{"id":151619,"date":"2025-02-23T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=151619"},"modified":"2025-02-23T13:31:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T11:31:07","slug":"el-salvador-pauses-daily-bitcoin-purchases-amid-imf-loan-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/el-salvador-pauses-daily-bitcoin-purchases-amid-imf-loan-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador Pauses Daily Bitcoin Purchases Amid IMF Loan Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/intel.arkm.com\/explorer\/entity\/el-salvador\">pause<\/a> <\/strong>follows the nation&#8217;s recent agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1.4 billion loan.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, El Salvador holds over 6,000 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/cryptocurrency\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a><\/strong>, worth roughly $586 million at the current market rate. President Nayib Bukele initiated a daily <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/cryptocurrency\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> <\/strong>purchasing plan in November 2022, acquiring one Bitcoin per day. In March 2024, Bukele transferred around 5,600 BTC, valued over $400 million at the time, into a cold storage wallet, calling it the country\u2019s \u201cfirst Bitcoin piggy bank.\u201d This was the first time the country publicly shared its Bitcoin wallet address.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF deal, spanning 40 months under the Extended Fund Facility, came after extensive negotiations and mandates that El Salvador adjust its Bitcoin policies. This arrangement aims to unlock additional financial support, possibly surpassing $3.5 billion during the program period.<\/p>\n<style>\n    .dark-mode .read-more {background-color: #343a40 !important;}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"read-more pb-3 pt-3 pt-md-2 px-3 my-4 border bg-light\">\n    <h5 class=\"text-uppercase border-bottom mb-3 pb-1 d-none d-md-block\">READ MORE:<\/h5>\n    <a class=\"article row\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/ethereum-poised-for-major-breakout-analyst-predicts-10000-target\/\" title=\"Ethereum Poised for Major Breakout, Analyst Predicts $10,000 Target\">\n        <div class=\"contentRight col-4\">\n            <span class=\"imgContainer mt-0\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image img-defer\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/ethereum2312313-240x170.jpeg\">\n            <\/span>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"contentLeft col-8\">\n            <h4 class=\"title mb-0\">Ethereum Poised for Major Breakout, Analyst Predicts $10,000 Target<\/h4>           \n            \n        <\/div>        \n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>As part of the agreement, El Salvador has agreed to scale back its Bitcoin-related activities, including making Bitcoin adoption voluntary for private sector businesses. To comply, the country\u2019s legislature passed changes to its Bitcoin law in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>El Salvador has also made notable larger Bitcoin purchases, moving away from its usual daily acquisition routine. For instance, after securing the IMF financing, the country bought $1 million worth of Bitcoin in December 2024 and added 11 BTC, valued at over $1 million, in early February 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Salvador\u2019s regular Bitcoin buying activity seems to have stalled, with the latest recorded purchase from the country&#8217;s wallet on February 17, according to Arkham Intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>El Salvador Pauses Daily Bitcoin Purchases Amid IMF Loan 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