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    El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment is not as disruptive as it may seem at first sight

    The crucial question is the implication of the simultaneous circulation of two ‘assets’ – the dollar and Bitcoin – as a medium of exchange and as legal tender.  Monetary history is actually replete with such situations 

    Sashi Sivramkrishna
    June 25, 2021 / 08:45 IST
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