The Bitcoin Office of El Salvador (ONBTC) has launched a site that allows anyone to confirm the treasury holdings of the country, offering a large degree of transparency in its finances. The site, composed as a custom instance of mempool space, a popular block explorer, confirms that the country has been purchasing one bitcoin per […]
El Salvador Enhances Bitcoin Treasury Transparency With Launch of Dedicated Mempool Space
In a significant move towards transparency, El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) has announced the launch of its own mempool space. This development allows anyone to view the country’s bitcoin treasury holdings. The initiative is supported by Mempool, which revealed it has provided a custom instance of The Mempool Open Source Project for the ONBTC. […]
Latam Insights: Bitcoin Hurts El Salvador Credit Opportunities, Paraguay Supports Selling Power to Crypto Miners
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Bitcoin hinders El Salvador’s credit talks with the IMF, the Paraguayan Senate issues a statement supporting bitcoin miners, and Venezuela unveils a crypto-linked corruption scheme. Bitcoin Reportedly Hurts El Salvador Credit Opportunities With […]
El Salvador Keeps Buying BTC, Top BTC Mining Rigs, Blackrock’s New ‘BUIDL’ Fund, and More — Week in Review
El Salvador continues its daily bitcoin purchases, aiming to keep buying until the cryptocurrency becomes too expensive. The top 10 bitcoin mining rigs of 2024 show significant profit margins due to recent value increases. Blackrock, has submitted a form to the SEC for the initiation of a tokenized investment fund called “BUIDL.” “Rich Dad Poor […]
Latam Insights: Tim Draper’s Bitcoin Prophecy for El Salvador, Bukele’s Bitcoin Rush
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Tim Draper predicts bitcoin will make El Salvador a rich country, President Nayib Bukele vows to keep buying bitcoin, and Banco do Brazil announces offline capabilities test for the Brazilian CBDC. Tim Draper […]