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El Salvador Adds to Bitcoin Reserve Again as Daily Buys Push Stack Past 7,680 BTC

DIGIT — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:30:31 +0000

El Salvador has bought more bitcoin for its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, extending a daily buying habit that has lifted the national stack above 7,600 BTC worth more than $510 million. Buying the Dip, Every Day El Salvador has once again added to its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, summing up its strategy in four words, i.e. “Buying […]

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Sydney Huang Warns AI Bot Collusion Could Spread Before Regulators Respond

DIGIT — Sat, 09 May 2026 11:30:23 +0000

With AI-to-AI commerce expected to increase the velocity of money, central banks may find themselves unable to react to machine-speed inflation or flash crashes. Experts suggest that regulation must be embedded directly into the code to prevent cascading failures. The End of Policy ‘Lag’ According to an April 2026 International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, the […]

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IMF Economists Call for Unified Stablecoin Oversight as Risks Escalate

DIGIT — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:30:05 +0000

Stablecoins’ rapid global expansion is reshaping financial access and payments, offering new efficiencies while raising urgent concerns over monetary control and regulatory gaps that policymakers worldwide are now scrambling to confront. IMF Warns of Expanding Stablecoin Influence The International Monetary Fund (IMF) detailed on Dec. 4 that stablecoins can widen financial access and support innovation […]

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Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador Gold Purchase Sidesteps IMF Constraints to Acquire Sound Money

DIGIT — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:30:04 +0000

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. In this edition, we examine the significance of El Salvador’s latest gold purchase and how it aligns with bitcoin’s sound‑money ethos. Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador’s Gold Purchase Follows Bitcoin Monetary Ideals in Defiance […]

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Blockchain Sleuth Points out El Salvador Might Be ‘Recycling Bitcoin’

DIGIT — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:30:59 +0000

Sani, an onchain analyst, has unveiled data that appears to confirm the IMF’s allegations about El Salvador’s purported bitcoin purchases. Nonetheless, the country continues to post each BTC addition as a purchase via the Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) social media account. El Salvador Bitcoin Purchases Under Scrutiny: Onchain Evidence of ‘Shuffling’ Arises El Salvador, one of […]

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Harvard Professor and Ex-IMF Chief Economist Offers Excuses for Misjudging Bitcoin a Decade Ago

DIGIT — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:30:05 +0000

In a recent social media post, Kenneth Rogoff, a former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), reflected on his earlier prediction that bitcoin was more likely to be valued at $100 than $100,000. Rogoff, a Professor of Economics at Harvard University, acknowledged that he underestimated the U.S. government’s willingness to implement sensible cryptocurrency […]

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Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador Should Clarify Bitcoin Shuffling Allegations

DIGIT — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 07:30:32 +0000

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. In this edition, we examine the latest allegations about the status of El Salvador’s bitcoin purchases and how the Salvadoran government should clear the air regarding the subject. Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador’s Silence […]

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IMF Recommends Including Bitcoin in National GDP Calculations

DIGIT — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 22:10:04 +0000

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), a Washington DC-based financial institution under the United Nations, published an article on Thursday recommending what it calls “an updated System of National Accounts” (SNA), that measures and incorporates the value of emerging technologies, including Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, in the calculation of a country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The […]

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One-Two: IMF Reiterates That El Salvador Is Just Shuffling Bitcoin

DIGIT — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:30:50 +0000

At a recent press briefing, the IMF reiterated that the number of bitcoins accumulated in the wallets of El Salvador had not changed and that the increases in the country’s bitcoin reserve fund were due to token shuffling across multiple addresses. IMF Denies El Salvador’s Alleged Bitcoin Purchases in Press Briefing The alleged bitcoin purchases […]

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Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador’s IMF Bitcoin-Fueled Defiance Was a Fugazi

DIGIT — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 06:30:27 +0000

Welcome to Latam Insights Encore, a deep dive into Latin America’s most relevant economic and crypto news from the past week. This edition explores how the Salvadoran government’s confusing communication policy has led to a decline in its standing within the bitcoin community. Latam Insights Encore: El Salvador Bitcoin Allegiance Is No More, Bitcoin Purchases […]

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