Blame the Bitcoin ( $77,223.00 ) Bond? El Salvador’s Dollar-Denominated Debt Slides

“ Bitcoin ( $77,223.00 ) ’s drop definitely adds some pressure, as does thin year-end markets (credit, equity and commodities),” Ostwald said. Steve Hanke, a professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, voiced similar opinion on Twitter, while drawing attention to widening El Salvador-U.S. yield spreads.