Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino States Salvadoran Bitcoin Bonds to Be Further Delayed
The launch of El Salvador’s bitcoin bonds, issued to finance part of the construction of the Bitcoin City in the country, will be delayed again. In a recent interview Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, the exchange in which these bonds will be offered, stated that the law framework needed for the issuance of these digital securities is still not ready. El Salvador to Delay Bitcoin Bonds Launch The launch of the iconic bitcoin bonds of El Salvador, which will serve to fund the construction of the Bitcoin City announced last year, will be further delayed, according to reports....
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The Bitcoin bond was announced in November last year and was initially expected to launch in the first quarter of 2022. El Salvador, the Central American nation that adopted Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal tender in September last year, has delayed the launch of its billion-dollar Bitcoin bond again.The Bitcoin bond, also known as the "Volcanic bond" or Volcanic token, was first announced in November 2021 as a way to issue tokenized bonds and raise $1 billion in return from investors. The fundraiser will then be used to build a "Bitcoin City" and buy more BTC. The bond was set to be issued in the....
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