El Salvador


Opinion

10 2022 Predictions From PwC’s Henri Arslanian

El Salvador. The metaverse. Web 3 catalysts. Ethereum’s future.

(Arthur Chauvineau/Unsplash)

Videos

CoinList Releases Survey of Top Crypto Predictions for 2022

Graham Jenkin, CEO of crypto trading platform CoinList, discusses the results from the site's recent survey of top 2022 crypto predictions. Jenkins shares insights into where bitcoin's value will be within a year, the likelihood of Solana and Binance Smart Chain nearing Ethereum’s price, and whether other countries could follow El Salvador's integration of cryptocurrency into their monetary system.

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Finance

El Salvador Buys 21 Bitcoins on 21st Day of Last Month of 21st Year of 21st Century

In announcing the purchase on Twitter, President Nayib Bukele also noted the country’s land area is 21,000 square kilometers.

El Salvador (Esaú González, Unsplash)

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Behind the Scenes of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond With the Man Who Designed It

Samson Mow reveals the fast-moving process behind a radical financial experiment.

Construction workers, who are paid in Bitcoin, work on a building outside the Bitcoin Beach office in El Zonte, El Salvador, on Monday, June 14, 2021. El Salvador has become the first country to formally adopt Bitcoin as legal tender after President Nayib Bukele said congress approved his landmark proposal.

Videos

Strike CEO Jack Mallers on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption

Jack Mallers, Strike CEO and a top 10 winner of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2021, shares insights into his mission to bank the unbanked that has led him to spread bitcoin adoption across El Salvador.

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Most Influential 2021: Jack Mallers

The CEO of Bitcoin payments app Strike helped birth El Salvador’s BTC move this year. He still sees himself as a “pleb,” not an influencer.

(“The Last Confirmation” - a collaboration between Norman & Robness/CoinDesk)

Markets

Blame the Bitcoin Bond? El Salvador’s Dollar-Denominated Debt Slides

El Salvador’s bitcoin bond is a contributing factor to a slide in its dollar-denominated debt, but not the sole reason.

Salvador's dollar-denominated debt is trading in distressed territory. (Source: Borse Frankfurt)

Policy

Universal Stablecoins, the End of Cash and CBDCs: 5 Predictions for the Future of Money

Decentralized and centralized finance will blur together, El Salvador will be a reality check, and cash and CBDCs will fade away.

(Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)