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El Salvador

Adopting Bitcoin in El Salvador: Education, Compliance, and Merchant Reliability

Adopting Bitcoin in El Salvador: Education, Compliance, and Merchant Reliability

The September 26, 2025 episode of the Juan Cienfuegos Podcast features Kiki explaining how grassroots education and local leadership turn interest in Bitcoin into sustained usage.

Bitcoin Nodes, Sovereign Computing, and Education Futures

Bitcoin Nodes, Sovereign Computing, and Education Futures

The October 01, 2024 episode of the Juan Cienfuegos Podcast features Matt Hill explaining how StartOS enables non-technical users to run Bitcoin nodes and personal servers.

Building a Circular Bitcoin Economy in El Salvador

Building a Circular Bitcoin Economy in El Salvador

The July 09, 2025 episode of Juan Cienfuegos' BitCorner podcast features humanitarian Aaron Murphy detailing his plan to turn a former gang-controlled El Salvador coffee farm into “Bitcoin Mountain.”

Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert on Bitcoin Statecraft and IMF Leverage

Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert on Bitcoin Statecraft and IMF Leverage

The inaugural April 23 2025 episode of the Archie Podcast features Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert explaining how El Salvador’s legal-tender leap and the US strategic-reserve order reshape global Bitcoin policy.

Bitcoin Empowerment in Latin America

Bitcoin Empowerment in Latin America

The March 29, 2025 episode of DJ Valerie B LOVE Show with Aaron Murphy explores how Bitcoin funds sustainable community projects that alleviate poverty and violence in Latin America.

Bitcoin Beyond Borders: A Migration and Adoption Journey

Bitcoin Beyond Borders: A Migration and Adoption Journey

In the March 27, 2025 Emerge21 episode, Charlie Stevens details his journey from Ireland to El Salvador and Berlin, driven by economic pressures and the pursuit of financial sovereignty.

El Salvador’s IMF Arrangement: Fiscal Consolidation and Bitcoin Reforms

El Salvador’s IMF Arrangement: Fiscal Consolidation and Bitcoin Reforms

On February 26, 2025, the IMF approved a 40‑month Extended Fund Facility for El Salvador, mandating fiscal consolidation and a series of Bitcoin reforms. The report details measures to limit public exposure to Bitcoin.