El Salvador weekly

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Remittances Drop Again Despite Potential Savings
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Remittances Drop Again Despite Potential Savings
October 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Low-cost remittances were one of the key selling points Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele cited when announcing the law that made bitcoin a legal tender in...

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Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two-thirds of Salvadoran citizens consider President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin policy a failure and more than three-quarters have never used it, German public news outlet Deutsche...

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El Salvador Weekly: One Year in, Bitcoin Currency Experiment Has Bombed
El Salvador Weekly: One Year in, Bitcoin Currency Experiment Has Bombed
September 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The anniversary of El Salvador’s experiment with bitcoin as a legal tender hit without much fanfare on Sept. 7, as it takes a fair bit...

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El Salvador Weekly: Bonds Bounce Back
El Salvador Weekly: Bonds Bounce Back
August 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In late July, a Morgan Stanley analyst told clients that they should buy El Salvador’s badly distressed bonds, which have repeatedly been cut deep into...

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El Salvador Weekly: What Disappearing Bitcoin ATMs?
El Salvador Weekly: What Disappearing Bitcoin ATMs?
August 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

El Salvador’s finance minister, Alejandro Zelaya, said on Aug. 11 that “the Salvadoran population continues to use Bitcoin and the Chivo Wallet,” in the words...

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El Salvador Weekly: Four Questions for President Bukele on ‘Doubt’ Surrounding Bitcoin
El Salvador Weekly: Four Questions for President Bukele on ‘Doubt’ Surrounding Bitcoin
August 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele added his voice to the bragging ministers after the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (WTO) Aug. 1 World Tourism Barometer report...

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El Salvador Weekly: Tourism Minister Says Bitcoins Led to Spike in Visitors
El Salvador Weekly: Tourism Minister Says Bitcoins Led to Spike in Visitors
August 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s hard to know whether they were spending bitcoins or dollars, but the amount tourists spent in El Salvador spiked to pre-pandemic numbers, according to...

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El Salvador Weekly: Bond Buyback Hopes to Stem Bitcoin-Related Default Fears
El Salvador Weekly: Bond Buyback Hopes to Stem Bitcoin-Related Default Fears
July 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

El Salvador will buy back $1.6 billion worth of its sovereign bond, hoping to pull its highly discounted debt out of deep junk territory and...

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El Salvador Weekly: Morgan Stanley Says Buy El Salvador Bonds (at 28 Cents on the Dollar)
El Salvador Weekly: Morgan Stanley Says Buy El Salvador Bonds (at 28 Cents on the...
July 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

For months now, everybody’s been screaming that El Salvador’s bitcoin-as-currency experiment will bring the country’s economy down in ruins. Now Morgan Stanley has called time...

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