El Salvador was the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender. Though some speculations have given pessimistic forecasts on the implications for the nation, things seem to be moving in a contrary wave. El Salvador's tourism record has shown a tremendous spike for the first half of 2022. According to government data, the country noted an 82.8% rise in the year, with...
Welcome to the last installment of Ricardo Salinas’ Bitcoin Masterclass. The billionaire and his two hosts already discussed the fiat fraud and...
As Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas continues to explain bitcoin from the private jet perspective, Bitcoinist’s companion piece to the interview continues the job we started here. Or, it might even...
By now, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas is a bitcoin staple. His keynote at the Bitcoin 2022 conference was the talk of the town, and the fact that...
It’s time for another Bitcoin 2022 recap. That fateful afternoon, What Bitcoin Did’s Peter McCormack hosted. It contains the most talked-about panels and keynotes. We have the perspective of two billionaires, refugees, activists, a loudmouth journalist that may be a billionaire, and the Podcasting 2.0 pioneer. On top of that, the Jack Mallers’ announcement that could change the world....
Emerging as one of the biggest bitcoin supporters out there, Ricardo Salinas made the pilgrimage to El Salvador. The billionaire took journalists Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert on a private plane to the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. There, he met with President Bukele, Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao, and Samson Mow among others. And, luckily for us, Salinas documented the...
A lot of people had their bets on Honduras being the next country to declare bitcoin legal tender. Apparently, they lost. The country’s Central Bank issued an...
While the world burns, El Salvador opens the Chivo Pets hospital. Not everything is lost. In this edition, we also highlight the famous visitors from all walks of life that have recently been to the country. And, of course, we have some feel-good stories and visit El Zonte. It’s not News From El Salvador if we don’t check with Bitcoin Beach. And yeah,...
The WSJ proves once again that the Bitcoin Law in El Salvador is still the story of the century. Their latest article about it is… a little one-sided. The WSJ and other legacy publications are losing their minds. The press could focus on the legitimate criticism that President Bukele’s government gets, but no, they have to mix it with saltines, bitcoin clichés, and...
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert have launched El Zonte Capital, an investment firm focused on companies paving the road to hyperbitcoinization.Venture capital fund El Zonte Capital launched today with a focus on advancing hyperbitcoinization around the world through strategic investments in startups building the future of the Bitcoin economy.The fund’s name alludes to El Zonte, El Salvador, the city where the...
Programmer, author, podcaster, and all-around legend Jimmy Song made the pilgrimage to El Salvador. He wrote about his first impressions on his Bitcoin Tech Talk newsletter and his perspective deserves a place in the From The Ground series. Instead of...
The Latin American country El Salvador has announced its plans to launch the world's first 'Bitcoin City'. Country President Nayib Bukele took the center stage at an event on Saturday, November 20. As per the announcement, Bitcoin City will be initially funded by Bitcoin bonds. Besides, the city planned to the east of the country The post El Salvador Announces Bitcoin City, Plans...
Keiser talked about the dark future enabled by CBDC and how Bitcoin can come to the rescue.Bitcoin evangelist Max Keiser got up on stage today at the Labitconf Bitcoin Conference in El Salvador to chat about the role central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) might play in the monetary future of our society and the associated implications for Bitcoin. The panel, moderated by...
Time to check back with El Salvador. Their Bitcoin experiment is well underway, and it’s already showing results. Are these results positive or negative? You be the judge of that. We’ll just present the facts, the tweets, and the photos. Can you believe everything the people we’re quoting say? Of course not. Everyone has an agenda. However, a clear picture is emerging. And...
With media careers spanning decades and utterly maximalist outlooks, Stacy Herbert and Max Keiser are defining the Bitcoin lifestyle.Stacy Herbert met Max Keiser in a French internet café in 2003. To that point, her media career had been primarily spent behind the scenes as a script consultant and “development girl” in Hollywood and the stories Keiser was telling her about banking and...
It’s time for another edition of “By The Numbers.” This time, we’ll use a pseudonymous analyst’s numbers to find out if Tesla is in the red when it comes to their Bitcoin holdings. The caveat here is, if bitcoin’s price loses the $30K level, could Tesla’s board pressure Elon Musk into selling? And if they do, would that cause another series of red...
The infamous Max Keiser is in it for the long haul. Love it or hate him, the man puts in the work. Arguably the original bitcoiner in mainstream media, the North American broadcaster with a show in RT is still raising hell wherever he goes. And this time, he’s got Elon Musk in his sights. Was the party Keiser hosted a celebration of...
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert of the “Orange Pill Podcast” are hosting a Bitcoin maximalism party called “F*ck Elon” in Austin on July 8.The hosts of the “Orange Pill Podcast,” Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert, will be hosting a night of live comedy, music and Bitcoin celebration called the “F*ck Elon Tour” on July 8 at the Spider House Ballroom in Austin,...
Last week, El Salvador passed the historic Bitcoin law making it the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender. Soon as the Bitcoin law comes into action in the next 90 days, merchants will start accepting it against their goods and...
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