IMF Says 'Efforts Will Continue' to Ensure El Salvador Doesn't Accumulate More BTC

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated on Tuesday that "efforts will continue" to make sure that the total amount of bitcoin BTC held by El Salvador's government does not change.Back in March, El Salvador reached an agreement with the IMF to receive a $3.5 billion loan package. Some of the conditions of that deal concerned bitcoin: for example, the cryptocurrency officially lost its status as legal tender, meaning that merchants no longer need to accept the currency on a mandatory basis source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/05/27/imf-says-efforts-will-continue-to-ensure-el-salvador-doesn-t-accumulate-more-btc