El Salvador to transfer 'big chunk' of bitcoin to physical vaultAccording El Salvador president Nayib Bukele, the country's Bitcoin portfolio is at close to $407 million. The true size of the holdings re...
15 Mar, 2024, 09.50 AM IST
Short on cash, El Salvador doubles down on Bitcoin dreamAfter a recent announcement by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow US-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track...
02 Feb, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
El Salvador changes tech provider for 'Chivo' walletCrypto software firm AlphaPoint will support the frontend and backend infrastructure that powers the wallet and integrates the entire ecosy...
02 Feb, 2022, 12.01 PM IST
Driving to Bitcoin City: El Salvador drafts 20 bills for Bitcoin bondsEl Salvador’s government will establish the legal and financial framework for Volcano Bonds, a $1 billion Bitcoin bond issue
06 Jan, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
Explained: All about El Salvador's volcano-powered bitcoin bondHalf of the $1 billion sum would be converted to bitcoin and the other half used for infrastructure and bitcoin mining.
23 Nov, 2021, 02.45 PM IST
El Salvador plans first 'Bitcoin City', backed by bitcoin bondsSpeaking at an event closing a week-long promotion of bitcoin in El Salvador, Bukele said the city planned in the eastern region of La Unio...
22 Nov, 2021, 02.43 PM IST
El Salvador plans first 'Bitcoin City', backed by bitcoin bondsPresident Nayib Bukele said the city planned in the eastern region of La Union would get geothermal power from a volcano and not levy any t...
22 Nov, 2021, 10.45 AM IST
Bit by bit from El Salvador? Not quiteOne attraction that bitcoin holds for El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is that the country receives remittances from El Salvadorans abroa...
08 Sep, 2021, 11.41 PM IST
El Salvador's world-first adoption of bitcoin endures bumpy first dayThe bold experiment got off to a bumpy start when shortly after midnight, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele complained the government-backe...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.12 AM IST
El Salvador leads world in adopting bitcoin as official currencyPresident Nayib Bukele, who has pushed for adopting the cryptocurrency, says it will help Salvadorans save about $400 million the governmen...
07 Sep, 2021, 05.37 PM IST
El Salvador holds 400 bitcoin, price jumpsBitcoin temporarily climbed above 1.49% to more than $52,680 on Monday evening, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, with a Reuters market analyst ...
07 Sep, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
Remittance costs key to take-up of Salvadoran Bitcoin plan: Development bankPresident Nayib Bukele's congressional allies have already approved legislation giving the cryptocurrency official currency status alongsid...
25 Aug, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
Salvadoran Bitcoin users to get $30 from government: PresidentAccording to World Bank data, El Salvador received more than $5.9 billion in 2020 from nationals living abroad.
25 Jun, 2021, 08.56 PM IST
Bitcoin to become legal tender in El Salvador on Sept 7El Salvador's Congress already approved President Bukele's proposal to embrace the cryptocurrency, making El Salvador the first country in ...
25 Jun, 2021, 11.25 AM IST
IMF sees legal, economic issues with El Salvador Bitcoin moveEl Salvador's law means bitcoin will have equal footing with the dollar, which became its official currency 20 years ago.
10 Jun, 2021, 08.51 PM IST
What El Salvador's bitcoin push means for the cryptocurrencyEl Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, with President Nayib Bukele touting its potential u...
10 Jun, 2021, 06.08 PM IST
El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tenderRiding his high popularity and his party's dominance performance in Feb. 28 elections, Bukele has concentrated power. His party's supermajo...
06 Jun, 2021, 11.43 AM IST