Bitcoin investment in El Salvador turns positive with unrealized gains of approximately 530 million yen

Bitcoin investment profits

El Salvador’s President Najib Bukele announced on the 4th that unrealized gains on the country’s cryptocurrency investment in Bitcoin (BTC) have turned positive.

El Salvador’s #Bitcoin investments are in the black!

After literally thousands of articles and hit pieces that ridiculed our supposed losses, all of which were calculated based on #Bitcoin‘s market price at the time…

With the current #Bitcoin market price, if we were to sell… pic.twitter.com/gvl2GfQMfb

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibukele) December 4, 2023

At the time of publication, the company claims to have made a profit of approximately 530 million yen ($3.62 million), with a profit margin of +2.84%. Although profits have turned positive, Bukele says he has no intention of selling.

As in the past, he explained that El Salvador’s objective is not to sell immediately once profits turn positive. He said his long-term investment strategy remains unchanged as he believes the Bitcoin price will continue to fluctuate.

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And while thousands of news reports have reported on the country’s unrealized losses, they stress that they are only based on the current price of Bitcoin.

Trends in El Salvador

El Salvador is said to have become the first government in the world to purchase Bitcoin in September 2021. After that, the Bitcoin price hit a new all-time high in November 2021, but the virtual currency entered a winter period due to the effects of the Tera scandal and the bankruptcy of FTX.

On the other hand, Bitcoin prices are currently on an upward trend due to the approval of spot ETFs (exchange traded funds) in the US, interest rate cuts, and expectations for next year’s halving.

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The country not only invests in Bitcoin, but also allows it to be used as legal tender alongside the US dollar under the Bitcoin Act. El Salvador, which has actively adopted Bitcoin, has been criticized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and others, but Mr. Bukele’s stance does not seem to have changed. In November 2022, right after the FTX bankruptcy, he declared that he would purchase 1 BTC every day.

The government held 2,381 BTC (current value = $99.81 million) at an average acquisition price of $44,300 (mainly purchases in 2021) as of November 2022, when FTX went bankrupt, but how has the portfolio changed since then? It seems uncertain whether it has changed.

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Earlier this month, it was announced that Bukele would step away from presidential duties for six months in preparation for the 2024 presidential election. The leave of absence does not sever Bukele’s ties to his presidency, but suspends him from exercising his powers and official functions.

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