A new milestone for Bitcoin, COVID hits conference, Buterin’s DOGE payday: Ho...

A new milestone for Bitcoin, COVID hits conference, Buterin’s DOGE payday: Ho...

Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This Week Bill to make Bitcoin legal tender passes in El SalvadorEl Salvador has officially become the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.A law outlining the proposals, introduced by President Nayib Bukele, passed with a supermajority, attracting 62 out of 84 votes.Under the so-called Bitcoin Law,....


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