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Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

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El Salvador’s Bukele Shoots Down FUD on Bitcoin Bond, Takes Issue With US Lawmakers

A Reuters report said Bitfinex had been booted from managing the bond sale, and a bill targeting El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption advanced in the Senate.

Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

By Andrés Engler

Mar 24, 2022 at 5:23 p.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2022

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University of Toronto Researcher: El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment 'Tells Very Concerning Story'

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University of Toronto Researcher: El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment ‘Tells Very Concerning Story’

The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School has published a research paper investigating the Pegasus spyware hacking of media and civil society in El Salvador....

University of Toronto Researcher: El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment 'Tells Very Concerning Story'

By CoinDesk Staff

Jan 18, 2022 at 9:46 p.m. UTC

Jan 18, 2022

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An overhead view of a geothermal power plant in El Salvador, the site of a new Bitcoin mining installation.(Government of El Salvador)

Consensus Magazine

El Salvador’s Bitcoin Volcano Can Be a Model for Cleaner Crypto

The Central American nation is taking its first steps to harness massive natural power sources to mine Bitcoin. The impacts could stretch far beyond the world of crypto.

An overhead view of a geothermal power plant in El Salvador, the site of a new Bitcoin mining installation.(Government of El Salvador)

By David Z. Morris

Sep 29, 2021 at 4:55 p.m. UTC

Sep 29, 2021

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