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El Salvador executed its largest single-day Bitcoin (BTC) purchase since adopting the cryptocurrency in 2021, acquiring roughly 1,090 BTC worth approximately $100 million as prices slid below $90,000 on Nov. 18. President Nayib Bukele disclosed the transaction on X with a screenshot from the government’s Bitcoin dashboard showing total holdings had climbed to 7,474 BTC, […] The post El Salvador buys the dip defying IMF demands: Over $100M in BTC added as price wobbles appeared first on CryptoSlate.

El Salvador says it has bought 1,090 BTC worth over $100 million, raising questions about an IMF loan pledge to limit Bitcoin exposure and fiscal risks. El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, says it has bought more than $100 million in BTC despite pledging to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to limit public exposure to the asset as part of a loan agreement. According to data from El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office, the government acquired 1,090 Bitcoin (BTC) worth more than $100 million on Tuesday. The purchase comes after the IMF said in a July report that the Central American nation had not bought any new Bitcoin since the organization approved a $1.4 billion loan program at the end of 2024. According to El Salvador’s Bitcoin reserve data, the country’s Bitcoin holdings went from 5,968 BTC on Dec. 18, 2024 — when the government inked a deal with the IMF — to over 7,474 BTC following its latest purchase announcement. Read more

Steak ‘n Shake is expanding into El Salvador after becoming one of the most prominent US fast-food chains to adopt Bitcoin payments. The post Crypto-Friendly American Fast Food Chain Steak ‘n Shake Expands Into El Salvador appeared first on Cryptonews.

Steak 'n Shake, an American fast food restaurant company, first began accepting BTC in May and is now expanding its stores to El Salvador. Steak ‘n Shake, a fast food restaurant company in the United States that accepts Bitcoin (BTC), announced on Saturday that it is expanding into El Salvador. “We were honored to be in Bitcoin Country,” the company said in an X post following Steak ‘n Shake's participation in the country’s Bitcoin Histórico event on Wednesday and Thursday. Steak ‘n Shake started accepting BTC for payment at its stores in May, and the company’s chief operations officer, Dan Edwards, told Cointelegraph that the goal is to have BTC accepted at all of the company’s locations worldwide. Read more

The Bitcoin education initiative is closing its local operations and rebranding for a global mission, shifting from teaching students in El Salvador to training educators worldwide. Update (Nov. 7 at 09:07 pm UTC): This article has been updated to incorporate commentary from My First Bitcoin. My First Bitcoin, a Bitcoin education program founded in El Salvador, has ended its collaboration with the country’s Ministry of Education and will transition from running local classes to supporting global Bitcoin education initiatives.  The organization has educated more than 27,000 students in person about Bitcoin (BTC) — primarily in El Salvador — and now plans to support educators and community projects worldwide through open-source materials and training tools. Read more

The Bitcoin education initiative is closing its local operations and rebranding for a global mission, shifting from teaching students in El Salvador to training educators worldwide. Update (Nov. 7 at 09:07 pm UTC): This article has been updated to incorporate commentary from My First Bitcoin. My First Bitcoin, a Bitcoin education program founded in El Salvador, has ended its collaboration with the country’s Ministry of Education and will transition from running local classes to supporting global Bitcoin education initiatives.  The organization has educated more than 27,000 students in person about Bitcoin (BTC) — primarily in El Salvador — and now plans to support educators and community projects worldwide through open-source materials and training tools. Read more

To guard against a distant quantum risk, El Salvador moved 6,000 BTC into 14 wallets, a move hailed as prudent custody by some and theatrics by others. The government redistributed roughly 6,274 BTC (around $678 million at publication time) from one address into 14 fresh addresses, each capped at 500 BTC, as a precautionary security measure. Until late August 2025, El Salvador’s national Bitcoin reserve sat in a single address. That’s a straightforward setup but a risky one: If a vulnerability is ever discovered, the entire stash could be exposed. Read more

El Salvador was the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, but it has since scaled back its Bitcoin laws and public sector involvement. El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office is celebrating “Bitcoin Day,” the anniversary of the Bitcoin (BTC) legal tender law taking effect in September 2021. The Bitcoin Office highlighted the country’s Bitcoin strategic reserve, which now holds 6,313 BTC, valued at over $702 million, and the new banking law, which allows BTC investment banks to serve sophisticated investors, in a Sunday X post. The government BTC agency also said 80,000 public servants have received a Bitcoin certification as of 2025, and added that El Salvador now hosts several public Bitcoin and artificial intelligence education programs. Read more

