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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law is Destined to Be Caught in the FATF’s Regulatory Web

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  • Hanke, Steve

    (The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise)

  • Hanlon, Nicholas

    (The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise)

  • Thakkar, Parth

    (The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise)

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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.

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  • Hanke, Steve & Hanlon, Nicholas & Thakkar, Parth, 2021. "El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law is Destined to Be Caught in the FATF’s Regulatory Web," Studies in Applied Economics 188, The Johns Hopkins Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:jhisae:0188
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