El Salvador


Policy

El Senado de EE. UU. considerará un proyecto de ley que examina el experimento de Bitcoin en El Salvador.

El proyecto de ley, que fue aprobado en comisión el miércoles, generó el disgusto del presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.

U.S. Capitol Building (Ian Hutchinson/Unsplash)

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Why El Salvador Postponed Its Bitcoin Bond

El Salvador’s finance minister announced that the country is postponing its $1 billion bitcoin bond offering, which reportedly aims to help fund the “Bitcoin City” project. “The Hash” team discusses El Salvador’s ongoing bitcoin experiment and the international criticism the Central American nation has received from entities like the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

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Finance

El Salvador pospone BOND Bitcoin : Informe

El ministro de Finanzas del país dijo que la oferta podría producirse incluso en septiembre, según Reuters.

El Salvador flag (Getty Images)

Finance

La emisión de BOND de Bitcoin de El Salvador aparentemente se retrasó

El ministro de Finanzas del país había sugerido previamente que la venta de BOND podría lanzarse esta misma semana.

Volcano in El Salvador (Galen Rowell/Getty images)

Opinion

¿Por qué el FMI tiene tanto miedo de las Criptomonedas?

El FMI no es una organización de ayuda neutral, sino el brazo económico de una vasta estructura de poder. Las Cripto amenazan ese poder.

A demonstrator during a protest against Argentina's International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement outside the National Congress building in Buenos Aires on Thursday, March 17, 2022. The protestor's t-shirt features the slogan "Las Estafas No Se Pagan," or "Scams are not meant to be paid."


Argentina's inflation accelerated in February at its fastest pace in nearly a year, surpassing forecasts and challenging the governments targets for this year in its preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund. (Marcos Brindicci/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Bank of America: No Crypto Winter Given User Adoption, Developer Activity

Recent analysis from Bank of America indicated that amid increasing concerns of inflation and growing user adoption in the cryptocurrency space, a “crypto winter” is not likely to take place. “The Hash” discusses this thesis, looking at institutional adoption, the magnification of the NFT marketplace, and the use cases for crypto as seen in El Salvador, Canada, and now Ukraine. 

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El Salvador to Inaugurate Bitcoin-Funded Pet Hospital With Surplus Government Trust Fund

El Salvador will inaugurate a new public pet hospital, funded by a $4 million surplus in a government trust fund caused by bitcoin's rising value, according to President Nayib Bukele. "The Hash" crew questions whether this is the best-use case for the surplus bitcoin. "We're talking about $4 million, in a really poor country ... If you're trying to be an advertisement for bitcoin, go out there and help the people who badly need it," says co-host David Morris.

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'OK Boomers': Nayib Bukele Responds to Bipartisan US Senate Proposal Raising Alarms Over El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption

U.S. Sens. Jim Risch, Bob Menendez and Bill Cassidy proposed a new act that would require a State Department report on mitigating risks to the U.S. financial system from El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as legal tender. The legislation quickly drew a sharp rebuke on Twitter from El Salvador President Nayib Bukele calling the senators "boomers." "The Hash" hosts dive into the history of Latin America and U.S. politics. The crew also discusses the essence of this legislation and how it's less about El Salvador and more about keeping the U.S. dollar the reserve currency.

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