{"id":333159,"date":"2021-09-01T08:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T05:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/legislative-assembly-of-el-salvador-approves-150m-bitcoin-trust\/"},"modified":"2021-09-01T08:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T05:20:17","slug":"legislative-assembly-of-el-salvador-approves-150m-bitcoin-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/legislative-assembly-of-el-salvador-approves-150m-bitcoin-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"# Legislative Assembly of El Salvador approves $150M Bitcoin Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# Legislative Assembly of El Salvador app<\/a>roves $150M Bitcoin Trust <\/strong>”
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El Salvador\u2019s Legislative Assembly has passed legislation creating a $150 million dollar Bitcoin Trust and supporting the development of crypto infrastructure and services across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bill passed on Aug. 31, with 64 officials voting in favor and 14 opposing the trust\u2019s creation. The Trust is designed to facilitate conversion of Bitcoin into U.S. Dollars, and support the roll out of vital technological infrastructure enabling widespread adoption of crypto assets.<\/p>\n

The news<\/a> comes just one week before the country\u2019s controversial Bitcoin Law is set to take effect. The impending legislation will recognize BTC as legal tender across El Salvador and is slated to take effect on September 7th. Currently, U.S. dollars are used as legal tender in the country.<\/p>\n

The Development Bank of El Salvador (Bandesal) has been appointed to oversee the trust\u2019s operation<\/p>\n

The $150 million will be redirected from the country\u2019s $500 million loan 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. <\/p>\n

Of those funds, $23.3 million is earmarked to support the installation of government-backed crypto ATMs \u2014 allowing local citizens to exchange between Bitcoin and USD. $30 million has also been designated to offer incentives to encourage adoption of the Government\u2019s digital wallet, Chivo. <\/p>\n

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\u2019s current population is 6.5 million, suggesting the government either believes adoption will be lower or has not allocated enough Bitcoin to go around.<\/p>\n

Related:\u00a0Retirees in El Salvador protest against Bitcoin adoption<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In related new today asset tokenization and financial infrastructure company Koibanx announced <\/a>it had signed a deal with the government of El Salvador to develop the country\u2019s digital currency infrastructure with Algorand\u2019s open source block chain at the core. <\/p>\n

El Salvador\u2019s Bitcoin Law has been met with some serious criticism and skepticism<\/a> from international organizations and its own citizenry.<\/p>\n

Minister of Economy, Mar\u00eda Luisa Hay\u00e9m Brev\u00e9 said the government was focused on crypto currency education and using crypto incentives as a means to soothe the high amount of uncertainty within its population. <\/p>\n