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El Salvador stacks 7 Bitcoin in last week, despite IMF deal
10.5.2025
The government of El Salvador continues stacking Bitcoin (BTC) for its national crypto reserve, despite an ongoing deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stipulating that the Central American country stop using public funds to purchase Bitcoin as one of the conditions for a loan...
Latam Insights Encore: I’m Convinced: Bukele Outsmarted the IMF, Even if We Don’t Know How
6.5.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. This edition explores how President Nayib Bukele has continued to purchase bitcoin, complying with the IMF policies of non-bitcoin accumulation established in their credit...
Latam Insights: Strategy Rises in Brazil; El Salvador Continues to Buy Bitcoin
4.5.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compilation of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, Oranje rises as Latam’s Strategy’s copycat, El Salvador will continue to buy bitcoin despite the IMF’s deal, and Brazil cracks down on a $290 million...
Excellence-Only Policy Puts El Salvador’s Bitcoin Program in Global Spotlight
3.5.2025
El Salvador is rapidly cementing its status as a global innovation powerhouse, fusing elite bitcoin education with cutting-edge AI training to supercharge national transformation and global influence. Bitcoin Advocate Applauds El Salvador’s Bold Tech Vision: High Standards, Big Impact El Salvador’s...
El Salvador Committed to Buying Bitcoin Despite IMF Deal, Minister Says
1.5.2025
El Salvador is quietly defying the IMF, accelerating daily bitcoin buys and reinforcing its bold crypto strategy on the global stage. El Salvador Keeps Buying Bitcoin Daily Despite IMF Loan Conditions El Salvador’s commitment to bitcoin remains steadfast despite pledges made to the International...
Tether's $770M XAUT Backed by 7.7 Tons of Gold in Swiss Vault, Says Company
28.4.2025
Tether reported the first attestation report for its Tether Gold product under new El Salvador regulations as gold demand surges globally
Is Someone Lying? IMF Confirms El Salvador’s Compliance With Bitcoin Non-Accumulation Commitment
28.4.2025
In a press briefing during the spring meetings of 2025, the IMF highlighted that, according to their data, El Salvador has complied with the bitcoin non-accumulation agenda to which it committed. Nonetheless, the country continues to report regular bitcoin purchases. IMF States El Salvador Has...
El Salvador adds Bitcoin, but is complying with IMF deal — Director
27.4.2025
El Salvador, the world’s first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, is still acquiring Bitcoin despite comments from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) appearing to claim the opposite.The treasury of El Salvador acquired 7 Bitcoin (BTC) worth over $650,000 in the seven days leading...
El Salvador adds Bitcoin, but is complying with IMF deal — Director
27.4.2025
El Salvador, the world’s first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, is still acquiring Bitcoin despite comments from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) appearing to claim the opposite.The treasury of El Salvador acquired 7 Bitcoin (BTC) worth over $650,000 in the seven days leading...
El Salvador's Top Crypto Regulator Meets With U.S. SEC: 'It Was Very Refreshing'
24.4.2025
El Salvador’s CNAD met up with the SEC’s Crypto Task Force on April 22
SEC discusses deepening US-El Salvador ties amid deportation backlash
23.4.2025
Officials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crypto task force met with the El Salvador National Commission on Digital Assets (CNAD) to discuss regulation and a proposed cross-border sandbox.In an April 22 memo, the SEC’s crypto task force reported meeting with...
SEC discusses deepening US-El Salvador ties amid deportation backlash
23.4.2025
Officials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) crypto task force met with the El Salvador National Commission on Digital Assets (CNAD) to discuss regulation and a proposed cross-border sandbox.In an April 22 memo, the SEC’s crypto task force reported meeting with...
El Salvador works with Nvidia to develop sovereign AI infrastructure
21.4.2025
El Salvador, the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, is working with the computer chip giant Nvidia to implement artificial intelligence for national development.El Salvador signed a letter of intent to collaborate with Nvidia on “sovereign AI to drive innovation...
El Salvador works with Nvidia to develop sovereign AI infrastructure
21.4.2025
El Salvador, the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, is working with the computer chip giant Nvidia to implement artificial intelligence for national development.El Salvador signed a letter of intent to collaborate with Nvidia on “sovereign AI to drive innovation...
Only 11% of El Salvador’s registered Bitcoin firms operational
15.4.2025
Only 20 of the 181 Bitcoin service providers registered with El Salvador’s central bank are operational, with the rest failing to meet the country’s requirements under its Bitcoin Law. Local media outlet El Mundo cited data from the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador, showing that...
Only 11% of El Salvador’s registered Bitcoin firms operational
15.4.2025
Only 20 of the 181 Bitcoin service providers registered with El Salvador’s central bank are operational, with the rest failing to meet the country’s requirements under its Bitcoin Law. Local media outlet El Mundo cited data from the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador, showing that...
89% of Registered Bitcoin Service Providers Remain Inactive in El Salvador
15.4.2025
According to records from the Central Reserve Bank, only 20 registered bitcoin service providers (BSPs) are actively operating in El Salvador, one of which is Chivo, the official government wallet that will soon be disbanded. Barren Land: Only 20 Bitcoin Service Providers Operate in El Salvador...
Why Emerging Economies Need Strategic Crypto Reserves
31.3.2025
As countries like the U.S. and El Salvador buy bitcoin, yours should too
Latam Insights: Bukele’s US Tour, Panamanian Crypto Bill
31.3.2025
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic news from Latin America over the past week. In this week’s edition, El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele announces a visit to the U.S., a Panamanian crypto bill gets introduced, and Venezuela suffers after Trump implements...
El Salvador’s Bukele to Meet Trump at White House — Will Bitcoin Be on the Table?
29.3.2025
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House next month to discuss security cooperation and immigration enforcement, officials confirmed, following El Salvador’s agreement to incarcerate hundreds of alleged gang members deported from the United States....