El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said Thursday that his country has stored more than $400 million in bitcoin in an offline "cold wallet" as the cryptocurrency forges new record highs.

El Salvador moved more than 5,000 BTC into a cold wallet this week. The disclosure by President Nayib Bukele nearly doubles the country's known stash of the digital asset. Bitcoin-forward Central ...

The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has announced Chivo, the country’s official Bitcoin wallet, which will allow Salvadorians to hold both BTC and USD balances as a mobile app. The government ...

She did not say how many people used the digital wallet, which was created by the government in September 2021 for Salvadorans to make payments in bitcoin. “El Salvador will continue buying ...

Blockchain data shows that the majority of El Salvador's bitcoin ... over San Salvador's bitcoin transactions and the status of the government-run bitcoin-wallet known as Chivo.

This article is part of a four-piece series on El Salvador. You can find the previous dispatch, a story on Bitcoin City, here ...

El Salvador tapped crypto software firm AlphaPoint to fix numerous problems with its state Chivo wallet and help citizens adopt Bitcoin. While there is no blueprint for a successful nation-state ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele met with MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) co-founder Michael Saylor on Thursday at the c ...

Increased Bitcoin buys in El Salvador El Salvador has speeded up its Bitcoin purchase. The country recently bought two more BTC on 1, 2025. Currently, the total holding of El Salvador is now at 6,055 ...

Update Jan. 22, 3 am: This article has been updated to include a response from the El Salvador ... in the Chivo crypto wallet. However, the day after making that deal, El Salvador bought $1 ...