Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves $150M Bitcoin Trust

On 31st August with 64 officials in favor and 14 opposing the trust creation they have designed and facilitate conversation of bitcoin into US dollars and support the rollout of vital technological infrastructure which will enable the huge adoption of crypto assets.

This legislation will be known BTC as legal tender across EI Salvador and is slated to take effect on September 7th currently US dollars are used as legal tender in the country

The Development Bank of El Salvador (Bandesal) has been appointed to oversee the trust’s operation

The $150 million will be redirected from the country’s $500 million loans with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). The CABEI loan was originally taken for the purpose of economic recovery for small and medium-sized businesses.

Of those funds, $23.3 million is earmarked to support the installation of government-backed crypto ATMs,

This thing will allow local citizens to exchange between bitcoin and USD. They will also reserve $30 million for incentives to encourage the adoption of the government’s digital waller, CHIVO.   

In June, President Nayib Bukele announced the government would airdrop $30 worth of Bitcoin to every Salvadoran adult who downloads the Chivo wallet. However, El Salvador’s current population is 6.5 million, suggesting the government either believes adoption will be lower or has not allocated enough Bitcoin to go around.

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