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Bitfinex Securities Introduces El Salvador’s First Tokenized Debt to Fund New Hilton Hotel
11.4.2024
The token will be issued on the Liquid Network, a bitcoin sidechain
Bitcoin Reportedly Hindering El Salvador’s Credit Opportunities With the IMF
10.4.2024
Bitcoin and its adoption by the government of El Salvador have become a negative factor in the country’s negotiations with the IMF. According to reports, the institution demands changes to El Salvador’s Bitcoin law to receive a $1.4 billion credit line for expediting public debt...
Argentina President Milei Disappoints Some Bitcoiners as Crypto Registration Rule Begins
2.4.2024
The nation unveiled a mandatory registration process for cryptocurrency platforms
First Mover Americas: HSBC’s Gold Token Introduced in HK
27.3.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 27, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Nayib Bukele Update on El Salvador Bitcoin Holdings Shows Growing Stack
26.3.2024
At the current price just above $70,000, the nation now holds about $400 million worth of bitcoin
El Salvador Keeps Buying BTC, Top BTC Mining Rigs, Blackrock’s New ‘BUIDL’ Fund, and More — Week in Review
24.3.2024
El Salvador continues its daily bitcoin purchases, aiming to keep buying until the cryptocurrency becomes too expensive. The top 10 bitcoin mining rigs of 2024 show significant profit margins due to recent value increases. Blackrock, has submitted a form to the SEC for the initiation of a tokenized...
El Salvador Doubles Down on Bitcoin
22.3.2024
The country is setting a precedent for others to follow, Moonwalker Capital Tatiana Koffman writes
DOJ Charges Texas Man for Orchestrating $10 Million Meta-1 Coin Scam
21.3.2024
Texas resident Robert Dunlap has been arrested on federal mail fraud charges in connection with the “Meta-1 Coin” scam that saw investors drained of over $10 million, the Department of Justice reveals. The alleged fraudster had claimed the token was backed by $44 billion in gold and priceless...
Bitcoin: Mixed signals – Investment spree, stock slump, and El Salvador’s reliance
20.3.2024
Bitcoin is down by 4.465 in the last 24 hours and 14.80% in the last 7 days at the time of writing this article. There are now two ways to look at this situation: investors are betting big on the future scope of the token by accumulating BTC in higher numbers, and others are feeling …
Salvadoran Press Raises Doubts on Piggy Bank Funds’ Ownership: 80% of BTC Came From Bitfinex
20.3.2024
Reports from local Salvadoran press are raising questions about President Bukele’s announcement last week, when he transferred 5,690 BTC to a cold wallet, stating that all of these belonged to the country. Moises Alvarado, a Salvadoran journalist, found that 80% of the funds in this wallet...
Where Is Nayib Bukele Actually Storing El Salvador's Bitcoin?
18.3.2024
Last week, the sats stacking president of the "Land of Many Volcanoes" announced he was moving the country's thousands of BTC into a bitcoin "piggy bank."
Latam Insights: Tim Draper’s Bitcoin Prophecy for El Salvador, Bukele’s Bitcoin Rush
18.3.2024
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Tim Draper predicts bitcoin will make El Salvador a rich country, President Nayib Bukele vows to keep buying bitcoin, and Banco do Brazil announces offline...
Kiyosaki Warns of Big Bubble, Analyst Predicts $330K BTC, Draper’s Wild El Salvador Prediction, and More— Week in Review
17.3.2024
Robert Kiyosaki has issued a stark warning about an impending financial disaster, which he believes will devastate baby boomers. A crypto analyst predicts bitcoin could exceed $330,000, defying historical growth patterns through a combination of pattern disruptions and the theory of diminishing...
El Salvador Will Keep Buying 1 Bitcoin Daily Until BTC ‘Becomes Unaffordable’ With Fiat Currencies, Says President Bukele
17.3.2024
El Salvador has been buying one bitcoin a day since 2022, according to President Nayib Bukele, who confirmed that his country’s “1 bitcoin a day program” will continue until the cryptocurrency “becomes unaffordable with fiat currencies.” The bitcoins acquired from...
El Salvador Moves ‘Big Chunk’ of Its BTC to Cold Wallet — President Bukele Says ‘Call It Our First Bitcoin Piggy Bank’
16.3.2024
El Salvador has transferred “a big chunk” of its bitcoin holdings to a cold wallet, President Nayib Bukele has announced. “You can call it our first bitcoin piggy bank,” he said. As of writing, the wallet’s balance totals approximately 5,690 bitcoins. El Salvador...
El Salvador Transfers 5,000 Bitcoins to Cold Wallet, Surpassing Bitcoin Holdings Estimates
15.3.2024
El Salvador moved over 5,000 Bitcoins valued at over $400 million into a cold wallet this week, President Nayib Bukele revealed in a March 14 X post. The move surprised the cryptocurrency community by substantially surpassing expectations of what the country was believed to hold in the rallying...
Bitcoin: Boom or Bust? El Salvador, Debt, and the Satoshi Enigma
15.3.2024
The past few days have been nothing short of a rollercoaster ride for Bitcoin. The biggest crypto in the world broke its 2-year-long slump and hit its all-time high of 73,798 dollars. While the crypto has dropped to 68,582 dollars for now, the market is inundated with updates surrounding BTC. Let’s...
First Mover Americas: El Salvador Holds More BTC Than Expected
15.3.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for March 15, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
El Salvador to Store ‘Big Chunk’ of Bitcoin Holdings in Physical Vault
15.3.2024
El Salvador intends to move a substantial portion of its Bitcoin holdings to a cold wallet. This wallet would be housed in a physical vault within the country, President Nayib Bukele revealed Friday.
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El Salvador Has Thousands More Bitcoins Than Previously Known
15.3.2024
The Central American nation moved $400 million in BTC into a cold storage wallet this week