Tag Archives: El Salvador

El Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin an official payment method inside the nation’s borders has positively affected the local tourism industry, said the country’s Minister of Tourism. Since then, the sector has been up by more than 30% as most visitors come from the United States of America. Tourists Want to Explore The Bitcoin-Loving Country Similar to other Latin American nations, the tourism sector contributes a significant part of El Salvador’s GDP. Prior to the...

It can be argued that El Salvador wants to become a completely sovereign nation. This is potentially why the country is looking to get rid of fiat and become so dependent on bitcoin. It wants to be completely independent and not have to rely on any other region. El Salvador Wants to Be in Charge of Itself Thus, it makes sense that Nayib Bukele – the president of El Salvador – doesn’t want a bunch of U.S. senators and politicians sticking their big noses into his bitcoin...

El Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele’s ambitious Bitcoin Law has met staunch opposition. However, Bitcoin bull Max Keiser believes the grand experiment could help El Salvador become the equivalent of a city of London in Central America. El Salvador and Bitcoin In conversation with Diario El Salvador, Keiser said El Salvador could become a Bitcoin ‘hub’ for Central and Latin America. He noted that London was one of the three largest financial centers in the world before...

Fitch cited policy unpredictability stemming out of the increased concentration of power in the presidency, weakening institutions, and the legalization and adoption of Bitcoin as the reason for lowering the rank. Reasons Behind The Move As per the official post, “heightened” financing risks arising from growing dependency on short-term debt reflects Fitch’s move of downgrading El Salvador. It also pointed out the limited scope of the country’s domestic market financing as...

Fidelity – an investment platform – has called bitcoin a “superior” form of money, and it doesn’t think any other form of crypto is likely to surpass it. Fidelity Thinks Bitcoin Is the Strongest Crypto It’s unclear if Fidelity is a crypto fan or not, though it seems to recognize all the headway the currency has made in recent years. Not long ago, the company announced that many more countries are likely to follow in the footsteps of El Salvador, which was the first nation in the world to...

Nayib Bukele – the president of the Central American country of El Salvador – is telling the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to “talk to the hand” because he’s clearly not listening. El Salvador Isn’t Listening to the IMF Not long ago, the IMF made headlines when it practically got down on its knees and begged El Salvador to reject bitcoin forever and dismiss its newfound crypto agenda. Nothing good could come of BTC in the agency’s mind given that the asset is prone...

Bitcoin is a limited currency. It is finite and all set to run out someday. While the asset will likely always remain in circulation to some degree, there are only 21 million units of BTC, and about 90 percent of that has already been mined and added to the blockchain. Nayib Bukele – the president of El Salvador – sees this as a good thing. Nayib Bukele Things Bitcoin Is Going to Shoot Up in Price While bitcoin may be limited and thus very concentrated in the future,...

El Salvador – the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender – is now home to a Bitcoin education center. It aims to boost familiarity with the technology and benefits of cryptocurrency among a population still scratching their heads over it. Educating El Salvador The new center has been launched by Paxful – a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace – under the name “La Casa Del Bitcoin”. It will provide “free and accessible learning opportunities” surrounding Bitcoin while helping...

The government of El Salvador and the American financial technology provider – AlphaPoint – joined forces to improve the technology for the Chivo wallet. The feature allows access to bitcoin for millions of Salvadorans. Chivo Wallet With an Upgraded Version Last year, El Salvador put its name in the spotlight after becoming the first state to accept bitcoin as a legal tender inside its borders. The authorities also introduced the Chivo wallet – a crypto wallet where locals...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is telling El Salvador to forget about bitcoin for good and to forgo any further plans involving the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. The financial giant is saying that bitcoin is too volatile and risky to be used as legal tender, and it is asking the Central American nation to revert to the old ways of using the U.S. dollar. The IMF Wants El Salvador to Get Rid of BTC El Salvador made history last year when it...