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Argentina's Bitcoin-friendly president-elect wants to shut down Central Bank
Javier Milei, Argentina’s Bitcoin (BTC) friendly presidential candidate, won the country’s run-off election on Sunday after securing more than 55% of the votes cast over his opponent Sergio Massa. According to data provided by Bloomberg, with almost 99% of the votes counted, Milei won 55.7% of the votes, giving him a nearly 3-million-vote lead. He will officially take office on Dec. 10. Milei’s victory is notable in that he is an outspoken critic of the central banking system and holds a positive view of Bitcoin as a way to return monetary power to the people. "We have to understand that the central bank is a ... (full story)