legal tender
Example Sentences
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In 2021, El Salvador made bitcoin legal tender alongside the US dollar.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
The Abu Dhabi fund and Binance strengthened the nascent stablecoin by using it as legal tender similar to hard currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Last year, the country welcomed a record 3.9 million tourists, including cryptocurrency evangelists drawn by Bukele’s short-lived experiment in making Bitcoin legal tender.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
In 2021 he made Bitcoin legal tender nationwide, and though the experiment has largely been a failure, it has attracted crypto bros and tech opportunists.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2025
“Leave that to my father. He knows bank people who know other bank people. They’ll give him legal tender for it.”
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
