El Salvador plans to make crypto-currency legal tender

The president of El Salvador has said his country will adopt the digital currency Bitcoin as legal tender, to improve the lives of low income families. We hear from the capital San Salvador.

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(Photo :A banner that reads "We accept Bitcoin, free, fast and without contagion" is seen at a beach cafe on Punta Roca Beach in La Libertad, El Salvador; Credit: REUTERS/Jose Cabezas)