Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This week on Speaking of Bitcoin, Adam B. Levine presents three perspectives on El Salvador as a bitcoin-as-legal-tender bill was announced, introduced and quickly passed into law.
In segment one, Adam presents his opinion piece written for CoinDesk early in the week.
(coindesk.com/bitcoin-el-salvadors-legal-tender)
In segment two, we read the full text of the bill as passed into law in El Salvador
(www.scribd.com/document/51109924…itcoin-Bill-Draft)
In segment three, a local, skeptical perspective on the government potential ulterior motives and intentions around the bill courtesy of on of friend-of-the-show Alex Gladstein's on-the-ground contacts in El Salvador.
(twitter.com/gladstein/status/1403479559555543040)
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This week on Speaking of Bitcoin, Adam B. Levine presents three perspectives on El Salvador as a bitcoin-as-legal-tender bill was announced, introduced and quickly passed into law.
In segment one, Adam presents his opinion piece written for CoinDesk early in the week.
(coindesk.com/bitcoin-el-salvadors-legal-tender)
In segment two, we read the full text of the bill as passed into law in El Salvador
(www.scribd.com/document/51109924…itcoin-Bill-Draft)
In segment three, a local, skeptical perspective on the government potential ulterior motives and intentions around the bill courtesy of on of friend-of-the-show Alex Gladstein's on-the-ground contacts in El Salvador.
(twitter.com/gladstein/status/1403479559555543040)
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