Salvadorean news outlet El Faro has reported that assets tied to two of its shareholders, including bank accounts and property, have been frozen. The outlet maintains that President Nayib Bukele ordered the action as retaliation for its investigations into corruption inside his administration. Notably, the alleged move would contain multiple layers of irony. Bukele has positioned himself as one of Bitcoin’s most vocal advocates, and freezing bank accounts would definitely go against the cypherpunk philosophy that underpins the financial technology. Additionally, had the journalistic organization relied on the cryptocurrency instead of conventional banking channels, such an asset freeze would have been far more difficult to execute. On Thursday, El Faro publicly detailed the freezes after discovering them through its bank and the property registry rather than any official notice from authorities.…