Nayib Bukele

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El Salvador to Create ‘Bitcoin City,’ Use $500M of Planned $1B Bond Offering to Buy More Crypto

El Salvador plans to build “Bitcoin City,” an entire city based on bitcoin located along the Gulf of Fonseca near a volcano. President Nayib Bukele also said he plans on issuing a $1 billion “bitcoin bond,” a tokenized financial instrument developed by Blockstream on the Liquid Network.

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Los bonos Bitcoin de El Salvador, con calificación de basura, parecen explosivos (como un volcán)

Cualquiera que compre BOND respaldados por bitcoin de El Salvador está apostando a la Criptomonedas a lo grande, ignorando la situación de deuda en dificultades del país, dijo un estratega.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announces new "bitcoin bonds" at an event on Saturday. (Samson Mow via Twitter)

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El Salvador creará una "Ciudad Bitcoin " y usará $500 millones de la oferta de BOND de $1,000 millones para comprar más Cripto.

La emisión del BOND tokenizado, desarrollado por Blockstream, será procesada por Bitfinex.

President Bukele Announced That El Salvador Plans to Build 'Bitcoin City'

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Identity Thieves Exploit El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin Wallet’s Setup Process

Hundreds of Salvadorans have reported identity thefts, saying hackers opened Chivo Wallets with their ID numbers to claim the $30 bitcoin incentive dangled by Nayib Bukele's government. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest development in El Salvador's rollout of bitcoin as legal tender.

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Bitcoin supera los $60,000 tras la compra de 420 BTC por parte de El Salvador

Luego de una caída en los últimos días, la Criptomonedas más grande se recuperó luego de que el país centroamericano comprara la caída.

El Salvador bought the dip. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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El Salvador Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy

“The Hash” team reacts to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, revealing the country has officially mined the first bitcoin using volcanic energy. With almost 22% of the country’s energy supply coming from geothermal sources, could El Salvador provide an answer to the hunt for a reliable, clean energy source to power bitcoin mining?

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Opinion

El volcán Bitcoin de El Salvador puede ser un modelo para Cripto más limpias

La nación centroamericana está dando sus primeros pasos para aprovechar las enormes fuentes de energía natural para minar Bitcoin. El impacto podría extenderse mucho más allá del mundo de las Cripto.

An overhead view of a geothermal power plant in El Salvador, the site of a new Bitcoin mining installation.(Government of El Salvador)

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El Salvador Pres. Nayib Bukele: Almost a Third of Salvadorans Are Using the Bitcoin Wallet

Almost a third of Salvadorans, or roughly 2.1 million people, are actively using the El Salvador government-run bitcoin wallet Chivo less than a month after the country adopted the cryptocurrency as legal tender, President Nayib Bukele said in a tweet. "The Hash" team discusses the latest on the state of crypto affairs and bitcoin adoption in El Salvador.

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Vitalik Buterin Among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021

Time Magazine has listed Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin in its 100 Most Influential People list for 2021. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele have also been recognized.

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El Salvador Pres. Nayib Bukele: More Than Half a Million People in the Country Are Using Bitcoin Wallet

More than half a million people in El Salvador are using the country’s government-run bitcoin wallet Chivo following the adoption of the cryptocurrency as legal tender Sept. 7, President Nayib Bukele said. He also clarified 95% of Chivo's technical errors have been corrected. "The Hash" team discusses the latest on El Salvador's bitcoin adoption and what it could mean globally.

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