Argentina’s Jose Luis Ramon has proposed a bill aimed at making it possible for workers to get paid in bitcoin ( BTC ) and other cryptocurrencies. Ramon says the idea behind the move is to help Argentine workers maintain the purchasing power of their funds, and also strengthen their autonomy. While most countries around the world have been plagued by hyperinflation over the years, Argentina, the eighth-largest country in the world, ranks very high on the list, with its inflation rate predicted to rise to 48 percent this year. For context, the inflation rate for the United States stood at 1.81 percent in 2019 and it is projected to rise to about 2.24 percent in 2021. In a bid to make it easier for Argentine workers to scale the hurdles of hyperinflation, Jose Luis Ramon, a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, has floated a bill aiming to make deflationary currencies like bitcoin (BTC) and some other crypto assets legal payment options. In a...