The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, tweeted recently that 44 countries will gather in El Salvador tomorrow to discuss various topics, including Bitcoin (BTC). Here are the details…
Bukele will hold a meeting about Bitcoin.
President of El Salvador, Bukele, said, “Tomorrow, 32 central banks and 12 financial authorities (44 countries) will meet to discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, unbanked banking, the launch of Bitcoin and its benefits in our country. He will meet in El Salvador,” he said. These central banks and their officials are primarily from developing countries, including Nigeria, Egypt, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Paraguay, Angola, Guinea, and Madagascar.
President in the following tweets, São Tome, Paraguay, Angola, Ghana, Namibia, Uganda, Republic of Guinea, Madagascar, Haiti, Burundi Monetary authorities of Eswatini, Jordan, Gambia, Honduras, Madagascar and Maldives are among the attendees. Bukele’s tweets came a day after the Twitter account “Bitcoin Beach” said several countries were flying to El Salvador and officially confirmed the meeting. The Bitcoin Beach account describes itself in its Twitter bio as “the small community that helped the world’s first Bitcoin nation.”
Many Asian, African and South American countries attend the meeting
Bukele; He stated that Rwanda, Nepal, Sacco Associations Regulatory Authority (SASRA), Kenya, Pakistan State Bank, General Directorate of Financial Institutions of Costa Rica, Administration of the People’s and Solidarity Economy of Ecuador and Central Bank of El Salvador will also attend the meeting. As Kriptokoin.com also reported, El Salvador became the first country to accept Bitcoin as a legal currency last September. He has also accumulated more than 2,000 Bitcoins (over $60 million at current prices) to date, keeping them on the cryptocurrency’s balance sheet.
Shortly after President Bukele’s official announcement, Bitcoin Beach tweeted a world map with countries apparently adopting Bitcoin (BTC) and attending Monday’s meeting. “Probably nothing,” he said. You can see the image shared by Bitcoin Beach as follows: