UThomas Daniels
I-El Salvador ixelwe ukuba imisiwe ukuthengwa kweBitcoin (BTC) ukususela ekungeneni kwisivumelwano semali-mboleko ye-1.4 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kunye ne-International Monetary Fund (IMF) ngoDisemba 2024, ngokuchasene ngqo namabango enziwe yi-Ofisi yeBitcoin yelizwe, ngokutsho kwengxelo ye-IMF yakutshanje.
I-IMF ibhengeze ngoLwesibini ukuba urhulumente waseSalvador akayonyusanga i-Bitcoin reserves emva kokutyikitywa kwesivumelwano semali-mboleko. Ingxelo ngokukodwa yaphawula ukungangqinelani okuvela kwi-wallet ye-Chivo Bitcoin, echaza i-wallet "ayilungelelanisi oovimba bayo be-Bitcoin ukuze ibonise utshintsho kwiidiphozithi zabathengi," ebangela ukungachaneki okuncinci okucebisa ukuthengwa kwe-BTC okuqhubekayo licandelo likarhulumente.
UDouglas Pablo Rodríguez Fuentes, umongameli weBhanki ePhakathi yase-El Salvador, kunye noMphathiswa wezeMali uJerson Rogelio Posada Molina, bakuqinisekisile oku kwileta yenjongo eya kwi-IMF, echaza ngokucacileyo: "Ngokuhambelana nezibophelelo phantsi kwenkqubo, isitokhwe seBitcoins esigcinwe licandelo likarhulumente sihlala singatshintshi." Le leta yaphinda yachaza izicwangciso zokunciphisa umngcipheko wemali ngokunciphisa ukubandakanyeka kukarhulumente kwiChivo kunye nokuhlengahlengisa inyathelo leBitcoin.
Phantsi kwemiqathango yemali-mboleko ye-IMF, egqitywe ekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, i-El Salvador yavuma ukunqanda ngokubonakalayo ukubandakanyeka kukarhulumente kwiBitcoin, kuquka nokunqumamisa ukufunyanwa kwerhafu kubahlawuli berhafu. Oku kuzibophelela komelezwa ngakumbi ngoJanuwari 2025, njengoko indlu yowiso-mthetho yaseSalvador yayilungisa umthetho weBitcoin, wenza ukwamkelwa kwe-BTC ngokuzithandela kunokuba kunyanzeliswe, ihambelane neemeko ze-IMF.
Ngaphandle kolu phuhliso, uMongameli waseSalvador uNayib Bukele ngaphambili wazichitha izicelo ze-IMF ngoMatshi, eqinisekisa esidlangalaleni ukuba ukuqokelela kweBitcoin kuya kuqhubeka ngokungenasiphelo. Isikhundla sikaBukele, esichazwe kwimithombo yeendaba zentlalo, satsho ngokungathandabuzekiyo: "Hayi, ayiyeki. Ukuba ayizange iphele xa ihlabathi lisishiya kwaye uninzi 'lwe-bitcoiners' lusishiyile, aluyi kuyeka ngoku, kwaye aluyi kuyeka kwixesha elizayo."
Izityhilelo zamva nje ze-IMF zenza intandabuzo malunga nesikhundla se-El Salvador njengesizwe esingoovulindlela esithethelela iBitcoin njenge-asethi yobuchule yogcino, nto leyo ebangela inkxalabo phakathi koluntu lwe-cryptocurrency malunga nokungafihli kunye nokuthembeka kwingxelo esemthethweni.
I-Cointelegraph ifune izimvo kwi-Ofisi ye-Bitcoin ye-El Salvador kunye neKhomishini kaZwelonke ye-Digital Assets kodwa ayizange ifumane mpendulo ngokupapashwa.
