El Salvador

El Salvador Weekly: President Bukele’s Bitcoin Policy Is ‘Magical Thinking’

El Salvador Weekly: President Bukele’s Bitcoin Policy Is ‘Magical Thinking’
El Salvador Weekly: President Bukele’s Bitcoin Policy Is ‘Magical Thinking’
July 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Giving Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele the courage of his convictions, bitcoin’s collapse below $20,000 from its November high of nearly $70,000 hasn’t dimmed his enthusiasm...

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El Salvador Weekly: Finance Minister Insists Bitcoin Losses Are Only on Paper
El Salvador Weekly: Finance Minister Insists Bitcoin Losses Are Only on Paper
June 17, 2022  |  Bitcoin

On June 10, El Salvador was down about $38.1 million on its bitcoin investment. By Friday (June 17), that number had grown to $57.6 million....

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El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin Experiment Is Failing Badly One Year In
El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin Experiment Is Failing Badly One Year In
June 10, 2022  |  Bitcoin

Almost year ago Sunday (June 5), President Nayib Bukele announced El Salvador would make bitcoin a legal tender, on par with the U.S. dollar. With...

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El Salvador Weekly: MoneyGram Starting Stablecoin Remittances as Anti-Bitcoin Sentiment Grows
El Salvador Weekly: MoneyGram Starting Stablecoin Remittances as Anti-Bitcoin Sentiment Grows
June 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

MoneyGram is looking at bringing a bitcoin competitor to El Salvador’s remittance market. It’s part of a push by the leading money transfer company to...

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Crypto Might Not Be Savior Developing World’s Looking For. Here’s Why
Crypto Might Not Be Savior Developing World’s Looking For. Here’s Why
June 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin, stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies are a potential savior for people in developing nations who are trying to dig a little bit further out of...

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El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin’s Still a Major Sticking Point in Talks with IMF
El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin’s Still a Major Sticking Point in Talks with IMF
May 27, 2022  |  Bitcoin

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) dropped yet another strong hint that it won’t bail El Salvador out of coming debt payments that could lead to...

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El Salvador Weekly: With Bitcoin Bond Fading, President Bukele ‘Buys the Dip’
El Salvador Weekly: With Bitcoin Bond Fading, President Bukele ‘Buys the Dip’
May 13, 2022  |  Bitcoin

Given the unpopularity and slender use of bitcoin as a currency in El Salvador, you’d think that President Nayib Bukele’s decision to spend another $15...

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Today in Crypto: Tanzania Eyes Creating Own CBDC; El Salvador Buys 500 More Bitcoin
Today in Crypto: Tanzania Eyes Creating Own CBDC; El Salvador Buys 500 More Bitcoin
May 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Tanzania is coming closer debuting a central bank digital currency (CBDC), which it hopes will compete with crypto’s popularity in that country, a report from...

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