According to a Friday post from 60 Minutes’ Twitter account, the investigative news show will air a segment on the crypto-friendly area of El Zonte, a village located in El Salvador where residents and visitors have been able to use Bitcoin to pay for anything from utility bills to tacos.
The Bitcoin Beach project preceded the adoption of BTC as legal tender in El Salvador, first announced by President Nayib Buekele during the Bitcoin 2021 conference and later enacted in September 2021.
A survey from the Salvadoran Chamber of Commerce released in March showed that only 14% of respondents said they had transacted in BTC since El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law went into effect.
The 60 Minutes show will not be limited to reports on cryptocurrency and includes an exclusive interview with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the ground in the war-torn country.