Nayib Bukele has taken a dig at all the criticisms that were thrown their way while pursuing the passionate mission of cryptocurrency by placing a heavy bet on Bitcoin. According to a Tweet published by the President of El Salvador, the country has settled the due of $800 million with interest. This was earlier deemed impossible without seeking help from the IMF, the International Monetary Fund.
Bonds matured on January 24, 2023, and the settlement happened ahead of schedule.
In a series of tweets published by Nayib, he highlights in one of them that the NY Times once published an article to create a false narrative about how El Salvador was about to go broke and, thereby, default on the payment. Nayib has further said that he called them out, but no one believed them.
Reportedly, there is only one article in Spanish that has covered the repayment status update. His followers on Twitter have expressed their happiness with the update, with one of them calling him a pioneer of the industry.
A transfer of funds has been made to investors who were holding the Euro Bond. There are reports claiming that the bond was later reduced to a principal amount of $604.1 million with an interest of $23.4 million.
The Bukele government continues to commit to and properly comply with a method by which it may disprove the claims of every risk rating agency and international organization. The Central American nation is reportedly a concern for the entire continent, but if recent events indicate, El Salvador appears to be on the right track.
Nayib Bukele has adopted a stern stand against rampant crime, and the results are already noticeable. After decades of terror attacks, the Bukele government has imprisoned nearly 60,000 criminals, according to statistics. There are currently very few days when the nation witnesses serious incidents that affect its citizens.
It has increased the popularity of Nayib Bukele to 92%, with the same number of people wanting to re-elect him in the next election. El Salvador has proved that it, too, can be a viable democratic country that fights crime for a sustainable future.
El Salvador aims to be a region that proves how reliable cryptocurrency really is. The Bitcoin bet has been in question since the time when BTC began losing its value. It is currently standing at $22,927.70, with an increase of 0.04% at the time of writing this article. It was once down to around $16,000. The phase is likely to wash out; however, without a timeline, it is not easy to predict how long it will take for the BTC value to regain its supremacy.
Until then, it is indeed a bet that El Salvador has in its hands, with positive results until now.