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It may sound like a classic drama between idealism and the demands of reality. On one side, there is the IMF with all its strict loan conditions, and on the other side, there is El Salvador, a small country that continues to uphold Bitcoin as part of its national economic strategy.

At the end of April 2025, El Salvador's Minister of Economy, Maria Luisa Hayem, delivered quite a surprising statement on stage at the Web Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Although her government had just signed a loan agreement worth US$1.4 billion with the IMF, they continued to purchase Bitcoin.

“There is a commitment from President Bukele to keep accumulating assets as a way to do so,” said Hayem, as reported by Bloomberg News.