El Salvador's Bitcoin wallet Chivo scores $52M in remittances in 2022
El Salvador payment app Chivo processed $52 million in remittances over the past 6 months, as expatriates make use of commission-free BTC transfers.
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El Salvador relaunches Chivo wallet, plans to deploy 1,500 Bitcoin ATMs
Seeking a permanent solution for over 4 million BTC users, the government of El Salvador focuses on Chivo wallet’s stability and uptime, scalability and social impact.
Some Salvadorans claim funds are missing from their Chivo wallets
“No tech support and only useless calls, where is my money," said Luis Guardado in a direct appeal to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.
El Salvador removes BTC price feed from Chivo app to crack down on arbitrage scalpers
Users of the Salvadoran government’s Chivo wallet will not be able to see frozen price quotes until the feature has been removed to deter arbitrage scalpers.
A third of Salvadorans ‘actively’ using Chivo wallet, President Bukele claims
On Sept. 6, El Salvador became the first country to adopt BTC as legal tender, attracting both praise and criticism from the global community.
Is Mexican Exchange Bitso Behind El Salvador’s Chivo Wallet?
The mystery of the Chivo wallet persists. And Bitso comes into the picture as part of a more credible report confirmed through official channels. It seems like NewsBTC was right to doubt Forbes’s article about BitGo being behind the Chivo wallet. Thi...