It’s all very much in character for Bukele, who once described himself as the “world’s coolest dictator.” While all the hustle and bustle about bitcoin in El Salvador sounds romantic... In the end it's just another tyrannical state. Instead of encouraging more importers to engage in commerce, therefore driving down prices, he's going to jail current ones, therefore increasing prices even more since the less importers the more scarce goods and services will be.

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El Salvador’s Bukele threatens gang-crackdown-style tactics against price gougers

President Nayib Bukele has threatened to use the same tactics on wholesalers and distributors whom he blames for a rise in prices.