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Nayib Bukele Announces 44 Countries to Meet in El Salvador to Discuss Bitcoin

El Salvador president Nayib Bukele said on Twitter 44 countries will meet in the country on Monday to discuss “financial inclusion, digital economy, banking the unbanked, the Bitcoin rollout and its benefits.”

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Finance

El Salvador Acquires 500 Additional Bitcoin Amid Market Drop

President Nayib Bukele tweeted that his country “just bought the dip.”

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The Crypto Company Aiding El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption

Chicago-based Athena Bitcoin deployed bitcoin ATMs in El Salvador a week after the government legalized bitcoin as legal tender. Despite rollout problems, the company remains bullish on the project. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR - NOVEMBER 22: A shoe shiner works outside a shop that accepts Bitcoin for payment on November 22, 2021 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Merchants in El Salvador slowly adopt Bitcoin as a means for payments after more than 2 months of the cryptocurrency being approved as legal tender by the Legislative Assembly (Photo by Camilo Freedman/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)

Finance

Six of 10 Salvadorans Quit Using the Chivo Wallet After Getting the Bitcoin Incentive, Study Finds

“Most users who used Chivo after spending the $30 bonus do not engage with the app intensively,” the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research reported.

Un cajero automático Chivo en San Salvador, El Salvador (Camilo Freedman/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)

Finance

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Calls Off Bitcoin 2022 Conference Appearance

Bukele had previously teased he would be making an important announcement at this year’s conference.

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

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Bitcoin Markets Outlook, What to Expect From Bitcoin Miami 2022

CoinDesk Managing Editor for Markets Brad Keoun shares his price outlook for BTC following a volatile week, noting the behavior of institutional investors. Plus, Managing Editor for Tech Christie Harkin and “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee discuss what to expect next week from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami as El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is set to appear, among other key figures from the bitcoin community.

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Why El Salvador’s Dreams for a Crypto Utopia Are Now on Hold

A coin-shaped crypto utopia with zero taxes, powered geothermally by a volcano and funded by bitcoin bonds—That’s what La Unión, a small region in southeastern El Salvador, will become if President Nayib Bukele’s ambitious plan comes to fruition. But after a stalled rollout of the country’s bitcoin bonds, some are skeptical of the plans.

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Bitcoin City: El Salvador’s Dreams for Utopia on Hold

Locals interviewed by CoinDesk have mixed feelings about El Salvador’s multimillion dollar proposal financed by “bitcoin bonds.”

A Chivo Wallet agent assisting a user in La Union, El Salvador (Elaine Ramirez/CoinDesk)

Policy

US Senate to Consider Bill Examining El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment

The bill, which was passed out of committee on Wednesday, generated the displeasure of El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele.

U.S. Capitol Building (Ian Hutchinson/Unsplash)

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