Today in Data, Malaysia considers following El Salvador’s lead in making bitcoin legal tender. Plus, Euroclear supports blockchain payments consortium Fnality, and Recharge.com expands from...
With its Volcano Bonds proposed mid-March launch approaching fast, the success or failure of El Salvador’s bitcoin-backed securities will be a key test of President...
Investors have committed a half-billion dollars to El Salvador’s forthcoming bitcoin bond, according to Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow. Mow, who developed the novel...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate Tuesday (Feb. 15) to diminish risks to the nation’s financial system by El Salvador’s...
Weeks before El Salvador is planning to launch a $1 billion bond issue, Fitch Ratings slashed its credit default rating from an already dismal B-...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still on the offensive when it comes to El Salvador’s use of bitcoin as a legal tender, estimating the...
Cryptocurrency price fluctuations are undermining capital flows in emerging markets, Financial Times reported, citing remarks from Tobias Adrian, financial counselor of the International Monetary Fund...
El Salvador is still asking the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1.3 billion loan, and the IMF is still asking El Salvador to drop...
Saying more than half of El Salvador’s businesses are funded by loan sharks, the government of El Salvador plans to offer $10 million in bitcoin-backed...