that once one country accepts Bitcoin or any other crypto currency as a legal tender then so do all the other countries in the world. Bitcoin in all things is a legitimate currency as of today as the bill was passed through the El Salvadorian parliament.

Any country defying the El Salvadorians wishes by not accepting Bitcoin goes against the laws of international comity and is basically insulting that nation. This is something that doesn't happen so the likes of Nigeria and India will have to come up with an alternative option in having to deal with cryptocurrencies. Banning is no longer an option and they now need to find a solution to move forward.

Who would have thought a tiny country in Central America would wreck any ideas the establishment would have of derailing crypto. The one card they had of threatening the crypto community or more likely trying to slow the process down was to put obstacles in it's way. How can they now as Bitcoin has the same legitimacy as the US Dollar, GBP , Yen ,Euro or any other nations currency out there.

I know in @asphamilton's post last night he mentioned the reasons behind the move and this is worth a read.
El Salvador & BTC - Deep Dive on Momentous Impacts

We are definitely going to see a change happening over the next few years and these are not exactly going to be tremors but more like seismic shifts. The Dollar has many question marks hanging over it's head right now with most countries using it for trade purposes and if the devaluing continues for much longer then an alternative needs to be found. I know the imports we are currently landing were valued at a exchange rate of R15 to the Dollar and now that has slipped to just over R13. These goods are now 20 percent overvalued from when they were first ordered and this makes a massive difference not only to South African importers, but importers around the world.

The Dollar is losing it's spending power quite quickly and that must be a worrying sign of what is to come. I remember saying this when The US printing press was working overtime and people on here were saying it would have no affect. It has to and now we are seeing this and is going to be catastrophic for the American economy as it deteriorates. For every action there is a reaction and we will have to wait and see how bad this is ,but from where I am standing it doesn't look very good. This is not surprising that China is trying to get a digital currency off the ground as they can smell a once in a life time opportunity to replace the USD for trading purposes.

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What id be keen to see is the position they’re central bank will take abs how much BTC will be sitting in the country and then to be recycled for economic gain.

I can only imagine as businesses keep a percentage of this on the balance sheet and as this moves up it starts to break old business models and brings about a new level of creative distruction

Just like retail has seen many new millionaires made who can now have influence on the economy we will see businesses and now countries who adopt it have the same thing happen

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From my understanding what the country will hold in reserve will be used to allow Bitcoin to be used immediately by smaller businesses not wanting to hold due to volatility. They have some dapps on board which will obviously benefit massively.

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This is really some awesome news. I think it is already impacting the markets a bit as we speak. It will be interesting to see what kinds of excuses other countries come up with to weasel their way out of it. I think there are some that will not really care if they insult El Salvador. I guess only time will tell.

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Great news and hopefully, many will follow El Salvador.

I wish India atleast regulates the Crypto trading if not fully adopting the same.

Crypto traders in India are ready to pay the tax and abide by the rules, but the Government is still hesitant and banks might be fearing about their business and forcing the Government to not to regulate the Crypto.

But, off late, we have some great news as recently, Reserve Bank of India finally clarified that, banks should allow Crypto trading and we are all hoping that it will be the beginning of a new era for Crypto lovers in India :)

Good one, have a great day :)

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