中美洲国家萨尔瓦多自 9 月以来一直在购买比特币。然而，最近几周，该国对加密货币的大赌注已经崩溃，因为加密货币洗掉了政府资产价值的大约三分之一。
萨尔瓦多是第一个采用比特币作为法定货币的国家。他们还计划利用火山的能量创建一个加密货币挖矿中心，并发行第一个与比特币挂钩的主权债券。
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除了偿债义务显着增加和全球借贷成本上升外，萨尔瓦多还面临货币贬值影响的巨大挑战。然而，加密货币崩溃已经关闭了特定的潜在危机逃生路线，比如现在推迟发行的比特币债券。
中美洲财政研究所 (ICEFI) 智库萨尔瓦多和洪都拉斯的高级经济学家兼国家协调员里卡多·卡斯塔内达 (Ricardo Castaneda) 说；
政府的财政问题不是因为比特币，而是因为比特币而变得更糟，”对于政府来说，比特币不再是解决方案，而是成为问题的一部分。
自去年 9 月萨尔瓦多正式采用比特币作为法定货币以来，比特币价格已下跌 45%。从 5 月的高点开始，由于投资者将资金转移到其他资产，BTC 的价值缩水了 26%。
根据 CoinMarketCap 的数据，加密货币的整个市值刚刚跌至 1.2 万亿美元，不到 11 月峰值的一半。
根据政治家 ，去年 12 月萨尔瓦多的债务增加到 244 亿美元，而 2019 年 12 月的总债务为 198 亿美元。这一显着增加是由于 Bukele 管理层为应对 COVID-19 大流行和过去几年付出的巨额开支'经济损失。
国际货币基金组织（IMF）认为，严重依赖海外侨汇和外国投资的萨尔瓦多经济的经常账户赤字到 2025 年每年将达到 20 亿美元左右。
萨尔瓦多对比特币的合法接受拉开了与国际货币基金组织等全球贷方的距离，财政部长亚历杭德罗·塞拉亚 (Alejandro Zelaya)期待去年 36 个月的 13 亿美元贷款。
国际货币基金组织建议萨尔瓦多完全耗尽比特币。根据国际货币基金组织行政部门的声明，任何信贷批准协议都必须强调风险，例如“与采用比特币作为法定货币相关的风险以及与经济治理相关的风险”。
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Amherst Pierpont 拉丁美洲固定收益策略主管 Siobhan Morden 评论道，
如果没有比特币增长红利或创新比特币融资的潜力，那么 Bukele 政府将不得不优先考虑支出优先事项并确定融资方案
据估计，比特币损失近 3600 万美元；政府购买了价值 1.042 亿美元的 2,301 枚硬币，由于硬币市场价格下跌，现在贬值至 6,790 万美元。
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