AN ACADEMICIAN SAYS BITCOIN MINING COULD BE BAD FOR EL SALVADOR ECONOMY

Last updated: June 16, 2025, 00:44  |  Written by: Chris Larsen

An Academician Says Bitcoin Mining Could Be Bad For El Salvador Economy
An Academician Says Bitcoin Mining Could Be Bad For El Salvador Economy

El Salvador Is Making Some

El Salvador is making some pretty bold moves in the economic space. The country is looking to lift its gold mining ban to access around $3 trillion worth of mineral wealth.

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For countries such as El Salvador, the use of energy for Bitcoin mining represents the deepening of territorial and national inequalities in access to energy that, although not yet recog-nized as

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More than two years into El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment, this paper investigates the extent to which the marketed economic freedoms and benefits of the

Through A Multi

Through a multi-faceted approach, this study evaluates the effectiveness of Bitcoin integration into the Salvadoran economy, scrutinizes the responses from various

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An Academician Says Bitcoin Mining Could Be Bad for El Salvador

El Salvador’s bitcoin project risks the country’s economy and the IMF’s credibility.

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These Findings Highlight The Enduring

These findings highlight the enduring adverse effects of Bitcoin prices on the US Dollar index in El Salvador, portraying a sustained influence on currency valuation’s short

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