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1. Cuba recognizes cryptocurrency as legal tender, becoming only the second nation to do so along with El Salvador.
   2021-08-27 19:07:01 (First version)
2. Cuba recognizes cryptocurrency as legal tender, becoming the second nation to do so along with El Salvador.
   2021-08-27 21:06:52 (Update)
3. Cuba recognizes cryptocurrency as legal tender, becoming the second nation to do so after El Salvador.
   (Current version)

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