✳️✴️🚨El Salvador Lied About Buying Bitcoin in 2025, IMF Report Reveals
IMF confirms no new public-sector Bitcoin purchases by El Salvador despite government claims of daily accumulation
El Salvador’s government claimed throughout 2025 that it was buying one Bitcoin per day. However, a newly published IMF report directly contradicts those assertions.
The July 15 report, part of the IMF’s Article IV consultation and first program review, makes clear that El Salvador has not bought any new Bitcoin since the $1.4 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) was approved in December 2024.
“The overall stock of Bitcoin held by the public sector has remained unchanged since program approval,” the IMF stated.
Throughout the year, President Nayib Bukele and El Salvador’s National Bitcoin Office continued to post on social media that the country was accumulating Bitcoin—one per day.
Public-facing wallets showed an increase in holdings, and government tweets reinforced the idea of ongoing purchases.
On March 4, Bukele posted that the daily Bitcoin buying program was still active and would continue.
Around the same time, the Bitcoin Office claimed holdings exceeded 6,102 BTC. The media cited these numbers, which were widely repeated in crypto circles.
However, the IMF debunked this story in its official program review.