Monday 18 October 2021 8:09 am | Updated: Monday 18 October 2021 10:00 am

Crypto criticism swells as thousands protest in El Salvador against Bitcoin policies

Protestors hold signs accusing President Bukele of being a dictator and decrying the use of bitcoin as legal tender

Thousands of people in El Salvador’s capital took to the streets last night UK time to protest against President Nayib Bukele, over the Central American country’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender and the firing of Supreme Court judges.

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