El Salvador verabschiedet das mit Bitcoin-unterstützten Anleihen verbundene Gesetz
- Das „Digital Asset Issuance“-Gesetz ebnet den Weg für die mit Spannung erwartete Bitcoin-unterstützte Anleihe namens „Volcano Bond in El Salvador“.
- Der Gesetzentwurf wurde am 11. Januar mit 62 Ja-Stimmen und 16 Nein-Stimmen verabschiedet und wird nach seiner Verabschiedung durch den Präsidenten in Kraft treten.
- The National Bitcoin Office of El Salvador recently tweeted about the bill’s passage and said it will soon begin issuing the bonds.
- The technology provider for the Volcano Bond, Bitfinex, also took to Twitter to celebrate the bill’s passage.
El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender, has finally passed the landmark bill, providing the legal framework for all digital assets except Bitcoin. Moreover, the law also paves the way for the country’s highly-anticipated Bitcoin-backed bond, called the “Volcano Bond,” which aims to pay down the country’s sovereign debt and fund Bukele’s highly ambitious construction plans for “Bitcoin City.”
The bill, which was passed on January 11 with 62 votes in favor and 16 votes against, is expected to become law following its ratification by President Nayib Bukele. The National Bitcoin Office of El Salvador recently tweeted about the bill’s passage and said it will soon begin issuing the bonds.
Wie zuvor von Bitnation, El Salvador, berichtet gründete eine neue Agentur namens National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) to lead all the projects related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the Central American nation. The agency has been given freedom to collaborate and design projects involving Bitcoin and also join forces with organizations based in other nations for the same and its task will be to “design, diagnose, plan, program, coordinate, follow up, measure, analyze and evaluate plans, programs, and projects related to bitcoin for the economic development of the country.”
Auch der Technologieanbieter für den Volcano Bond, Bitfinex, ging auf Twitter zu zelebrieren the bill’s passage. Interestingly, the term “volcano” for the bonds is derived from the nation’s Bitcoin City, which is projected to become a renewable crypto-mining hub fuelled by hydrothermal energy from the nearby Conchagua volcano.
Nach an Bitfinex, der Volcano Bond oder Volcano Tokens, würde es El Salvador ermöglichen, Mittel zur Tilgung seiner Staatsschulden aufzubringen, die Entwicklung der Bitcoin City zu finanzieren und eine Bitcoin-Mining-Infrastruktur aufzubauen.
Die renommierte Krypto-Austauschplattform merkte auch an, dass die mit Spannung erwartete Stadt eine Sonderwirtschaftszone sein würde, ähnlich wie in China, mit Steuervorteilen, Vorschriften zur Unterstützung von Kryptowährungen und anderen Anreizen für Menschen, Bitcoin-Unternehmen zu gründen.
“With the passing of this digital securities law, El Salvador will offer unprecedented consumer protection from bad actors in the ‘crypto’ space while also firmly establishing that we are open for business to all those who wish to build the future with us on bitcoin,” Bitfinex further stated.
Insbesondere beabsichtigt die Regierung, $1 Milliarden aus den Anleihen aufzubringen, wobei die Hälfte davon für die Entwicklung der Sonderwirtschaftszone bestimmt ist.
The new law also establishes the National Digital Assets Commission, a regulatory body tasked with enforcing El Salvador’s securities laws, protecting the rights of issuers and purchasers of digital assets, and preventing fraudsters from conducting business in the Bitcoin City.
In a recent interview, Samson Mow, a supporter of Bitcoin who worked on the development of the Volcano Token, said that the recently passed law would help make the nation a “major” financial hub.
“The move to pass the new Digital Securities Law, and enable new instruments like the Bitcoin Bonds, will help El Salvador to pay off their existing debts and will be critical to transforming the country into a major financial center of the world,” he stated.