On that day — April 14, 2020 — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele was in Washington, DC, visiting then-President Donald Trump at the White House. While they stuck to trade and immigration topics, Bitcoin policy discussions unfortunately became an afterthought. This meeting coincides with the fact that both countries are...
Conservatives should be outraged. It’s understandable that the Trump-Bukele meeting focused entirely on trade and immigration. Yet, against the backdrop of their binary choice, Trump’s silence on Bitcoin seems like a harsh betrayal of their mutual dream to build economic independence. That’s a shameful lost opportunity, and Bukele should be...
Surprisingly enough, Bitcoin was absent from the discussion at this past week’s surprise meeting between Donald Trump and Nayib Bukele on April 14th. This absence is puzzling, given how important the cryptocurrency is to both personalities. This absence raises several questions about the future of cryptocurrency policies in both the...