On this day in 2021, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly voted 62-22 to pass the Bitcoin Law, making it the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. Proposed by President Nayib Bukele and announced days earlier at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, the law required all businesses in El Salvador to accept BTC as payment alongside the US dollar. The historic vote sent shockwaves through global finance and inspired other nations to consider Bitcoin adoption.
Wikipedia: Bitcoin in El Salvador