“The government has approached us for assistance regarding bitcoin.
This is not an area where the World Bank can provide support given the environmental and transparency issues, ”he said in a comment to TASS.
In El Salvador, on September 7, a law came into force, according to which the authorities declared bitcoin an official means of payment along with the US dollars.
Thus, it became the first state in the world to introduce the appropriate status for digital currency.
According to the CoinDesk portal on September 7, the bitcoin rate fell to $ 46.78 thousand.