Today, Tuesday September 7 2021, Bitcoin will become legal tender in El Salvador. In advance of the Bitcoin law taking effect, the Salvadoran government has started buying bitcoin. The first 400 coins have been purchased and “a lot more” are coming, according to President Nayib Bukele.
El Salvador’s President, Nayib Bukele, made the announcement of the first purchase of 200 BTC on Monday:
El Salvador has just bought it’s first 200 coins.
Our brokers will be buying a lot more as the deadline approaches.#BitcoinDay #BTC
— Nayib Bukele
(@nayibbukele) September 6, 2021
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Not long after, the president announced a second batch of 200 BTC added to the country’s totals.
El Salvador just bought 200 new coins.
We now hold 400 #bitcoin#BitcoinDay
— Nayib Bukele
(@nayibbukele) September 6, 2021
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El Salvador now holds 400 confirmed BTC. At the current price of $52,598, the 400 Bitcoins are worth about $21 million.
On Tuesday, for at least a day, El Salvador will become the center of the world. As Bukele tweeted:
Tomorrow, for the first time in history, all the eyes of the world will be on El Salvador.#Bitcoin did this.#BTC
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— Nayib Bukele
(@nayibbukele) September 6, 2021
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For Bitcoin becoming legal tender in the country, El Salvador’s Congress approved the Bitcoin Law on Aug. 31 to create a $150-million fund to facilitate conversions from bitcoin to U.S. dollars. Funding will come from the finance ministry’s current budget and administered by the state development bank of El Salvador. In preparation, 200 ATMs and 50 bank branches featuring the government’s Chivo wallet have been installed in different parts of the country where users can deposit and withdraw money, commission-free.
Meanwhile, a large number of bitcoin supporters around the globe are planning to buy $30 worth of BTC to show their support for El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law. The announcement was made on a Reddit forum. Not to pump the price, but to stand behind the Salvadoran people in a defining moment for the country.
On September 7, El Salvador will officially begin using #Bitcoin as its national currency alongside the U.S. dollar. Every cyber hornet
I know is planning to buy $30 in BTC tomorrow in solidarity with the people of #ElSalvador and their leader @nayibbukele. Will you join us?
— Michael Saylor
(@michael_saylor) September 6, 2021
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$30 is the number of Bitcoin that President Bukele promised anyone who will start using the government’s Bitcoin wallet, Chivo.
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