World Bank refuses El Salvador's request for help on BTC transition
The World Bank has refused to support El Salvador’s request for help in the transition to use Bitcoin as legal tender. The World Bank has refused El Salvador’s request for help on the country’s transition to adopting Bitcoin as legal tender. It cited issues with Bitcoin’s environmental impact and transparency as reasons why it will not support El Salvador move to adopt Bitcoin as an officially accepted currency . "While the government did approach us for assistance on Bitcoin, this is not something the World Bank can support given the environmental and transparency shortcomings, " a World....
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Revealing misunderstandings, the World Bank has rejected El Salvador's request for assistance in implementing a bitcoin standard.
The World Bank has refused to provide technical assistance to El Salvador in implementing bitcoin as legal tender. The bank cited bitcoin’s “environmental and transparency shortcomings” as the reason. World Bank Won’t Help El Salvador With Bitcoin Law The World Bank said on Wednesday it cannot help El Salvador implement the law making bitcoin legal tender. A World Bank spokesperson told Reuters, “We are committed to helping El Salvador in numerous ways including for currency transparency and regulatory processes,” elaborating: While the government did....
The world bank has revealed that it has refused to assist El Salvador with the implementation of Bitcoin as legal tender. World Bank Turn Down Request Salvadoran Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya stated earlier on Wednesday that the Central American country had sought technical assistance from the Bank in order to use bitcoin as a parallel […]
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It has been one year since Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador. Crypto adoption has not been without issues in El Salvador, but it’s difficult to weed through the different stories about Bitcoin because there are so many competing interests promoting or FUDing Bitcoin. This article will filter through the nonsense and describe how Bitcoin in El Salvador has panned out one year after it became legal tender. Why El Salvador Made Bitcoin Legal Tender El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender ostensibly for a few reasons. The government cited the following reasons: A significant portion of....