Nayib Bukele Update on El Salvador Bitcoin Holdings Shows Growing Stack
At the current price just above $70,000, the nation now holds about $400 million worth of bitcoin.
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At the current price just above $70,000, the nation now holds about $400 million worth of bitcoin.
The country is setting a precedent for others to follow, Moonwalker Capital Tatiana Koffman writes.
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The Central American nation moved $400 million in BTC into a cold storage wallet this week.
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President Nayib Bukele said in an X post that the Central American nation is earning bitcoin revenue from four different avenues.
The country in 2021 became the first nation to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
El Salvador is sitting on a $12.6 million unrealized profit on its bitcoin investment after being in the red for two years.
The bonds are expected to launch in Q1 of 2024, several posts amplified on social platform X by President Nayib Bukele suggest.
The country’s treasury owns just over 2,700 bitcoin (BTC), which has yielded over $3 million in unrealized profit so far.