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Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, tweeted that he will meet with 33 central banks and 12 financial authorities today Monday to discuss, among other things, the introduction of Bitcoin.
According to the Twitter thread that followed the tweet about the meeting, in order to “to discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, banks without a bank account, the #Bitcoin introduction and its benefits in our country“, among the banks expected to meet Bukele are the Bank of Rwanda, Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) Kenya, Central Bank of Egypt, Central Bank of Nigeria and the Maldives Monetary Authority among others.
Tomorrow, 32 central banks and 12 financial authorities (44 countries) will meet in El Salvador to discuss financial inclusion, digital economy, banking the unbanked, the #Bitcoin rollout and its benefits in our country.
– Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) May 16, 2022
The central banks and supervisory authorities mentioned by Bukele are predominantly from developing countries, in particular from Africa.
At the moment, it is not clear whether they are meeting explicitly to discuss Bitcoin, or whether there are other topics to discuss.
However, Bukele’s tweet did not surprise the world, because about five days after the president’s tweet, someone had announced under the Twitter account with the name “Bitcoin Beach” that several countries would fly to El Salvador.
El Salvador and Bitcoin
El Salvador is the first country to have made Bitcoin a legal tender. It recently took advantage of the falling BTC price and bought 500 Bitcoins.
El Salvador just bought the dip! 🇸🇻
500 coins at an average USD price of ~$30,744 🥳#Bitcoin
– Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) May 9, 2022
El Salvador has not only made BTC a legal tender in the country, but has also accumulated more than 2,000 Bitcoins worth over $ 60 million at the current Bitcoin price.
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