El Salvador president Nayib Bukele floated the idea of a “rent your volcano to mine Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)” policy in the wake of the country’s successful geothermal-powered mining venture.

El Salvador has mined nearly 474 bitcoins worth around $29 million since September 2021 using geothermal energy from the Tecapa volcano, official data revealed. This boosts the country’s total bitcoin ...

Authorities in El Salvador on Monday warned residents near the Chaparrastique volcano in the country's east to be alert after it began to erupt. The Environmental Ministry’s observatory reported ...

After nearly two years of delays, El Salvador’s Bitcoin Volcano Bond has been approved and could be issued as early as the first quarter of 2024. The country's National Bitcoin Office ...

“Most towns and big cities in El Salvador have actually been developed around volcanoes because of the fertility of those soils,” explains Cuéllar, the Dartmouth professor. “Volcanoes are ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Authorities in El Salvador on Monday warned residents near the Chaparrastique volcano in the country’s east to be alert after it began to erupt. The ...

El Salvador, the first country in the world to declare bitcoin legal tender, announced on Monday that the country’s Digital Assets Commission had greenlit the nation’s first bitcoin bonds.

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele is a hero of the American right and portrays himself as a hip, innovative disrupter-in-chief ...

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