One sentence answers a question that's lingered for half a year over El Salvador's bitcoin policy: the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the country has not used public funds to add to its bitcoin holdings since June 2025.
The IMF noted that the increase in El Salvador's bitcoin holdings during this period came from private donations, not government spending. The statement directly addresses the long-standing tension between the Salvadoran government and the IMF — El Salvador was the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, and the IMF has repeatedly and publicly called on the country to scale back its public exposure to bitcoin-related risk.
The material doesn't specify the exact source, amount, or identity of the private donors, nor does it mention any response from the Salvadoran government to this claim.
