Bitcoin-Friendly El Salvador Poised to Become Financial Center of the Americas, Says VanEck Strategy Adviser

cryptonews.com:

Incoming investment capital and immigration will lead to a major economic shift that will turn El Salvador into a financial center, argued Gabor Gurbacs, strategy adviser of investment management giant VanEck.

Gurbacs tweeted that,

“I say often to portfolio managers and asset allocators that El Salvador has the potential to become the Singapore of the Americas. I expect continued increase in immigration to, capital investment in and overall growth in El Salvador.”

In the 1990s, Singapore recovered strongly from the 1985-86 recession, in part thanks to the foreign direct investment (FDI)-led economic expansion in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

And over the past years, it emerged as a major crypto/blockchain/Web3 hub.

Singapore has also been named the preferred destination for crypto millionaires seeking secure and tax-friendly havens to protect their digital assets.

Even though Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao opined that the country’s approach to digital assets has become more “conservative,” particularly after the collapse of the FTX exchange, companies continue expanding and seeking business there. For example, in early October, Coinbase secured a full major payment institution license under Singapore’s Payment Services Act.

Gurbacs’s tweet was a reply to a comment posted by Bitcoiner Max Keiser, calling for people to move to El Salvador.

“Move to #ElSalvador, The New Land of the Free”

– No fentanyl crisis
– No shootings
– No lootings
– Lowest crime rate in Americas
– USD & BTC legal tender
– Great coffee
– Great weather
– Great beaches
– 3 pupusas for $1
– Max & Stacy live here
– GDP is https://t.co/12a0iNMuEu pic.twitter.com/etubco0nrT

— Max Keiser (@maxkeiser) October 28, 2023

Keiser called the Central American