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4 Reasons Why Bitcoiners Should Pass on El Salvador's Bitcoin Bond
25.3.2022
El Salvador’s much-hyped volcano bond doesn’t hold up to scrutiny
US Senate to Consider Bill Examining El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment
23.3.2022
The bill, which was passed out of committee on Wednesday, generated the displeasure of El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bonds May Be Delayed Until September, Says Finance Chief
23.3.2022
El Salvador could push its bitcoin (BTC) bond issuance back as far as September, the nation’s Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya has admitted – but a more imminent issuance is still on the table....
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‘Developing Economies’ Tracking El Salvador’s Bitcoin Moves with Interest
21.3.2022
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond Issuance Apparently Delayed
18.3.2022
The country’s finance minister had previously suggested the bond sale could be launched as soon as this week
Ukraine War Throws Timing of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond Debut into Doubt
14.3.2022
El Salvador may launch its sovereign bitcoin (BTC) bonds as early as tomorrow – but the war in Ukraine may cause disruption to the plans of the President Nayib Bukele-led government.
The 10-year bonds, the government said it hopes, will be worth some USD 1bn, will be backed by taxpayer funds...
New bill aims to 'mitigate risks' to US from El Salvador's Bitcoin Law
17.2.2022
Three U.S. Senators proposed a bill which would commission a lengthy report detailing the inner workings of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law and a subsequent action plan to mitigate risk
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law: Understanding alternatives to government intervention
13.2.2022
Last year El Salvador dominated headlines as the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Now, it’s time to promote mainstream adoption from the ground up
Does the IMF have a hidden script for El Salvador’s Bitcoin play?
5.2.2022
What if El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment succeeds? Is that what the IMF really fears?
El Salvador Buys 410 Bitcoins as BTC Plunges to Lowest Level in Months
23.1.2022
El Salvador bought the dip as the price of bitcoin plunged to a record low. President Nayib Bukele said Friday that his country has purchased 410 more bitcoins. The Salvadoran government has bought a total of 1,801 bitcoins since the cryptocurrency was made legal tender in the country. El Salvador...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin wallet onboards 4M users with Netki partnership
18.1.2022
Chivo, El Salvador's official Bitcoin wallet, has managed to onboard 70% of the unbanked population in El Salvador, partner says
Single inactive volcano has 90% chance of powering El Salvador's Bitcoin City, according to president
10.1.2022
According to Nayib Bukele, should the power consumption of the country’s planned Bitcoin City exceed the volcano’s capacity, geothermal energy can be sourced from other sites
Lack of Transparency Blighting El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption, Critics Say
9.12.2021
Media outlets claim that bitcoin (BTC) adoption has been a damp squib thus far in El Salvador – and have bemoaned the fact that the government has failed to produce any explanation of how it has spent the money it has forked out on token purchases....
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin City, BTC Bonds Plans Met With Mixed Reaction
22.11.2021
El Salvador’s government has announced plans to build a carbon-neutral, income tax-free, bitcoin (BTC)-themed city at the base of a volcano where will be mining the token using geothermal power. And its plans to use a new USD 500m bitcoin bond plan to fund the new project have been met with...
El Salvador Buys More Bitcoin: 420 BTC Added to Treasury
28.10.2021
El Salvador, the country that made bitcoin legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, has bought the dip again. The Salvadoran government has purchased a total of 1,120 bitcoins, currently worth more than $68 million. El Salvador’s Bitcoin Holdings Grow El Salvador has bought the dip again...
Corporations & Countries Watch and Learn From El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment
17.10.2021
It has now been more than a month since El Salvador officially began enforcing a law making bitcoin (BTC) legal tender within the Central American country. Much has been of the rapidity with which this law was proposed and then passed, with protests suggesting that at least some of the local...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Mining ‘Volcanode’ Takes its ‘First Steps’
29.9.2021
te that the project had taken its “first steps” toward becoming a “volcanode.”One witty punster
The Big Three Credit Agencies Critique El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption — S&P Global Warns of ‘Immediate Negative Implications’
18.9.2021
All of the ‘Big Three’ credit agencies have said that El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin could affect the country’s credit rating in a negative manner. After both Moody’s and Fitch Ratings published reports on the matter in El Salvador, S&P Global said that...
El Salvador's Bitcoin wallet is '95% fixed,' President Bukele says
14.9.2021
El Salvador’s state Bitcoin wallet has continued facing major issues in a week after the official rollout
El Salvador’s Bitcoin day: The first of many or a one-off?
13.9.2021
Thanks to El Salvador’s daring move, digital money looms large on global policymakers’ radars