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President Nayib Bukele revealed that he would present a self-financed budget proposal to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, meaning that the government will not issue debt to pay for its operations in 2025. Bukele stressed that this would be the first time this happened in decades, highlighting the relevance of independence and self-sufficiency for … Read more
Bhutan’s investment arm, Druk Holdings, holds more than 13,000 BTC, which is more than double El Salvador’s stash. Go to Source
According to a TIME Magazine correspondent, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele used Bitcoin to “change the narrative” on the country’s international perception. Go to Source
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news from the past week. In this issue, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado proposes creating a bitcoin reserve, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro states that the country must retake the crypto path, and a GAFILAT report indicates that bitcoin has not … Read more
Despite widespread initial criticism, El Salvador is sitting on over $31 million worth of Bitcoin profit. Go to Source
The Financial Task Force of Latin America (GAFILAT) released an evaluation of the state of El Salvador regarding compliance with international anti-money laundering requirements. The institution found that, while El Salvador included bitcoin as legal tender in 2021, the crypto asset has not reached a ‘significant impact’ or elevated transactional volumes. Financial Task Force of … Read more
Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and cryptocurrency news from last week. In this edition, we discuss how other countries can learn to use bitcoin as a rebranding tool, following El Salvador’s example. Latam Insights Encore: Other Countries Can Also Use Bitcoin as a Technological Rebranding Tool … Read more
President Nayib Bukele pondered how El Salvador adopted the bitcoin banner and evaluated how it has fared for the country so far. In a recent interview given to Time magazine, Bukele admits that while Bitcoin adoption has not grown as he expected, adopting bitcoin as a legal tender worked as a rebranding for the nation. … Read more
The El Salvador President seemed to embrace the ”authoritarian” label while admitting the country had not seen as many benefits from Bitcoin as he anticipated. Go to Source
Mi Primer Bitcoin, an educational bitcoin nonprofit organization founded in El Salvador, risks running out of funds by September according to statements from its founder John Dennehy. Dennehy declared that while they expect to receive multiple grants by the end of the year, they need additional funds to reach that period. He assessed that this … Read more