
El Salvador added 1,540 Bitcoin, but the IMF says Bukele’s government didn’t pay for them
The country’s holdings jumped from about 6,224 BTC to more than 7,764 BTC as officials kept claiming the bought “one BTC per day."
Regional trends in remittances, stablecoin use, policy shifts, and grassroots crypto adoption.

Only notified business users are covered; access restrictions follow Aug. 21 and market-price liquidation starts Sept. 21.

Its 7,696 BTC reserve now has to remain legible through a drawdown, wallet scrutiny, and program conditions.

The Brazil integration tests whether stablecoins work best when users spend through a rail they already trust.

Prediction markets and exchanges are racing to capture World Cup demand as sports becomes a central growth channel for event contracts.

B3 has moved a crypto ETF into a guaranteed derivatives structure, showing why Wall Street may need to watch Brazil as it pushes regulators to modernize tokenized collateral rules.

Police found a crypto-mining setup during an operation against Comando Vermelho in Rio, raising the question around whether gangs that control territory can convert stolen electricity into portable digital value.



