El Salvador’s Minister of Finance Alejandro Zelaya states he’s “laughing off” worldwide media reports claiming the nation’s bitcoin (BTC) adoption plans could scupper the economy and they have remaining a USD 40 million hole in national finances.
The minister was speaking in a press conference, where journalists requested him in regards to a report in the German media outlet Deutsche Welle that claimed the economy had been “dragged lower by fiscal risk towards the tune of USD 40 million.”
Zelaya known as the report yet others enjoy it types of “biased” journalism, and added, per ElSalvador.com:
“This is really a obvious critique of bitcoin, not El Salvador. El Salvador is exactly what interests them minimal here. […] Then when they are saying that El Salvador’s fiscal risk, because of bitcoin [adoption] is extremely high, all it will is cause me to feel laugh. And i believe any serious economist would perform the same, since it is an very superficial analysis. Plus they speak from ignorance.”
Zelaya also hit out at critics who’ve centered on “losses” calculated based on BTC market prices during the time of purchase and market trends, as bitcoin has slid toward the USD 20,000 mark.
The finance chief mentioned that whether or not the “losses” did add up to USD 40 million, this is only stop by the sea when compared to sums that former Salvadoran Presidents Mauricio Funes and Antonio Saca had apparently embezzled in the national economy.
He mentioned the risks associated with BTC investment were “extremely minimal, and added:
“They state that Bitcoin losses could be USD 40 million, but exactly how much did Funes steal? USD 351 million. Just how much did former President Saca steal? USD 300 million.”
Also, he pointed to alleged “USD 500 million” financial irregularities all around the El Chaparral hydroelectric plant project, claiming the “experts” hadn’t selected to recognize this project “as an economic risk.”
At 11:42 UTC, BTC is buying and selling at USD 21,994. It’s lower 7.6% per day and 30% per week.
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