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El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment (ticotimes.net)

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The government, she assured, will continue buying bitcoin and having reserves in this cryptocurrency. According to the National Bitcoin Office, El Salvador has 6,050 bitcoins worth $634.8 million. “President Bukele continues buying bitcoin, we have a Bitcoin Office, we have the Bitcoin Law, bitcoin can be used in El Salvador.

They're going to have the US by the balls like Saudi Arabia when bitcoin crosses $1mm/coin

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

how do you even liquidate that?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

You mean if its worth hundreds of millions or trillions?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes, even a relatively small quantity like 100k?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That's easy. Ive sold that much. Just do it on an exchange. Get over a million and you do it OTC.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

What is OTC?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Over the counter. Big exchanges offer this. Basically p2p with escrow.

Its done off exchange (though usually the same price). To prevent the trade from changing the market.

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