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Friday, Aug 28, 2026
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Bitcoin Payments Fall Sharply in El Salvador as Merchant Acceptance Becomes Voluntary

Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte recorded just one on-chain payment in August after Salvadoran authorities made cryptocurrency acceptance voluntary for private merchants under conditions linked to International Monetary Fund loan requirements.
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Fitch Solutions Sees El Salvador Growth Moderating to Three Percent in 2026

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Guatemala Overtakes United States as Top Source of International Visitors to El Salvador

Guatemala became the largest source of international visitors to El Salvador during the August holiday season, with cross-border overland travel rising forty-three percent as im...

El Salvador Expands International Airport Capacity Ahead of New Flights From Spain

El Salvador’s new fifty million United States dollar arrivals terminal at Monsenor Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport has expanded processing capacity to four thousand f...

Bitcoin Payments Fall to Near Zero in El Zonte as Merchant Use Becomes Voluntary

Everyday Bitcoin payments in El Zonte, the coastal community known as Bitcoin Beach, have fallen to near-zero levels, according to on-chain data and local reporting, following c...

El Salvador Advances Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Infrastructure Plans

Salvadoran technology and economic officials are developing plans for a state data center and broader migration to cloud computing, with a long-term goal of generating twenty pe...

El Salvador Holds 7,751 Bitcoin Worth About $599 Million

El Salvador’s national treasury holds seven thousand seven hundred fifty-one Bitcoin valued at approximately five hundred ninety-nine million United States dollars, continuing a...
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