Bitcoin-friendly El Salvador can become the 'Singapore of the Americas': VanEck advisor
VanEck strategy advisor Gabor Gurbacs expects a wave of new investment capital and immigration will push El Salvador’s economic growth in the coming years. El Salvador can follow Singapore’s lead and become a financial center in the Americas, according to Gabor Gurbacs, strategy advisor of investment management firm VanEck. “I say often to portfolio managers and asset allocators that El Salvador has the potential to become the Singapore of the Americas,” Gurbacs explained in an Oct. 28 X post. Similar to what Singapore achieved in the late 1900s, Gurbacs expects new capital investment and immigration will be the main drivers behind El Salvador’s increased economic growth over the next few years. His comments follow an Oct. 28 post by United States broadcaster and Bitcoiner Max Keiser, which was captioned “Move to #ElSalvador, The New Land of the Free.” Keiser, who now lives in El Salvador, listed Bitcoin (BTC) and the U.S. dollar's legal tender status, a clean up in El Salvador...