The President Who Pushed Bitcoin the Hardest Is Now the Most Popular Leader on Earth
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele sits atop a global leader approval chart with a 94% rating, far outpacing every other head of state on the list.
The ranking measures approval for 26 world leaders. Bukele’s dominance highlights a striking detail for the crypto industry. The president who went furthest on sovereign Bitcoin (BTC) adoption is also the most popular leader on Earth right now.
The Bitcoin President Still Stacks Daily
El Salvador became the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender in 2021. The government continues purchasing roughly one BTC per day, pushing its national reserve past 7,600 BTC.
El Salvador Bitcoin Holdings. Source: Bitcoin Office
Polls show, however, that security gains from Bukele’s gang crackdown drive his approval far more than the Bitcoin experiment itself.
Only 2.2% of Salvadorans cited BTC as his biggest failure in a recent CID Gallup survey.
Where Other Leaders Stand on Crypto
South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung (63%) has declared crypto a national priority, pledging spot Bitcoin ETFs and a won-pegged stablecoin by 2026.
Javier Milei (48%) championed Bitcoin deregulation in Argentina but saw his credibility damaged after promoting the LIBRA meme coin, which collapsed and cost investors hundreds of millions.
Donald Trump (38%) signed an executive order establishing a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve funded with seized coins, positioning the country as a future “Bitcoin superpower.”
Most remaining leaders on the list follow standard regulatory frameworks, with several EU heads of state backing stricter oversight through the MiCA regulation.
The chart suggests that bold pro-Bitcoin moves have not hurt leaders politically, even if domestic voters care more about security and the economy than digital assets.
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