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Paraguayan MP To Test BTC Bill This Week, JPMorgan Questions Bukele’s Move

Traditional financial analysts are pouring uninformed scorn on El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin (BTC) adoption plans – while a Paraguayan MP says he has backing from a senator in his bid to launch a similar project in his own country.One of the most vocal of the...

, by Tim Alper

Bullish Starts Pilot In Coming Weeks, Skeptical Salvadorans + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.____Exchange news Heavily-backed, yet-to-be-launched crypto exchange Bullish said it intends to go public through a merger with the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

The US Steps Up Political Pressure On El Salvador Amid Bitcoin Plans

The US is now seemingly increasing pressure on El Salvador that is pushing forward with its plans to adopt bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender alongside the US dollar. Tensions have been rising between El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and the Joe Biden administration in the United States, and...

, by Tim Alper

El Salvador’s State-issued Bitcoin App to Have B2B, B2C Versions

Bitcoin (BTC) is set to be adopted as legal tender in El Salvador in a matter of several weeks, and the government is forging ahead with building the infrastructure it feels needs to be in place beforehand – including a much-vaunted app that will function as a payments platform and a BTC...

, by Tim Alper

El Salvador Gov’t: We’re Giving out Bitcoin – but Don’t Convert it to Fiat

El Salvador government officials said that the bitcoin (BTC) they plan to give away in forthcoming airdrops is for spending, not for converting into USD via crypto ATMs.Per ElSlavador.com, the website of the El Diario de Hoy newspaper, the government, spurred on by the bullishly pro-crypto...

, by Tim Alper

El Salvador Will Be a Serious Test for Bitcoin’s Layer-2 Networks

The adoption of legislation in El Salvador that could help foster the further development of bitcoin (BTC) as a store of value and medium of exchange in the country is one of the most important developments in the entire history of cryptocurrencies. This is the closest a country has ever come to...

, by Kyle Torpey

Bitcoin Starts Legal Tender Test on Sept 7 With a BTC Airdrop

The most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC), will become legal tender on September 7 and will be optional for those who don't want to receive it, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said in a national address today (UTC time).He stressed that BTC will help to create new jobs, bring investments,...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Bukele Teases Volcano-powered Bitcoin Mining Center as Exchange Arrives

Not everybody in El Salvador may be aboard the Bitcoin (BTC) boat – but the nation’s bullishly pro-BTC President Nayib Bukele appears set to press ahead with his crypto plans nonetheless, with an overseas exchange opening its doors for business and a “sneak peek” at the...

, by Tim Alper

MP Lodges Constitutional Challenge to Bukele’s Bitcoin Bill

Another Salvadorian MP has launched a bid to derail President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin (BTC) adoption bill – and has teamed up with a lawyer as part of his effort.As reported last week, two lawmakers from the opposition Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMNL) party last...

, by Tim Alper

MPs’ Bid to Amend El Salvador’s BTC Bill Raises Questions About State & Freedom

An audacious bid from two opposition lawmakers to amend key clauses in El Salvador’s forthcoming bitcoin (BTC) adoption law is accompanied by furious debate among the international crypto community.Two MPs from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMNL) party – Anabel...

, by Tim Alper

Bitcoin Salaries a No-go, Confirms El Salvador as Adoption Worries Rise

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele’s plans to launch a bitcoin (BTC)-powered society could be hampered by internal concerns about the most popular cryptocurrency – with the government apparently bowing to public pressure and ruling out the notion of bitcoin salaries.As reported...

, by Tim Alper

Bitcoiners Boo ‘Official Bitcoin Ambassadors’ to El Salvador

Representatives of the Cryptoverse continue their expeditions to El Salvador on a quest to meet government officials and president Nayib Bukele and share insights on Bitcoin (BTC) and complementary technologies. This time, it was Brock Pierce, an entrepreneur, a former US presidential candidate,...

, by Eimantas Žemaitis

World Bank Accused Of Ignorance & Hypocrisy As It Refuses to Help El Salvador

Commentators have accused the World Bank of hypocrisy and ignorance after it stated that it would not assist El Salvador and its President Nayib Bukele’s plan to create a bitcoin (BTC)-powered economy – claiming that bitcoin has displayed “environmental” and...

, by Tim Alper

El Salvador Gov’t Mulls BTC Pay as Int’l Bitcoin Players ‘Roll into Town’

The government of El Salvador is forging away at its President Nayib Bukele’s dream of creating a bitcoin (BTC)-powered economy – with the cabinet “discussing” plans to allow firms to pay employees in BTC and preliminary meetings with international Bitcoin players already...

, by Tim Alper

Economists Want El Salvador Bitcoin Law Repealed, but President Wins Key Ally

El Salvador is edging ever closer to fulfilling its President Nayib Bukele’s Bitcoin (BTC) dreams – with external help on its way, although voices of disdain continue to warn of impending financial peril if Bukele gets his way.Per Reuters and AFP (via El Economista), the head of the...

, by Tim Alper

JPMorgan on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Move, Miners Win In New York + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. ____Adoption newsThe question remains whether the designation of bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender by El Salvador has mechanical...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

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