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Podcast: Latin Wealth
Episode: Why did El Salvador buy $50 million worth of GOLD?
Description: El Salvador just made its first gold purchase in more than 35 years—and it’s not a small one. In this Wealth Wednesday episode of the Latin Wealth Podcast, we break down why the central bank added ~14,000 troy ounces of gold, taking total reserves to ~58,000 ounces (about $207M), and what that signals alongside the country’s ongoing Bitcoin strategy. We compare gold’s role as a reserve diversifier to BTC’s volatility and upside, and look at how other nations (China, Turkey, India) have been accumulating gold as part of their foreign-reserve mix.In the second...