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[–] FolknForage@lemm.ee 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

“Forced” is doing a lot of work here. I think it was El Salvador that decided it was worth to ditch btc in favor of getting actual rescue money.

Edit: it makes sense that Bukele just told Rubio they’d be happy to be the US’ offshore prison system. Seems they really need the money.