(Sept 7) Some Blockchain stocks gained in premarket trading.
El Salvador has become the first sovereign nation to stack sats (at least publicly so), with President Nayib Bukele a few hours agoannouncing the purchase of 200 bitcoins. One hour ago, Bukeleannounced the purchase of another200 coins (BTC-USD), bringing the total to 400.
The buys come ahead of Bitcoin officially becoming legal tender in El Salvador tomorrow.
The price of bitcoin (BTC-USD) added to weekend gains this evening, rising as high as $52.8K. It's currently changing hands at $52.5K.
It was three months ago (and with the price at $35K) that Bukele made a surprise appearance at Miami's Bitcoin 2020 conferenceto announce plans to make the crypto legal tender in his country.
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