El Salvador


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El Salvador compra otros 100 bitcoins tras una caída del mercado de criptomonedas

El presidente del país centroamericano, Nayib Bukele, dijo en un tuit que adquirió la mayor criptomoneda con “un descuento”.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele

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El Salvador Buys 100 More Bitcoins as Crypto Market Falls

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said in a tweet he bought the coins at “a discount.”

Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

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IMF: Bitcoin Should Not Be Legal Tender in El Salvador

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated bitcoin should not be used as legal tender in El Salvador, saying its plans to acquire more BTC will require a “very careful analysis” of implications for its financial stability. It also questioned President Nayib Bukele’s announcement of a $1 billion bitcoin-backed bond.

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Salvadoran Ambassador to US: Bitcoin Challenges Your Authority

Other countries will “follow our leadership” on bitcoin, Mayorga tells CoinDesk TV.

El Salvador’s Ambassador to the United States Milena Mayorga said other countries may follow its leadership on adopting bitcoin as legal tender, on CoinDesk TV's "First Mover." (CoinDesk TV)

Politiche

El Salvador: Who Needs the IMF When You Have Bitcoin?

The IMF is a brutal bully constantly declaring its virtue. It’s about time someone pushed back.

Like Batman, the IMF has made a habit of inflicting pain in defense of a greater good – or just enforcing the status quo. (Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

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El Salvador’s Ambassador to US on Central American Country’s Bitcoin Ambitions

Milena Mayorga, Ambassador of El Salvador to the U.S., discusses El Salvador’s bitcoin ambitions following President Nayib Bukele’s plans for the world’s first “Bitcoin City”– a low-tax, net-zero municipality financed primarily by a $1 billion bitcoin bond listed on Bitfinex.

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El Salvador Wants to Build ‘Bitcoin City’ With Major Tax Incentives

El Salvador, the only country where bitcoin is a legal tender, is going to build an entire city based on the largest cryptocurrency by market value. “Bitcoin City” will have no income, property, capital gains or payroll taxes.

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Según el FMI, bitcoin no debería ser de curso legal en El Salvador

La institución financiera dijo que los planes del país centroamericano de adquirir más bitcoin requerirán un “análisis muy cuidadoso” de las implicaciones para su estabilidad financiera.

(Archivo de CoinDesk)

Politiche

The ‘Bitcoin City’ Fantasy

How might the low-tax, net-zero startup municipality play out?

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