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Ark CEO Cathie Wood Talks Bitcoin With El Salvador’s President — Applauds His Vision for BTC Hub
30.5.2024
Cathie Wood, CEO of asset management firm Ark Invest, recently met with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and discussed bitcoin. She praised his progressive approach to economic and educational reforms. “President Bukele’s determination to transform El Salvador into a...
El Salvador’s Bukele Defends Bitcoin Strategy as Holdings Hit Record 53% Profits
6.3.2024
El Salvador's President Bukele has defended his Bitcoin strategy as the country's holdings hit a record 53% profit, reaching $164.5 million. This progress stems from El Salvador's declaration of Bitcoin as legal tender alongside the US dollar in 2021. According to data from Bitcoin Treasuries,...
El Salvador’s Pro-Bitcoin President Registers for Re-election in 2024
30.10.2023
El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele has formally filed for re-election in next year’s polls, a move critics say is against the country’s constitution. Bukele and his running mate Vice President Ulloa officially registered as his party’s candidate before the deadline...
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and Tron's Justin Sun to Buy One Bitcoin Every Day
17.11.2022
Bukele and Sun commit to buy one BTC every day, starting from Thursday amid fears that crypto exchange FTX's recent collapse would prolong the ongoing crypto winter
El Salvador Buys 80 More Bitcoin as BTC Fell Below $19K — President Insists ‘Bitcoin Is the Future’
1.7.2022
El Salvador has doubled down on its bitcoin commitment despite a heavy sell-off in the crypto market. The country has bought 80 more bitcoins, according to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. El Salvador Bought the Bitcoin Dip The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced Thursday that...
El Salvador's President Bukele Silent on Ukraine War
1.3.2022
Media outlets in El Salvador have hit out at President Nayib Bukele and his government over the perceived “silence” on the matter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
ElSalvador.com, the online edition of the newspaper El Diario de Hoy – hostile to Bukele’s government on most matters – reported...
El Salvador’s Tourism Rises 30% After Bitcoin Became Legal Tender
23.2.2022
El Salvador’s tourism has grown more than 30% after adopting bitcoin as legal tender, according to the country’s ministry of tourism. “Cryptocurrency multiplies the opportunities to do business with more partners anywhere in the world,” the Salvadoran government...
Bitcoin Will Be Legal Tender in 2 More Countries This Year, El Salvador’s President Predicts
3.1.2022
El Salvador’s president has made six predictions relating to bitcoin for 2022. He expects two more countries to adopt bitcoin as legal tender this year. Meanwhile, he expects El Salvador’s Bitcoin City to commence construction during the year and his country’s volcano bonds...
El Salvador’s President Tells Peter Schiff Benefit of Switching Gold Reserves to Bitcoin
6.12.2021
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has revealed that his country holds 44,106 oz. of gold in its reserves that has lost some value over the past year. He told gold bug Peter Schiff that if El Salvador had sold its gold and bought bitcoin last year, it would now be worth $125 million...
First Volcano Bitcoin Mined, Says El Salvador’s President
1.10.2021
BTC is not new. After he declared the cryptocurrency legal tender in June with the country passing the Bitcoin Bill, Bukele followed it up with
Salvadoran Court of Accounts to Investigate Government’s Bitcoin ATM Buys, Chivo Kiosk Construction
17.9.2021
According to reports stemming from the Salvadoran Court of Accounts, the regulatory body is planning to investigate the government’s bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) purchases and Chivo kiosk construction. The investigation follows the recent protest in El Salvador against the adoption...
Group of Salvadorans Take to the Streets to Protest El Salvador’s New Bitcoin Law
25.7.2021
While some Salvadorans situated near Playa El Zonte beach like the new bitcoin tender law implemented by Nayib Bukele’s regime, a number of other citizens dislike the law. This week, regional reports show citizens from El Salvador have taken to the streets to protest the bitcoin tender law....
IMF plans to meet with El Salvador’s president, potentially discussing move to adopt Bitcoin
10.6.2021
The International Monetary Fund has previously spoken out against smaller nations like the Marshall Islands recognizing a digital currency as legal tender
Understanding What Turned El Salvador’s President Bukele on to Bitcoin
10.6.2021
Nayib Bukele. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/nayibbukele
It’s February 3, 2019, and the world’s media is reporting that Nayib Bukele, “the Latin American Donald Trump,” has just swept to power in El Salvador’s presidential elections. Turns out this is some pretty lazy reporting: Yes, Bukele is...
El Salvador's president wants to build volcano-powered crypto miners
9.6.2021
Bitcoin is heating up — some may say erupting — as the Latin American country plans to tap energy from volcanoes for mining the cryptocurrency
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele Plans to Declare Bitcoin Legal Tender Next Week
6.6.2021
At the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, appeared via a Zoom presentation and noted that he plans to submit a bill next week that recognizes bitcoin as legal tender. Bukele revealed a partnership with the company Strike, a bitcoin payments firm launched...