El Salvador gets its bitcoin from Bitfinex, raising control concerns
Who controls El Salvadors 6,114 bitcoin?
Bukeles administration hosts an official website claiming that the government owns 6,114.18 bitcoin. That figure matches third-party estimates at Nayib Tracker.
These disclosure portals are limited in what they reveal, showing the balance in a specific address. Whether the coins are in the wallets is far less interesting than where they come from, whether they are encumbered, and who possesses their private keys.
Digging into the history of the coins that landed in that wallet, researchers claim that 80% of these bitcoin originated from Bitfinex-controlled wallets and that the remaining 20% were transferred through Chivo Wallet yet ultimately derived from Bitfinex-controlled wallets. There was additionally a de minimis amount that seemed to come from Binance.
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A total of 6,114 Bitcoins have been traced to El Salvador, and most of the Bitcoins came from Bitfinex, El Salvador's Bitcoin regulator, said. However, there are other places where the Bitcoins came from, including Binance and Chivo Wallet.
Upon further investigation, this further confirms the Bitcoin initiative, which will help Nayib Bukele stockpile more Bitcoins in the future.