News list for " El Salvador"

El Salvador Bitcoin Surges Over $357 million

According to a picture released by El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, the bitcoin held by El Salvador is currently worth about $357 million.

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2025-05-19 02:44:19
El Salvador's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Is Now Worth Nearly $655 million

According to The Bitcoin Office, El Salvador's strategic bitcoin reserve is now worth close to $655 million, up from $518 million a month ago and growing by $137 million in a month.

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2025-05-18 23:30:01
El Salvador increased its holdings of 31 bitcoins in the past 30 days, increasing its total holdings to 6,180.18

According to the website of the Ministry of Finance of El Salvador, El Salvador increased its holdings of 1 bitcoin this morning. At present, its bitcoin holdings are 6180.18, worth more than 638 million US dollars. It has increased its holdings of 8 bitcoin in the past 7 days and 31 bitcoin in the past 30 days. It still maintains its plan to buy 1 bitcoin per day. Notably, in recent months the international monetary fund (IMF) has pressured El Salvador to stop accumulating decentralized store o...

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2025-05-18 02:55:31
Japanese listed company Metaplanet has surpassed El Salvador in bitcoin holdings

On May 12, Simon Gerovich, CEO of Japanese listed company Metaplanet, posted on social media that after today's increase of 1,241 bitcoins, Metaplanet's total bitcoin holdings have increased to 6,796, which exceeds El Salvador's holdings (6,714 bitcoins). It is reported that the CEO of Metaplanet was the head of Goldman Sachs' equity derivatives department. Since 2013, he has run Metaplanet as a hotel developer...

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2025-05-12 05:28:09
Japanese listed company Metaplanet has surpassed El Salvador in bitcoin holdings

On May 12, Simon Gerovich, CEO of Japanese listed company Metaplanet, posted on social media that after today's increase of 1,241 bitcoins, Metaplanet's total bitcoin holdings have increased to 6,796, which exceeds El Salvador's holdings (6,714 bitcoins). It is reported that the CEO of Metaplanet was the head of Goldman Sachs' equity derivatives department. Since 2013, he has run Metaplanet as a hotel developer...

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2025-05-12 05:28:09
El Salvador Bitcoin Office: El Salvador Buys More Bitcoins

El Salvador Bitcoin Office: El Salvador buys more bitcoins.

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2025-05-08 22:47:37
El Salvador has increased its holdings of 9 bitcoins in the past 7 days, bringing its total holdings to 6,165.18

According to the website of the Ministry of Finance of El Salvador, El Salvador has increased its holdings of 9 bitcoins in the past 7 days, and the current holdings of bitcoins have reached 6,165.18, with a total value of 594 million US dollars. In the past 30 days, El Salvador has increased its holdings of 32 bitcoins.

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2025-05-02 08:21:05
El Salvador circumvents IMF restrictions and continues to buy bitcoin daily

Although the government suspended bitcoin-related activities in order to obtain a $1.40 billion loan, El Salvador still quietly bought through the bitcoin office, adding 32 coins last month, and now holds more than 6,160 bitcoins, worth about $584 million. The IMF confirmed that the country's financial sector has fulfilled its commitment to "no new holdings", but the bitcoin office "operates outside of these fiscal definitions" and circumvents restrictions through "technical loopholes". To unloc...

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2025-04-29 22:48:00
El Salvador Bitcoin Office: Will Continue to "Stack" BTC

Although the international monetary fund asked El Salvador to stop buying bitcoins directly, the El Salvador Bitcoin Office wrote on the X platform: "El Salvador will continue to pile up, continue to add one bitcoin per day to the strategic bitcoin reserve, watch it...". The analysis believes that El Salvador's loan agreement with the international monetary fund only promises that the country's financial sector will not accumulate bitcoins, but El Salvador's bitcoin office technically exceeds th...

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2025-04-28 12:42:46
El Salvador announced an increase in its holdings of 1 bitcoin, bringing its holdings to 6,159.18

According to the official news of The Bitcoin Office of El Salvador, El Salvador has added 1 bitcoin to its national bitcoin strategic reserve, with a reserve of 6159.18 bitcoin.

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2025-04-27 04:29:14
El Salvador added 1 bitcoin to its holdings 5 hours ago, bringing its total holdings to 6,152.18

According to the website of the Ministry of Finance of El Salvador, El Salvador increased its holdings of 1 bitcoin 5 hours ago, and the current total holdings reached 6,152.18 coins, with a total value of 524 million US dollars.

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2025-04-19 22:30:46
Only 20 Bitcoin Service Providers (BSPs) are active in El Salvador

According to Bitcoin.com News, of the 181 registered Bitcoin Service Providers (BSPs) in El Salvador, only 20, or just 11 percent, are active, according to records from the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador. These include the official digital wallet Chivo, which will be disbanded under an agreement between the government and the international monetary fund (IMF). Although El Salvador was one of the first countries to open its doors to bitcoin and cryptocurrency services, interest in these solu...

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2025-04-15 08:15:53
Trump met with El Salvador's president to discuss trade and immigration, but did not mention bitcoin

President Trump and the pro-bitcoin Salvadoran president of El Salvador discussed trade and immigration during a meeting on Monday. Bitcoin was not mentioned at the meeting.

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2025-04-15 05:05:52
El Salvador increased its holdings of 8 bitcoins in the past 7 days, bringing its total holdings to 6,147.18

According to the website of the Ministry of Finance of El Salvador, El Salvador has increased its holdings of 8 bitcoins in the past 7 days, and the current holdings of bitcoins have reached 6,147.18, with a total value of 521 million US dollars. In the past 30 days, El Salvador has increased its holdings of 31 bitcoins.

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2025-04-15 01:10:44
Trump: Support El Salvador's detention of US citizens convicted of violent crimes

US President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to extend the "deportation program" to US citizens during a meeting with El Salvador's President Bukele, supporting El Salvador's detention of US citizens who have committed violent crimes. Trump said in a video posted on social media that day through Bukele that he wanted to send "native people" to El Salvador to serve their sentences, adding that El Salvador "must build five more places", suggesting that El Salvador's prison capacity is not enoug...

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2025-04-14 20:57:25