SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Two New Yorkers who created a popular financial news show on Russian state television and cashed in on the crypto boom have emerged as key advisers to the Salvadoran government on its adoption of Bitcoin. 

Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are also investing in BTC ventures in the Central American country and are founding backers of a cryptocurrency exchange that is helping manage El Salvador’s sovereign debt sale that is linked to Bitcoin. The so-called Volcano Token bond will be backed by proceeds from BTC mined using geothermal power from a volcano.
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