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Buterin Calls Mandatory Acceptance of Bitcoin in El Salvador Counter to Crypto’s ‘Ideals of Freedom’

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the forced adoption of bitcoin in El Salvador in a comment he made in a Reddit forum on Friday, noting that “making it mandatory for businesses to accept a specific cryptocurrency is contrary to the ideals of freedom that are supposed to be so important to the crypto space.”

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Buterin afirma que la aceptación obligatoria de Bitcoin en El Salvador contradice los ideales de libertad de las criptomonedas.

Los comentarios del cofundador de Ethereum parecen referirse a un artículo de la Ley Bitcoin de El Salvador, pero en realidad el requisito para que los comerciantes acepten Bitcoin no es tan claro.

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BitGo CEO on Bitcoin: ‘Large Peak, Large Retreat Ahead’

As bitcoin bounces back above $49,000, Mike Belshe, CEO of institutional crypto custody and security firm BitGo, discusses his short-term outlook and long-term price prediction for BTC. “We will probably … see a large peak and then a large retreat,” Belshe said. “It’s a volatile space. Be prepared for it.”

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El Salvador extrae su primer Bitcoin con energía volcánica

Casi el 22% del mercado energético del país es geotérmico.

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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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SEC Chair Gensler Reiterates Support for Futures-Based Bitcoin ETFs

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler reiterated his support Wednesday for a narrow class of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that would invest in futures contracts instead of the crypto itself. CoinDesk's Galen Moore discusses the outlook for the U.S. ETF landscape, suggesting the likelihood of a spot ETF getting approved compared to a bitcoin futures ETF. Plus, his views on El Salvador using volcanic energy for bitcoin mining.

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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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Presidente de El Salvador: Se están dando los primeros pasos para impulsar la minería de Bitcoin con energía volcánica

Nayib Bukele tuiteó un video que muestra el progreso de una idea que planteó por primera vez en junio.

Nayib Bukele asiste a la Asamblea Legislativa  por su segundo aniversario en el poder (Foto de Emerson Flores/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)

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Interaxis Co-founder: Institutional Adoption of Crypto Is 'Just Not There'

Reacting to SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci saying institutional interest in crypto is weakening, Adam Blumberg, co-founder of financial advisor Interaxis, discusses why "institutional adoption is just not there." He adds most institutions are not ready for bitcoin, its volatility, its custody, or regulators. Plus, his views on the potential impact of China's crypto ban on the crypto markets, digital yuan, El Salvador's Bitcoin Law, and more.

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Casi un tercio de los salvadoreños usan la billetera Bitcoin , afirma Bukele

Alrededor de 2,1 millones de personas utilizan activamente Chivo, dijo el presidente.

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