Pakistan and El Salvador Forge Historic Bitcoin-Powered Alliance in 2025

Two nations bet big on crypto as traditional finance squirms.

In a move that sent shockwaves through both diplomatic and financial circles, Pakistan and El Salvador announced a strategic partnership built around Bitcoin adoption. The deal—inked on July 18, 2025—marks the first formal economic alliance between nations using cryptocurrency as a cornerstone.

Why this matters

El Salvador’s 2021 Bitcoin legal tender experiment proved divisive but durable. Now Pakistan—long crypto-curious but regulation-wary—gets skin in the game. Observers note the timing: just as G7 finance ministers debate ‘stablecoin frameworks.’

The fine print

Details remain scarce, but sources confirm cross-border Bitcoin payments and mining infrastructure co-development are priorities. No word yet on whether either nation bought the dip.

Wall Street’s worst nightmare?

Two developing economies sidestepping SWIFT and dollar hegemony? Goldman Sachs analysts called it ‘an interesting experiment’—which is banker-speak for ‘we’re updating our doom-spreadsheets.’