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Bitcoin Trades Add to El Salvador’s Sovereign Risk, Moody’s Says

  • Moody’s sees increasing chance El Salvador will restructure
  • Nation has a $800 million bond maturing in January 2023
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin trades are adding risk to a sovereign credit outlook that was already weak and reflecting a growing chance of default, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

The government’s Bitcoin holdings “certainly add to the risk portfolio”, Moody’s analyst Jaime Reusche said Wednesday in a phone interview.