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On June 5, 2021, a crowd of thousands in the US heard that El Salvador had adopted bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. After a few days of celebration, speculation about other countries following suit immediately captured their collective imagination. Although most countries were ambivalent about BTC prior to the news, a wave of media attention prompted rumors and scheduled meetings with various heads of state. Over the years, predictions by various dignitaries sustained the faith of additional countries adopting BTC. All of those predictions failed, however. As of publication time, BTC is not legal tender in any country — not even El Salvador. Below is a summary of some of the failed attempts by sovereign nations to adopt BTC as legal tender. Although the reasons for failure were unique to each nation, the outcome was exactly the same . Central African Republic Second to El Salvador itself, the next most eligible country to have adopted BTC as legal tender was...

Since January 20, 2025, Donald Trump has been on a fierce tariff spree, deploying a variety of tariffs on countries and products on the go. His aggressive policy stance is inclined towards bolstering the US economy through extensive tariff deployment. Trump has long been portrayed as a tariff proponent, a believer in the aforementioned policy to track and lower trade deficits. Here’s a complete list of trade tariffs that Trump has imposed on countries and products as of now. Also Read: Metaplanet’s Bitcoin Pivot Propels Stock to 3,600% Surge in 12 Months Trade Tariffs On Nations Source: Axios Trump has imposed tariffs on a variety of new arenas, on nations and products, in his effort to prioritize the US economic welfare. 1. Mexico and Canada Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Both nations have always been key traders of the US. The tariffs were primarily imposed to curb illicit fentanyl and migrant trafficking into the US. These tariffs, however, are currently on...