IMF plans to meet with El Salvador’s president, potentially discussing move t...
The International Monetary Fund has previously spoken out against smaller nations like the Marshall Islands recognizing a digital currency as legal tender. The International Monetary Fund has said El Salvador’s recent decision to make Bitcoin legal tender in the country may raise legal and financial concerns.In a Thursday press briefing from the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, spokesperson Gerry Rice said the group was already in discussions with lawmakers in El Salvador over a loan to support the country’s economy, having approved emergency funds related to the pandemic last year.....
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El Salvador’s move to make Bitcoin legal tender in the country continues to elicit reactions from legacy finance gatekeepers — this time, from the Bank for International Settlements. Benoît Cœuré, Bitcoin (BTC) critic and the head of the innovation hub at the Bank of International Settlements, called El Salvador’s historic move to make BTC legal tender in the country an “interesting experiment.”According to Reuters, Cœuré made this assertion during the launch of the BIS’s fourth innovation hub in England on Friday, stating:“We have been clear at the BIS that we don’t see bitcoin as having....
The fund will greatly expand to cover all aspects of digital currency while also working with related financial institutions. The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, plans to “step up” its monitoring of digital currencies, according to a report by Reuters. This intent, as published in an IMF paper Thursday, details how the fund plans to “manage this far-reaching and complex transition” toward a digitized economy.“Rapid technological innovation is ushering in a new era of public and private digital money,” the report reads, highlighting the benefits of digital assets. “Payments will become....
El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele has made himself and the country a force to be reckoned with after it became the first sovereign nation to accept bitcoin as a legal tender. During the course of its bitcoin agenda so far, the President has made some major predictions with regard to the cryptocurrency in 2022. Coming […]
At the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, appeared via a Zoom presentation and noted that he plans to submit a bill next week that recognizes bitcoin as legal tender. Bukele revealed a partnership with the company Strike, a bitcoin payments firm launched by Jack Mallers. Progressive President Nayib Bukele Says Bitcoin Will be Legal Tender in El Salvador El Salvador is looking to become the first country to adopt bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender, as the country’s president Nayib Bukele announced El Salvador’s BTC support at the Bitcoin....
We at Bitcoinist already analyzed the controversial Article 7 from El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law from every angle. But, did we? The President himself, Nayib Bukele, defends and explains it in a way that leaves little doubt. They really thought this through. This is an elegant law that keeps everyone in mind. To say that Peter […]