El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly Approves Key $150M Bitcoin Trust

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly Approves Key $150M Bitcoin Trust

For El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law to function as planned, a Bitcoin trust fund is crucial. The country’s government will handle the exchange between dollars and bitcoins. They’ll assume the volatility and guarantee prices. And now, less than a week before the law goes into effect, the Finance Commission of the Legislative Assembly confirmed the creation […]


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