The government-backed BTC (Bitcoin) wallet of El Salvador has gained a victory so far as the adoption is concerned, as per an executive from the crypto exchange at the back of the wallet. On 7th September 2021, the launch of the Chivo wallet took place in collaboration with Bitcoin (BTC) which was given the status of legal tender in the country.

The formal venue permits the consumers to purchase and trade BTC, providing exchange and custody services related to crypto offered on the behalf of Bitso (a crypto trading venue in Mexico). Bitso chiefly offers back-end technology permitting the El Salvadoran government to buy BTC and guarantee that Bitcoin is transformable to the United States dollar, as stated on Friday by Felipe Vallejo (the chief officer of regulatory and corporate affairs at Bitso).

After that, in September, when Bitso started operating in partnership with the government, it carried on to provide Chivo wallet with liquidity, as mentioned by Vallejo. In addition to this, he revealed that Bitso initiated working in the country via Chivo and it is presently available across the country just through that venue. Nonetheless, the exchange is working actively in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.

Vallejo disclosed that Chivo has obtained an enormous success within the seven months following its slightly troublesome launch when the technical problems were experienced by the wallet and it went offline even. He is of the view that through the respective cooperation, they have been capable of witnessing that a large number of people have started utilizing the application to avail the opportunity of convenient and secure transfers.

He pointed toward research conducted on the behalf of the National Bureau of Economic Research, in which it was highlighted that 40% of the people, by whom the Chivo wallet was downloaded, carried on utilizing it following they acquired incentives from the authorities. In his words, they are confident that this is a solid indication of adoption.

He moved on to say that with a substantial escalation in crypto-related education as well as the regular utilities thereof throughout the area, a lot of consumers will keep on utilizing the application along with having a thorough comprehension of the respective technology as well as the opportunities generated by it. As he puts it, 20% of the entirety of the citizens within El Salvador remain the customers of Chivo wallet even after the expenditure of the free $30 that was given to them as a bonus.