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In an unprecedented turn of events in Argentina, Bitcoin-friendly candidate Javier Milei has triumphed in the presidential elections, overcoming his rival Sergio Massa by a consequential 2,786,457 votes. This decisive victory has resulted in Javier’s coronation being scheduled for December 10. While his explicit endorsement of Bitcoin as either legal tender or a reserve asset may be absent at this point, Milei has signaled an intent to discard the inflating Argentine peso in favor of the US dollar.
Recently, the Argentine peso took a disastrous hit with hyperinflation inflating to a worrying 143%, rendering the nation in a dire financial crisis begging for an immediate resolution. Earlier this year, numerous Argentines showcased their support for cryptocurrency by assembling a massive BTC symbol to demonstrate against the rampant inflation ravaging the economic climate of the country. Javier Milei, Argentina’s new president, has publicly expressed strong criticisms of central banking, dubbing it a ‘scam’ – a tool that facilitates politicians in deceitfully taxing the populace through inflation. He has recognized Bitcoin as a means to prevent this type of fraud, commenting that it embodies the return of money to its rightful place in the private sector. His televised spectacle of assaulting a piñata symbolizing a central bank with a stick exhibits his staunch opposition to the central banking system. Secreted in the ambiguity of Bitcoin’s future in Argentina, many are hoping that Milei’s election might edge the nation toward becoming the next El Salvador by declaring Bitcoin as legal tender and integrating it as a reserve asset.
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