In an interview with Time Magazine, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said the Central American nation's adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender has been slower than he expected. Despite not being embraced as enthusiastically as hoped, Bukele still says the crypto experiment has been a success, pointing to government profits of US$265 million. El Salvador first adopted Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, a move that attracted much criticism including from the IMF, which warned the move presented more risks than potential benefits. In an interview with Time Magazine published yesterday, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said that adoption of Bitcoin in the Central American nation has been slower than expected, yet there haven't been any negatives to Bitcoin's introduction as legal tender. Wearing a dark suit to look more "authoritarian"