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Jan 2022
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El Salvador's Battle With the IMF Is Big...

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.    When Nayib Bukele announced that El Salvador would be making bitcoin legal tender, the international monetary establishment acted with some amount of skepticism. When he announced the nation would be issuing bitcoin bonds, that skepticism turned to anger. Now, the IMF is pushing El Salvador to ditch B ... Show More
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