El Salvador Is Reportedly Planning Its Own National Stablecoin — Here’s What You Need To Know
In June, El Salvador became the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender, just days after millennial president Nayib Bukele announced his ambitious crypto vision during the 2021 Miami Bitcoin extravaganza. Now, the El Salvador government is reportedly planning to launch its own stablecoin that citizens will be able to use for products and services. This is according to a report on Friday by Latin American investigative digital newspaper El Faro. El Salvadors “Colon Dollar” Coming Later This Year Video recordings acquired by El Faro show El Salvadors brothers, Yusef and Ibrajim Bukele, telling potential investors that the stablecoin dubbed “Colon dollar” will be released by the 2021 year-end. The cryptocurrency would be issued by the countrys central bank, pegged to the U.S., and backed by reserves of real dollars. Notably, it would also be integrated with the government-backed bitcoin wallet Chivo. The two brothers, who are not part of the Salvadoran government but characterize themselves as advisers to the presidency, stated that they were representing the president while discussing the stablecoin proposal with investors. Government press secretary Ernesto Sanabria told the publication that El Salvador was not mulling further monetary changes beyond the Bitcoin Law and the proposal for a national