Provider Of Credit Ratings Warns El Salvador Of Bitcoin Law’s Risks
Is El Salvador ’s decision to use Bitcoin as legal tender a risky proposition? Probably so. And now, we have the expert opinion of credit rating provider Fitch Ratings to prove it. To be fair, most of what they say is true. Bitcoin is volatile. At first, all businesses will probably exchange the BTC they […]
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Fitch Ratings, the American credit agency and member of the ‘Big Three’ credit agencies, has published a paper on El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin and making the crypto asset legal tender in the country. Fitch believes that after the country enforces the new tender law it will face “volatility risk” alongside “regulatory and operating risks” as well. Fitch Ratings Says El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption Invites New Risks In 21 days, El Salvador’s bitcoin tender law will be enforced after the bill to make bitcoin legal tender in the....
Fitch warned that mainstreaming Bitcoin without clarity can introduce volatility and operational risks for Salvadorans. Fitch Ratings has become the latest global credit rating agency to warn El Salvador against adopting Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender, expressing concerns that crypto assets could cause systemic risks for the Latin nation.Citing the country’s lack of clarity in Bitcoin’s implementation in mainstream markets, Fitch Ratings warned about the inherent volatility and operational risks for citizens associated with the crypto ecosystem. In addition, the agency pointed out El....
S&P Global believes El Salvador’s recognition of Bitcoin as legal tender has brought “immediate negative implications” for its credit rating. Credit rating agency Standard and Poor (S&P) Global believes the country of El Salvador has severely harmed its credit rating after enacting its Bitcoin Law recognizing BTC as legal tender nationwide on Sept. 7.According to a Sept. 16 report from Reuters, El Salvador’s Bitcoin embrace exposes its economy to significant financial risks and could pose challenges for the country’s lending industry.The credit agency also believes the move could also....
All of the ‘Big Three’ credit agencies have said that El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin could affect the country’s credit rating in a negative manner. After both Moody’s and Fitch Ratings published reports on the matter in El Salvador, S&P Global said that the bitcoin adoption has had “immediate negative implications for its credit rating.”
S&P Global Joins Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Casting Criticism Down on Salvadoran Bitcoin Adoption
On August 17, 2021, Bitcoin.com News reported on Fitch Ratings detailing that El Salvador....
One of the largest rating agencies in the U.S., Fitch Ratings, has downgraded El Salvador’s long-term default rating deeper into junk status, citing risks from adopting bitcoin as legal tender as a key reason. “The adoption of bitcoin as legal tender has added uncertainty about the potential for an IMF program that would unlock financing for 2022-2023,” Fitch detailed.
El Salvador Downgraded to Junk
Fitch Ratings downgraded El Salvador’s Long Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from “B-” to “CCC”....