Salvador street protest breaks out against bitcoin adoption

A person holds a sign that reads 'The Bitcoin bill must be repealed, it will bring more corruption and poverty', as people participate in a protest against the use of Bitcoin as legal tender, in San Salvador, El Salvador, September 7, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people marched in El Salvador's capital on Tuesday to protest the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, amid a bumpy initial rollout of systems to support the digital currency.

The protesters burned a tire and set off fireworks in front of the Supreme Court building around noon local time, as the government deployed heavily militarized police to the site of the protest.