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Officials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s (SEC) crypto task 
force met with the El Salvador National Commission on Digital Assets (CNAD) to 
discuss regulation and a proposed cross-border sandbox.
In an April 22 memo, the SEC&#8217;s crypto task force reported meeting with 
officials from El Salvador, Perkin Law Firm, and former Goldman Sachs partner 
Heather Shemilt as part of the commission&#8217;s outreach to the industry. The 
representatives discussed US-El Salvador cross-border collaboration on crypto 
regulation at a time when the relationship between the two countries was in 
the national spotlight over immigration and US deportations to an El Salvador 
prison.
According to the meeting notes, El Salvador&#8217;s national commission agreed to 
collaborate with the SEC to establish a sandbox pilot program, capped at 
$10,000 for each scenario. The program proposed allowing brokers licensed in 
the US to obtain a digital asset license in El Salvador and issue &#8220;non- 
securities&#8221; tokens in collaboration with a local company.
Many in the crypto industry see Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as behind 
the country&#8217;s efforts to adopt cryptocurrency since he announced legislation 
to recognize Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender in 2021. Bukele met with US 
President Donald Trump on April 14, discussing details of a $6 million deal in 
which the Trump administration has been sending immigrants, whose legal status 
to be in the US is unclear, to prisons in El Salvador. Some of these 
deportations violated orders from federal judges.
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It&#8217;s unclear if the Trump administration may intend to deepen ties to El 
Salvador through additional regulatory partnerships or stepping up 
deportations in its existing deal. Cointelegraph reached out to SEC 
Commissioner Hester Peirce, who heads the crypto task force, for comment, but 
did not receive a response at the time of publication.
The meeting report came roughly a day after the SEC announced that Paul Atkins 
had been sworn in as the commission&#8217;s new chair, following Gary Gensler and 
acting chair Mark Uyeda. During his swearing-in ceremony, Atkins said his top 
priority would be to &#8220;provide a firm regulatory foundation for digital 
assets.&#8221;
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President Donald Trump will gather the top 220 holders of his TRUMP meme coin 
for an exclusive gala at his private Washington, D.C., golf club on May 22. 
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Luxury hospitality platform Dorsia is rolling out crypto payments for clients 
in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and six Arab nations.
The payments feature is being enabled through a partnership with MoonPay, the 
companies told Cointelegraph. With the integration, users will be able to book 
luxury travel experiences and complete transactions directly in USDC (USDC) 
and Solana-based tokens through the Dorsia app.
&#8220;[…] integrating crypto payments is a natural next step in aligning with the 
evolving preferences of our members,&#8221; Marc Lotenberg, founder and CEO of 
Dorsia, said in an interview.
Dorsia is the latest luxury firm to turn to crypto services for high-net-worth 
individuals. The industry has been highly active in the Web3 space over the 
past few years, exploring crypto on-ramps and customer engagement features, 
such as non-fungible tokens and metaverses.
Luxury carmakers Lamborghini and Ferrari, and watchmakers like Patek Philippe, 
are a few companies accepting payments in cryptocurrencies.
Dorsia is a luxury hospitality app that connects its members with high-end 
hotels. Instead of traditional booking models, Dorsia uses dynamic pricing and 
a membership-based system for reservations at luxury hotels. According to 
Grand View Research, the luxury travel market is expected to reach $2.3 
trillion by 2030.
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The company has raised a total of $50.4 million in funding across Seed and 
Series A rounds. Major backers include Index Ventures, RedSea, and individuals 
from Meta, Uber, Atomic, Groot Hospitality, and the Rockwell Group.
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## MoonPay expands in 2024
Dorsia isn&#8217;t the first luxury brand to partner with MoonPay. According to the 
company&#8217;s CEO, Ivan Soto-Wright, it also offers a crypto on-ramp for clients 
like fashion house Gucci, carmaker Bugatti, and auction house Christie&#8217;s.
MoonPay&#8217;s net revenue increased 112% in 2024, while transaction volume in Q1 
2025 soared 123%, according to the company.
In January, MoonPay acquired the Solana-based payment processor Helio in a 
$175 million deal. The acquisition enabled a broader range of partnerships for 
payments, including with Dorsia, the company revealed. MoonPay has also 
recently acquired Iron to facilitate payments in stablecoins for merchants.
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with several high time frame metrics suggests this may be the setup for a 
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rebounds and as the supply on exchanges falls. Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) crossed the 
important resistance level at $1 for the first time since January. It has 
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