El Salvador’s Bitcoin law is destined to be caught in the FATF’s regulatory web

Steve H. Hanke, Nicholas Hanlon and Parth Thakkar
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Turkish Economic Review, 2021, vol. 8, issue 4, 135-143

Abstract: In the middle of the night of June 8th, El Salvador’s Congress hastily passed the Bitcoin Law. This law will make bitcoin legal tender (actually, forced tender). Since the modalities concerning the implementation of the Bitcoin Law change with each passing day, we cannot opine on the details surrounding the scheduled launch of the Bitcoin Law on September 7, 2021. That said, it’s abundantly clear that if the Bitcoin Law is actually implemented, El Salvadoran banks, merchants, and their customers will cross swords with Financial Action Task Force regulators and be ensnared in the FATF’s web of regulations.

Keywords: Bitcoin law; Bitcoin; El Salvador. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D39 D74 H56 J51 J52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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