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El Salvador
Paxful CEO on El Salvador's Bitcoin Rollout
On the ground in El Salvador at the 2021 Latin American Bitcoin and Blockchain Conference, CoinDesk's Elaine Ramirez talks to Ray Youssef, CEO of Paxful, a peer-to-peer crypto marketplace that has made strides onboarding crypto adopters in emerging markets. Youssef discusses the latest on El Salvador's bitcoin rollout and the country's wider state of crypto affairs.
Athena Bitcoin CEO on Bitcoin Adoption and ATM Installations in El Salvador
El Salvador now has the world's third-largest bitcoin ATM network. This comes as Athena Bitcoin has installed around 200 bitcoin ATMs in the country as part of a plan to install 1,500 machines in total. Athena Bitcoin CEO Eric Gravengaard shares insights into the scope of his firm's involvement in scaling bitcoin ATMs in El Salvador. Plus, an update on the country's bitcoin rollout and the remaining challenges ahead.
Bitrefill Enables Salvadorans to Pay Many of Their Bills With Bitcoin
Salvadorans will be able to pay for 150 different services with bitcoin via on-chain or Lightning Network transactions.
Identity Thieves Exploit El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin Wallet’s Setup Process
Hundreds of Salvadorans say hackers opened Chivo Wallets with their ID numbers to claim the $30 bitcoin incentive dangled by Nayib Bukele’s government.
Identity Thieves Exploit El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin Wallet’s Setup Process
Hundreds of Salvadorans have reported identity thefts, saying hackers opened Chivo Wallets with their ID numbers to claim the $30 bitcoin incentive dangled by Nayib Bukele's government. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest development in El Salvador's rollout of bitcoin as legal tender.
Bitcoin Back Over $60K as El Salvador Buys 420 BTC
After a swoon in recent days, the largest cryptocurrency bounced back after the Central American country bought the dip.
El Salvador ‘Buys the Dip,’ Acquires 420 Additional Bitcoin
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said in a series of tweets, “It was a long wait, but worth it. We just bought the dip!”
El Salvador’s State-Owned Banco Hipotecario Taps Four Crypto Startups for Blockchain Products
The four-member alliance is already working on products to boost financial inclusion with bitcoin in the Central American country.
IMF Views ‘Cryptoization’ as Threat to Global Economy
In its semi-annual Global Financial Stability Report, the IMF says the adoption of a cryptocurrency as national currency “carries significant risks and is an inadvisable shortcut.”
Buterin Calls Mandatory Acceptance of Bitcoin in El Salvador Counter to Crypto’s ‘Ideals of Freedom’
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the forced adoption of bitcoin in El Salvador in a comment he made in a Reddit forum on Friday, noting that “making it mandatory for businesses to accept a specific cryptocurrency is contrary to the ideals of freedom that are supposed to be so important to the crypto space.”
