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The Salvadoran government has presented an initiative to accelerate the inclusion of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in its investment banking sector. The banking law reform introduced to the National Assembly would allow private investors to constitute banks that can provide services in Bitcoin and stablecoins for sophisticated investors
Bitcoin adoption is set to experience a new boom in El Salvador. The Salvadoran government has introduced an initiative to reform the current banking law by introducing a new kind of bank that can lend bitcoin and crypto services.
The banking bill reform including 14 new articles that define Private Investment Banks (PIB) as “an essential instrument at the international level that promotes economic development and facilitates the channeling of financial resources towards business and government projects.”
If passed, this initiative will allow the creation of these banks that can offer different services, including economic risk management, purchase of financial products, investment management, hedging, and other financial derivatives. These services will support any legal tender in El Salvador, like the U.S. dollar and bitcoin.
This can be another good news coming from El Salvador and will further test how a country that has adopted Bitcoin as a currency will be successful in incorporating it to its banking system. I am sure some can be seeing the possible risks but then again this can be bringing many opportunities to help the economy of El Salvador into the future. Hopefully, if El Salvador can be gaining some good level of success with this move, this can be inspiring many other countries to also adopt the idea and make it fit with their own economic realities. Now, do you think El Salvador is making a very wise decision on this proposed bill if approved or will it just lead to some lackluster move on the part of the government?