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23.12.2021 6 MARKETS Symbol Volume Value Trades High Low Open Closing Change Code Traded Traded Trades Price Price Price Price EQUITIES BMIT 9,000 4,374.00 2 0.486 0.486 0.486 0.486 0.000 BOV 25,484 22,111.40 4 0.870 0.850 0.850 0.870 -0.010 GO 1,000 3,269.10 2 3.280 3.260 3.280 3.260 -0.120 LOM 5,460 10,051.00 4 1.850 1.840 1.850 1.840 0.010 MIA 330 1,848.00 3 5.600 5.600 5.600 5.600 0.000 MPC 1,000 530.00 1 0.530 0.530 0.530 0.530 0.000 PG 33,450 80,280.00 3 2.400 2.400 2.400 2.400 -0.020 SFC 520 4,316.00 1 8.300 8.300 8.300 8.300 -0.200 GOVERNMENT STOCKS G28B 65,000 83,661.50 1 128.710 128.710 128.710 128.710 -0.150 G30A 40,000 56,044.00 1 140.110 140.110 140.110 140.110 -0.460 G31A 100,000 143,380.00 2 143.380 143.380 143.380 143.380 -0.870 G32A 2,000 2,807.80 1 140.390 140.390 140.390 140.390 -1.010 G34A 15,000 20,787.00 2 138.580 138.580 138.580 138.580 -0.880 G36A 98,300 119,142.30 2 121.290 121.200 121.200 121.290 0.000 G39A 5,000 5,704.00 1 114.080 114.080 114.080 114.080 -0.840 CORPORATE BONDS 6PM25 61,100 62,368.10 7 102.500 101.100 102.000 102.500 0.000 AX26A 53,800 53,906.70 5 100.290 100.000 100.000 100.290 0.290 AX29A 2,500 2,562.50 1 102.500 102.500 102.500 102.500 2.500 BR31A 20,000 20,700.00 1 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 1.500 BV31A 50,000 51,750.00 2 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 1.500 DF26A 9,000 8,999.50 2 100.000 99.990 99.990 100.000 0.000 GH27A 20,000 20,800.00 1 104.000 104.000 104.000 104.000 0.500 HD26A 4,000 4,040.00 1 101.000 101.000 101.000 101.000 0.000 HF29A 40,600 40,771.00 4 100.900 100.000 100.000 100.900 0.910 HP25A 11,100 11,382.50 3 102.550 102.500 102.550 102.500 0.000 IB25A 30,800 31,724.00 3 103.000 103.000 103.000 103.000 0.000 IH24A 7,000 7,119.50 3 102.800 101.100 102.800 101.100 -2.390 IH26B 2,000 2,000.00 1 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.000 IH31A 6,600 6,631.02 1 100.470 100.470 100.470 100.470 -0.020 MB27A 25,000 25,747.50 1 102.990 102.990 102.990 102.990 1.990 MB29A 69,000 71,070.00 1 103.000 103.000 103.000 103.000 1.000 MM26A 30,000 30,885.00 1 102.950 102.950 102.950 102.950 0.950 MO31A 49,000 50,257.50 7 103.000 102.400 102.400 103.000 0.600 PC26A 46,000 47,058.00 8 102.300 102.300 102.300 102.300 0.000 SD27A 3,500 3,529.40 1 100.840 100.840 100.840 100.840 -0.020 SH32A 5,000 4,975.00 1 99.500 99.500 99.500 99.500 -0.500 ST27A 19,000 19,570.00 1 103.000 103.000 103.000 103.000 2.400 TI27A 4,000 4,020.00 1 100.500 100.500 100.500 100.500 0.000 VH24A 10,000 10,093.00 1 100.930 100.930 100.930 100.930 0.930 Malta Stock Exchange Reguated Main Market Trading Date: 22 December 2021 El Salvador Expands Bitcoin Portfolio, Buys 21 BTC NAYIB Bukele, the President of El Salvador, announced yesterday that the country has added 21 Bit- coin to its crypto portfolio. After recognizing Bitcoin as legal ten- der in the country, El Salvador has expanded its BTC portfolio signif- icantly. e latest move from El Salvador came after the crypto asset dropped nearly 30% from its all-time high of $69,000. Even in the past, the Cen- tral American country consistently purchased the BTC dip. Bukele expressed immense sup- port for Bitcoin and other innova- tive digital technologies in the last few months. "And, we are buying 21 Bitcoin for the occasion," Bukele mentioned in a Tweet on Tuesday. Last month, the President of the Central Amer- ican country announced that El Salvador is planning to build the world's first Bitcoin City backed by the BTC bonds. El Salvador's BTC journey wit- nessed strong resistance and criti- cism from leading financial organ- izations around the world. e IMF and the World Bank criticized the country's decision to accept BTC as legal tender in the region. During a recent event, Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank of England, expressed his concerns about El Salvador's Bitcoin strategy. Bitcoin Network BTC network has shown a mixed picture in the last 4 weeks. While the mining sector has seen a de- cent jump in profits, the overall address activity decreased. De- spite BTC's underwhelming per- formance in December, long-term holders increased the accumula- tion of the most valuable digital asset. "Bitcoin supply is moving from a Liquid to an Illiquid state at a rate of 100k BTC per month. Illiquid coins are those sent to an address with little history of spending, generally associated with inves- tor accumulation and bull market buyers," Glassnode noted. "New investors are the first group tested by price weakness. In the days following the Novem- ber all-time high and beyond the liquidation flush of December 4, loss realization on-chain of $50- $100M per day was common. For loss realization to occur after an all-time high, those spenders must be top buyers," the company added in its report. • BTC saw a marginal recovery on Wednesday • e crypto market cap regained its position to the $2.3 trillion level El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele

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