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Honduran president could recognize Bitcoin as legal currency in the country

By Juan Martinez · March 22, 2022 · 1 min read

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Xiomara Castro, the president of Honduras, has reportedly defended El Salvador’s monetary policy and hinted that the country could follow in its neighbor’s footsteps and adopt Bitcoin.

Honduras could be the next country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. El Salvador’s neighbor in Central America could take inspiration from the first country to adopt the currency under the leadership of President Xiomara Castro.

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In recent weeks, sources have indicated that the Honduran president reportedly intends to introduce the cryptocurrency to “get closer to the First World.” Xiomara believes that “El Salvador should not be the only country to escape the hegemony of the dollar.”

In the meantime, Max Keiser, a famous blockchain technology enthusiast, published a curious post on March 18 in which he suggested that the expectations of bitcoin investors in Honduras could be fulfilled.

“The time has come,” Max Keiser wrote.

The first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in September 2021, El Salvador has gained global notoriety for mining cryptocurrencies with the energy of a volcano and investing billions in the sector.

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Jul 22, 2026 · 03:14

Bitcoin · benchmark

65,876
-0.95%

L 65,876day rangeH 66,685

-45.10% over 12 months

Market breadth · 17 names

12% advancing

2 ▲ advancing15 declining ▼

Currencies, rates & key inputs

Ethereum

1,917

-0.60%

Solana

77.24

-1.11%

Gold

4,136

+1.60%

USD / BRL

5.07

-0.31%

Full instrument board

Instrument	Last	Change	YoY	Prev.	High	Low	Volume
BTC	65,876	-0.95%	-45.10%	66,505	66,685	65,876	30,849,900,544
ETH	1,917	-0.60%	-48.88%	1,928	1,941	1,917	12,650,285,056
SOL	77.24	-1.11%	-62.45%	78.11	78.46	77.24	1,613,999,744
XRP	1.13	-0.90%	-68.12%	1.14	1.15	1.13	1,436,031,232
BNB	568.96	-0.81%	-27.62%	573.60	574.66	568.58	1,108,849,408
ADA	0.17	-1.30%	-81.04%	0.17	0.18	0.17	317,375,744
DOGE	0.07	-1.25%	-73.22%	0.07	0.07	0.07	568,848,960
AVAX	6.47	-1.39%	-74.99%	6.56	6.61	6.47	215,078,640
LINK	8.63	-0.21%	-56.12%	8.65	8.73	8.63	222,934,976
DOT	0.84	-0.57%	-81.51%	0.85	0.86	0.84	104,408,032
LTC	46.37	-0.95%	-61.27%	46.82	46.95	46.36	216,191,136
BCH	221.85	-0.83%	-57.82%	223.70	225.27	221.69	98,906,984
TRX	0.33	-0.22%	+4.12%	0.33	0.33	0.33	447,030,016
XLM	0.19	-1.51%	-59.97%	0.19	0.19	0.19	182,369,744
HBAR	0.07	+0.81%	-74.52%	0.07	0.07	0.07	67,979,528
NEAR	1.91	-1.50%	-37.07%	1.94	1.95	1.91	203,864,672
ATOM	1.47	-0.88%	-71.21%	1.48	1.49	1.47	21,345,192
AAVE	96.00	+0.45%	-69.10%	95.57	97.62	95.58	246,126,640

Largest moves today

XLM
0.19
-1.51%

NEAR
1.91
-1.50%

AVAX
6.47
-1.39%

ADA
0.17
-1.30%

DOGE
0.07
-1.25%

SOL
77.24
-1.11%

BTC
65,876
-0.95%

LTC
46.37
-0.95%

The session read

The Bitcoin eased 0.95%, with breadth negative — 2 of 17 names higher. HBAR led, while XLM lagged.

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