El Salvador Faces No Easy Exit From Worsening Crisis Amid Crypto Crash
A central American country, El Salvador, has been buying Bitcoin since September. However, the country’s big bet on crypto has collapsed in recent weeks because the cryptocurrency washed out roughly a third of the value of the government’s assets. El Salvador is the first country to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender. They also plan […]
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El Salvador Buys the Bitcoin Dip
Amid a crypto bloodbath, El Salvador has bought the dip. The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele, announced Monday on Twitter that his country has purchased 500 more bitcoins. “El Salvador just bought the dip! 500 coins at an average USD price of....
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