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PortuguêsAfter a week in El Salvador, it’s clear that state-run Bitcoin adoption is a slow but critical foundation for revitalizing the country. This is an opinion editorial by Shinobi, a…
Continue ReadingCristosal, a Salvadoran nonprofit human rights organization, has filed three lawsuits related to President Nayib Bukele’s management of public funds to purchase bitcoin. The processes are being run before several…
Continue ReadingAfter the Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele revealed the country would buy a single bitcoin every day, a report published by Torres Legal details that the government of El Salvador has…
Continue ReadingLatam is still unprepared to deal with cryptocurrency-related crimes and scam situations, according to a recent report issued by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington DC-based think tank. The document…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador’s Minister of the Economy Maria Luisa Hayem Brevé presented a digital assets issuance bill in the legislative assembly, in order to launch Bitcoin-backed bonds. The plan was announced…
Continue ReadingA new bill confirms the government’s plan to raise $1 billion and invest them into the construction of a “Bitcoin city.” Amid the crypto market downturn, El Salvador finally makes…
Continue ReadingA digital securities bill has been presented to El Salvador’s Congress, paving the way for the issuance of bitcoin-backed bonds. El Salvador’s Minister of the Economy Maria Luisa Hayem Brevé…
Continue ReadingCitizens of El Salvador still face certain obstacles in their bitcoin adoption journey, but still look forward to the future. This is an opinion editorial by Rikki, Bitcoin explorer, author…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador will start buying bitcoin every day, according to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Since adopting the cryptocurrency as legal tender, El Salvador has bought about 2,381 bitcoins for its…
Continue ReadingSince the bitcoin price decline began, El Salvador and its president Nayib Bukele have basically been put under a microscope. The country’s bitcoin plan had seen it buy more than…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador President Nayib Bukele yesterday announced the country would begin purchasing one bitcoin every day, starting today. Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador, announced late last night that the…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador currently holds 2,381 BTC with a total investment of $103 million, the value of its BTC investment has declined to $39.4 million in the current market conditions. As…
Continue ReadingThe new BLIP app promises secure and private communication leveraging Bitcoin’s Lightning Network and a novel encryption method, Hexum. A new Bitcoin-based encrypted chat platform has been announced at the…
Continue ReadingThe limited-edition run will donate a portion of tin sales to empower the growing coffee industry of El Salvador. Compass Coffee, a cafe company based in Washington DC, has partnered…
Continue ReadingSt. Kitts and Nevis will explore the possibility of making bitcoin cash legal tender by March 2023. The statement was made by St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Terrance Drew…
Continue ReadingDespite the backlash he previously received for purchasing BTC as markets crashed, Bukele cited the recent FTX collapse to explain why Bitcoin is different. The shock wave around the FTX…
Continue ReadingFounders of Bitcoin Beach El Salavdor, Bitcoin Ekasi in South africa, Dakar Bitcoin Days in Senegal and Global Bitcoin Fest shed light on building Bitcoin communities around the world. How…
Continue ReadingTwo bitcoin explorers return to El Salvador to see what the country looks like after a year of Ley Bitcoin. This is an opinion editorial by Rikki, Bitcoin explorer, author…
Continue ReadingThe Binance CEO added that the amount of misinformation going around now is “insane.” False information spreading online suggested that the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, was seeking the…
Continue ReadingYou know what incubators and accelerators mean: interest. They say that bear markets are for builders, and the bitcoin ecosystem seems to be getting ready to work. One of the…
Continue ReadingAs a development bank for El Salvador, BANDESAL created a $150 million trust fund to guarantee the convertibility to dollars for citizens and merchants. Ever since El Salvador legalized Bitcoin…
Continue ReadingAmid the chaotic economy, plagued with central bank tinkering, supply chain issues, and red-hot inflation, the professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, Steve Hanke believes a “pretty big…
Continue ReadingAs part of the agreement, El Salvador will establish a physical government presence in an effort to “foster cooperation with educational and research institutions.” Switzerland’s southern city of Lugano and…
Continue ReadingA recent poll completed by the Public Opinion University Institute, part of the Simeon Canas Centroamerican University, has found that El Salvador is still not attracted by the idea of…
Continue ReadingSpain currently hosts 215 crypto ATMs, pushing El Salvador — home to 212 crypto ATMs — down to the fourth position after surpassing the country by 3 crypto ATMs. The…
Continue ReadingLess than 40% of surveyed respondents said they supported the approval of Bitcoin as legal tender. In a recent study published by José Simeón Cañas Central American University in El Salvador, 77.1%…
Continue ReadingBitcoin took the internet by storm in 2021 when El Salvador – the smallest country in South America – announced it will make the cryptocurrency a legal tender. The plan…
Continue ReadingThe 2023 edition of the Guinness World Records was launched last month. This latest edition included a wide range of different achievements from many sectors, it recognized the crypto space…
Continue ReadingThe latest edition has included a host of achievements from “Cryptomania” including the record CryptoPunk NFT sale and El Salvador becoming the first country to adopt BTC as legal Tender.…
Continue ReadingDuring the last two years, a number of public and private companies, exchange-traded products (ETPs), and countries have added bitcoin to their balance sheet. However, during the last nine months…
Continue ReadingThe El Salvador official noted that the government is looking to attract more investments to its Bitcoin City with special incentives for businesses investing early. El Salvador, the first nation…
Continue ReadingWait a minute, is River Financial involved in El Salvador’s bitcoin story? Since when? Apparently, the highly respected financial institution is now processing the Chivo Wallet’s Lightning transactions. Which seems…
Continue ReadingHuge move by the CoinCorner team. They waited until the Bitcoin Amsterdam Conference to announce their biggest expansion yet. The company opened up shop in El Salvador AKA Bitcoin country.…
Continue ReadingCoinCorner is expanding its Bitcoin services to El Salvador, including its Lightning-enabled NFC card, letting citizens pay in BTC with a simple tap. CoinCorner is launching its services in El…
Continue ReadingRiver’s Lightning service is the backbone for Chivo Wallet in El Salvador and removes the need for developers to have their own Lightning infrastructure. River Financial launches a new Lightning…
Continue ReadingA group of business leaders along with the South Carolina State Treasurer traveled to El Salvador to learn about the country’s adoption of bitcoin. This is an opinion editorial by…
Continue ReadingRome wasn’t built in a day, and it will also take some time for every country on Earth to adopt BTC. Bitcoin (BTC) adoption by governments and companies remains a…
Continue ReadingThe state official reportedly used his own funds to pay for the trip, which included discussing Bitcoin with government officials and exploring financial literacy programs. Curtis Loftis, the treasurer for…
Continue ReadingCurtis Loftis and other SC officials spent five days in El Salvador experiencing first-hand the country’s Bitcoin adoption. A delegation from South Carolina, U.S. traveled to El Salvador to learn…
Continue ReadingThe global fast food chain is among the first to participate in a crypto-friendly experiment in the town of Lugano. Multinational fast food chain McDonald’s started to accept Bitcoin (BTC)…
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