By Marco Cacciati The International Monetary Fund has clarified that El Salvador's continued Bitcoin accumulation remains ...

El Salvador, once hailed as the global trailblazer for national Bitcoin adoption, is quietly shifting gears. After making ...

El Salvador hasn't purchased bitcoin (BTC-USD) since February 2025, despite repeated claims from President Nayib Bukele's ...

Sovereign Bitcoin reserves may become a long-term strategy for nations as El Salvador’s gains show multi-year value, Decrypt ...

El Salvador asked the IMF for a $1.3-billion loan to help cover those bills, but a deal looks unlikely given the nation’s refusal to drop bitcoin or make other financial adjustments.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele made light of new U.S. Senate legislation that would impose sanctions over his country's ...

“We're living through a moment where history is repeating itself," said Ingrid Escobar, leader of the human rights legal ...

Why El Salvador is adopting Bitcoin . El Salvador’s interest in adopting bitcoin as legal tender has other powerful economic rationales. In 2001, after a long period of instability, El Salvador ...

El Salvador became the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, but the rollout stumbled. President Nayib Bukele acted as de facto tech support.

As El Salvador officially adopted Bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday -- making it the first country to do so -- it also rolled out Chivo, its own state-sponsored Bitcoin wallet.

Bitcoin. Is El Salvador's Embrace of Bitcoin Good, Bad, or Both? Officially adopting the currency is great news, but mandating acceptance is a problem. Andrea O'Sullivan | 7.6.2021 8:30 AM.

El Salvador’s law means bitcoin will have equal footing with the dollar, which became its official currency 20 years ago. Making bitcoin “legal tender” means shops and businesses must accept ...