El Salvador is the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
![As the government grappled with technical problems, a small but growing group of people opposed to the new Bitcoin law turned out to protest it in the capital San Salvador on Tuesday [Photo courtesy of John Dennehy]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG-20210907-WA0014.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Voters in Ecuador are set to choose between Andres Arauz and Guillermo Lasso in Sunday’s run-off election.
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El Salvador is the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
Voters in Ecuador are set to choose between Andres Arauz and Guillermo Lasso in Sunday’s run-off election.