El Salvador Bitcoin bond delayed due to security concerns: Tether CTO
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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The first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender aims to raise $1 billion through bond issuance to purchase BTC and invest in infrastructure.