• Updated: 09/06/2021 - 12:06 Lawmakers in El Salvador have voted to make Bitcoin legal tender in a world first for the cryptocurrency. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele hailed the vote, saying on Twitter that history had been made. The country's Congress voted 62-22 in favour of the proposal, which will be implemented within 90 days. Bukele announced the plan to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency in a recorded message played at the Bitcoin 2021 Conference in Miami last week. The 39-year-old president, who has maintained approval ratings above 90 per cent and made Twitter his preferred way of communicating, characterised his proposal as an idea that could help El Salvador move forward.