El Salvador


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1 Year of Bitcoin in El Salvador: The Bad, the Good and the Ugly

Despite many real stumbles and skeptical mainstream coverage of Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin initiative, both tourism numbers and remittance usage are already showing meaningful payoffs.

A demonstrator holds an effigy of President Nayib Bukele next to a sign against the approved Bitcoin Law during a protest against the government on Oct. 17, 2021, in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Emerson Flores/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)

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El Salvador lanza dos ofertas de recompra de deuda en medio de la incertidumbre sobre su bono bitcoin

Las propuestas fueron consideradas un intento de contrarrestar las especulaciones sobre un potencial default por parte del país centroamericano.

El lanzamiento de los bonos bitcoin de El Salvador continúa demorado. (Esaú González, Unsplash)

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El Salvador Launches 2 Debt Repurchase Offers Amid Uncertainty Over Its Bitcoin Bond

The offers have been viewed as an attempt to counter speculation about a potential default by the country.

El lanzamiento de los bonos bitcoin de El Salvador continúa demorado. (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Vídeos

BTG Pactual Exec on El Salvador’s First Year of Bitcoin Adoption

BTG Pactual's Head of Digital Assets Andre Portilho joins "First Mover" to discuss crypto market growth in South America, citing El Salvador's one-year anniversary of adopting bitcoin as legal tender. Given the "technology challenges," we have yet to know whether President Bukele succeeded or not, he said.

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El Salvador retrasa la emisión de los bonos bitcoin, según Paolo Ardoino, CTO de Bitfinex

Ardoino, también CTO de Tether, espera que el bono aún pueda implementarse este año.

El lanzamiento de los bonos bitcoin de El Salvador continúa demorado. (Esaú González, Unsplash)

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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond Delays Continue; Investor Interest Wanes: Report

The chief technology officer at Bitfinex and Tether said he hopes the bond can still be rolled out this year, despite a plunging bitcoin price.

El lanzamiento de los bonos bitcoin de El Salvador continúa demorado. (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Regulación

El Salvador's Finance Minister Says Bitcoin Adoption is 'Gaining Ground': Report

Alejandro Zelaya said bitcoin adoption has been beneficial to El Salvador's unbanked population.

El lanzamiento de los bonos bitcoin de El Salvador continúa demorado. (Esaú González, Unsplash)

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El Salvador Defends Bitcoin Bet Despite 50% Loss on its Investment

El Salvador’s finance minister is doubling down on the country’s strategy to adopt bitcoin as a national currency, despite a 50% loss in its crypto investment, according to Bloomberg. London School of Economics Public Policy Fellow Frank Muci reacts to President Nayib Bukele's sovereign debt repurchase plan and shares his outlook on El Salvador's bitcoin bet.

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El Salvador Introduces 2 Sovereign Debt Repurchase Bills in Effort to Allay Default Concerns

President Nayib Bukele announced that the Central American country seeks to buy back bonds maturing in 2023 and 2025 at market prices.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).

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El Salvador compra 80 bitcoins adicionales a $19K cada uno, según el presidente Bukele

La última compra del país centroamericano había sido en mayo.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador (Ulises Rodriguez/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images).