“We are talking about Bitcoin (BTC), which is an issue in which El Salvador is being a pioneer,” said Victoria Villarruel, vice president of Argentina and president of the nation’s Senate, today after receiving the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele.
The Salvadoran president visited Congress, on his second day of an official visit to Argentina, when Villarruel welcomed Bukele on the esplanade of the building. Shortly after, both held a private meeting, the content of which was limited to a short video that circulated on social networks.
«I really wanted to take advantage of these few minutes to talk to you about Bitcoin, because it is something that interests me a lotas well as the Volcano Bonds project,” the vice president is heard saying. in the video.
Furthermore, Villarruel expressed his interest by know details about the National Digital Assets Commission (CNAD) of El Salvador, an organization that is responsible for supervising and promoting the development of the cryptoasset ecosystem.
The vice president also expressed her enthusiasm on her social networks, evidencing her desire to learn more about the adoption of Bitcoin by El Salvador, which currently has more than 5,800 BTC in their national reserves.
Bukele detailed his bitcoin strategy and also spoke to Argentine lawmakers about security. Source:X/VickyVillarruel.
This is not the first time that Argentine officials have expressed interest in the adoption of bitcoin. In May representatives of the National Securities Commission of Argentina (CNV) and Salvadoran CNAD they held a meeting to exchange experiences regarding BTC regulation and adoption, as reported by CriptoNoticias.
“We want to strengthen ties with the Republic of El Salvador and therefore, we are going to explore the possibility of signing collaboration agreements with them,” said Roberto Silva, president and vice president of the Argentine CNV, at that time.
Two months before that meeting, there was a first approach in relation to bitcoin and its adoption. In March, Patricia Boedo, the vice president of the CNV, visited El Salvador to participate in technical meetings and learn about key elements of the regulation.
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