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Today in crypto, data from the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador has revealed that just 11% of registered Bitcoin service providers in the country are operational, Emblem Vault CEO Jake Gallen said he lost thousands worth of digital assets after a suspicious Zoom meeting, and Anchorage Digital Bank is reportedly under investigation by the US Department of Homeland Security.
Only 20 of the 181 Bitcoin service providers registered with El Salvador’s central bank are operational, with the rest failing to meet the country’s requirements under its Bitcoin Law.
Local media outlet El Mundo cited data from the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador, showing that 11% of the service providers are operational. According to the central bank’s database, the rest of the providers are classified as non-operational.
