It’s Bitcoin Day in El Salvador

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">El Salvador’s bitcoin legal-tender law goes into effect today. NLW looks at the recent controversy surrounding the law, including:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Institutional controversy</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">–</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">why the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank don’t like the law </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bitcoiner skepticism</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">–</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">why some aren’t convinced the law should force merchants to accept BTC</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Authoritarian blues</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">–</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">why some are concerned with the Bukele government itself </span></li> </ul> <p><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">June 12th/Bitcoin Beach Breakdown episode:</span> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/the-breakdown-with-nlw/bitcoin-is-economic-empowerment/"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.coindesk.com/podcasts/the-breakdown-with-nlw/bitcoin-is-economic-empowerment/</span></a></p> <p> </p> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</a></div> <div>Spotify: <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ" rev= "en_rl_none">https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ</a></div> <div>Google: <a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=" rev= "en_rl_none">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=</a></div> <div> </div