The Central American nation's lawmakers approved the move by a majority vote. El Salvador on Wednesday became the first nation in the world to approve the use of Bitcoin as legal tender. The so-called ...

(Bloomberg) -- Bitcoin is undergoing the biggest test in its 12-year history as El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt it as legal tender Tuesday. Both enthusiasts and detractors of ...

El Salvador was the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, but it has since scaled back its Bitcoin laws and public sector involvement. El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office is celebrating “Bitcoin Day,” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Javier Bastardo is a Venezuelan covering Bitcoin news since 2017. Bilal Bin Saqib, Minister of Blockcan and Crypto matters of ...

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador, the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, will move its reserves of the popular cryptocurrency to multiple new addresses from the single address it ...

Four years ago, El Salvador started its ambitious Bitcoin adoption strategy. But in 2025, that plan came to a head with the International Monetary Fund. El Salvador, the first country in the world to ...

El Salvador's bold foray into Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has entered a new chapter of profitability. As of May 19, the country's BTC portfolio stands at approximately $644.4 million, with an unrealized ...

STORY: Atop one of El Salvador's coffee-growing mountain ranges, beans and bitcoin are being traded. Crypto enthusiasts in Berlin, in the eastern part of the Central American country, are enjoying the ...

The International Monetary Fund has revealed that El Salvador is advancing talks to sell its state-owned Chivo digital wallet, a move that signals shifts in the country’s Bitcoin strategy. This comes ...

The highlights of the week in terms of crypto in LATAM are that El Salvador is preparing to launch the world’s first Bitcoin banks, a significant step toward integrating BTC into its financial system.

Bhutan will use 10,000 Bitcoins to fund a special administrative region called the Gelephu Mindfulness City. Bhutan has been ...