Ambele El Salvador and Paraguay have signaled their pro-Bitcoin intent. But as pointed out by @GaryLeland, Brazil and Panama have also declared an interest in following suit.
The list keeps growing. El Salvador, Brazil, Paraguay, and Panama are moving to #Bitcoin.
Cine e urmatorul?
— 🅖🅐🅡🅨 🅛🅔🅛🅐🅝🅓 The Bitcoin Boomer (@GaryLeland) 8 Iunie, 2021
This then begs the question, which other countries also intend to adopt Bitcoin? More so, given the mainstream aversion to the leading cryptocurrency, why is this happening?
Could El Salvador Be The First Country To Formally Adopt Bitcoin?
Președintele El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, dropped a bombshell on Saturday after he said he would introduce a bill to Congress this week for the formal adoption of Bitcoin as a legal tender.
If successful, El Salvador would be the first country to officially use the cryptocurrency to attract investment and enable more residents to participate in the formal economy.
This was soon accompanied by a tweet from Bukele doubling down with no capital gains tax on Bitcoin and immediate permanent residency for crypto entrepreneurs.
1. Vremea minunată, plaje de surf de clasă mondială, proprietăți de plajă de vânzare.
2. Una dintre puținele țări din lume fără impozit pe proprietate.
3. Fără impozit pe câștiguri de capital pentru #Bitcoin, întrucât va fi o monedă legală.
4. Reședință permanentă imediată pentru antreprenorii cripto. https://t.co/j3eugJQCMd- Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 (@nayibbukele) 6 Iunie, 2021
The comments were flooded by crypto enthusiasts, including Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, indicating their approval and expressing an interest in moving there.
Bukele has come forward to say his reasons for endorsing Bitcoin are many. But ultimately, it comes down to improving economic prosperity and financial inclusion in a ţară where 70% of people do not have access to banking or credit.
Remarkably, 20% of El Salvador’s GDP comes from money sent home from migrants. This brings additional struggles with international transfer fees and legacy inefficiencies, which sometimes means it takes days for funds to clear.
There Are Consequences To Dollar Printing
Another reason for El Salvador’s Bitcoin stance comes from the Fed’s money-printing policy, which has been rampant over the last year or so.
“the U.S. Federal Reserve has dramatically expanded the supply of circulating U.S. dollars, as measured by the M2 money stock, from $15.35 trillion in February 2020 to $20.26 trillion in May 2021. That’s an increase of 32 percent, unprecedented in modern peacetime U.S. history.”
A politician from Mexico has now posted a picture with laser eyes.
At this rate, laser eyes are going to take over South and Central America by the end of the week.
(H / t @JasonYanowitz) https://t.co/UXdVV2vPSY
- Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) 8 Iunie, 2021
Based on all of the countries signaling their pro-Bitcoin stance in recent days, there is clearly a Latin American theme going on.
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