{"id":77619,"date":"2026-09-02T13:28:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/el-salvadors-bitcoin-stash-grows-to-7762-btc-despite-imf-reservations\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:28:56","slug":"el-salvadors-bitcoin-stash-grows-to-7762-btc-despite-imf-reservations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/el-salvadors-bitcoin-stash-grows-to-7762-btc-despite-imf-reservations\/","title":{"rendered":"El Salvador&#8217;s Bitcoin Stash Grows to 7,762 BTC Despite IMF Reservations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">El Salvador\u2019s Bitcoin Office confirmed the national reserve reached 7,762 BTC this week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The stack is worth roughly $598 million at bitcoin\u2019s price near $77,000 per coin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">The IMF\u2019s $1.4 billion deal urges a halt to public purchases, but Bukele hasn\u2019t stopped.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Another Day, Another Bitcoin Added<\/h2>\n<p>El Salvador\u2019s national bitcoin reserve grew again this week, with the government confirming its <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoin.gob.sv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">holdings now stand at 7,762 BTC<\/a>. The purchase continues a policy of buying one bitcoin per day regardless of its price (ever since the country became the first nation to make bitcoin legal tender in 2021).<\/p>\n<p>Between January and April alone, the government added more than 1,600 coins to its reserve, a pace that has shown no sign of slowing five years into the experiment.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it bears mentioning that the accumulation has continued despite a $1.4 billion IMF financing agreement that <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/el-salvador-bitcoin-reserve-tops-7600-btc\/\">explicitly asked El Salvador to confine its public-sector bitcoin purchases<\/a> and make merchant acceptance voluntary. Bitcoin\u2019s formal legal-tender status was rescinded through a legislative amendment tied to that same IMF deal, but the reserve-buying policy was never part of the rollback.<\/p>\n<p>The government kept adding to its stack without interruption, with President Nayib Bukele being blunt about why and calling the reserve a long-term position.<\/p>\n<h2>A BTC Coffer Worth Nearly $600 Million<\/h2>\n<p>At bitcoin\u2019s price near $77,000, El Salvador\u2019s stack is worth in the neighborhood of $598 million, making the country one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/el-salvador-bitcoin-reserve-tops-7600-btc\/\">largest disclosed sovereign holders of bitcoin<\/a> in the world, trailing only a handful of nations with far larger economies. That figure moves daily along with the market, which is precisely the point Bukele has made repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>The government isn\u2019t trying to time a top or a bottom; it\u2019s dollar-cost averaging at a national scale and betting the coin count matters more than the current price tag. A year ago the same 7,762 BTC would have been worth considerably less on paper, and a year from now it could be worth considerably more or less again; the daily-buy policy is designed specifically so no single day\u2019s price swing changes the underlying strategy.<\/p>\n<h2>A Strategy Bigger Than the Reserve<\/h2>\n<p>The daily buys are just the most visible piece of a broader crypto conviction El Salvador has had, having become the first country to make bitcoin legal tender and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/el-salvadors-chivo-wallet-has-not-presented-any-financial-balances-since-its-creation\/\">built the Chivo wallet<\/a> to encourage everyday use. That legal-tender status is gone, and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/el-salvadors-chivo-wallet-has-not-presented-any-financial-balances-since-its-creation\/\">Chivo\u2019s mechanics have been rocky<\/a>, but the reserve-accumulation piece of the strategy survived the recent retreat entirely.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the critics still point to the IMF friction as evidence the strategy carries real diplomatic cost, while supporters argue that a small nation accumulating a scarce, appreciating asset one coin at a time is exactly the kind of patient bet that looks obvious only in hindsight. In any case, the reserve doesn\u2019t seem to be shrinking, and at the current pace, another purchase is just a day away.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/el-salvador-bitcoin-reserve-7762-btc\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways El Salvador\u2019s Bitcoin Office confirmed the national reserve reached 7,762 BTC this week. The stack is worth roughly $598 million at bitcoin\u2019s price near $77,000 per coin. The IMF\u2019s $1.4 billion deal urges a halt to public purchases, but Bukele hasn\u2019t stopped. 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