El Salvador has transferred its 6,274 Bitcoin into 14 new wallet addresses as part of a security measure to protect against the threat of quantum attacks. El Salvador has redistributed its Bitcoin reserve holdings into 14 new wallet addresses as a precaution against potential quantum computing threats. “By splitting funds into smaller amounts, the impact of a potential quantum attack is minimized,” El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office said in an X post Friday, adding that each Bitcoin (BTC) address holds up to 500 BTC. The Bitcoin Office explained that once funds are spent from a Bitcoin address, its public keys are revealed and vulnerable — making it a target for quantum computers to crack — should the technology evolve into a significant threat in the future. Read more

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele drew attention to lively betting activity on El Salvador’s Bitcoin holdings hitting $1 billion by late 2025. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele called attention to prediction markets amid increasing bets that the country’s Bitcoin holdings will hit $1 billion by year-end. Bukele took to X on Wednesday to tweet about Kalshi’s prediction market, which shows increasing betting activity on El Salvador’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings hitting $1 billion by late 2025. “I could do the funniest thing right now,” Bukele said, as the odds of El Salvador hitting a $1 billion Bitcoin milestone before November jumped from 20% to 38% on Kalshi. Read more

Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) and El Salvador showcased huge paper gains from their Bitcoin holdings after the flagship crypto surged to a new all-time high above $124,000. Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings reach ATH On Aug. 13, Strategy Chairman Michael Saylor announced that the company’s Bitcoin portfolio had reached a record high of $77.2 billion. This nearly doubles […] The post Strategy and El Salvador saw massive gains as Bitcoin hit new peak appeared first on CryptoSlate.

El Salvador’s new investment banking law could boost Bitcoin demand from institutions. BTC eyes $130K after bullish flag breakout and trendline support. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: El Salvador’s New Law Fuels Institutional Demand – What’s the BTC Outlook? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The new law will allow investment banks, which can underwrite companies, issue securities, and are institutionally focused, to hold BTC. Regulated Bitcoin (BTC) investment banks are coming to El Salvador, following Thursday’s approval of El Salvador’s Investment Banking Law, which classifies investment banks under different regulations than commercial banks. Investment banks will now be allowed to hold BTC and other digital assets on their balance sheets and offer crypto services to “sophisticated” investors, the equivalent of accredited investors in the United States, Juan Carlos Reyes, president of El Salvador’s Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD), the government’s crypto regulatory agency, told Cointelegraph. He added: The law encourages foreign investment in El Salvador and positions it as an emerging hub for finance, proponents of the newly adopted law say.  Read more

El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment appears to be faltering under the weight of an IMF loan agreement and declining public engagement. The post El Salvador’s Bitcoin Strategy Faces IMF Hurdles and Limited Public Reach, Says NGO appeared first on Cryptonews.

Changes to El Salvador's Bitcoin laws under the IMF agreement put the benefits of BTC even further out of reach for the average resident. El Salvador’s Bitcoin (BTC) reserve has had limited impact on the broader population, and the country’s loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may further complicate its Bitcoin strategy, according to Quentin Ehrenmann, general manager at My First Bitcoin, a non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on Bitcoin adoption. Ehrenmann told Reuters that repealing the Bitcoin legal tender laws under the IMF agreement has created a vacuum in public BTC education or state-led adoption initiatives. In a translated statement, he told the news outlet: The Central American country also agreed not to purchase any new BTC under the agreement, a detail that was confirmed in a recent IMF report, which contradicted claims by El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office that the country is accumulating BTC daily. Read more

The IMF report directly contradicts regular posts from El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office that the country is purchasing one BTC per day. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report on Tuesday about its ongoing loan agreement with El Salvador, claiming that the Central American country has not bought any new Bitcoin (BTC) since signing the agreement in December 2024. El Salvador’s Chivo Bitcoin wallet “does not adjust its Bitcoin reserves to reflect changes in clients’ Bitcoin deposits,” the report read. Chivo doesn’t sell its BTC, leading to “minor” discrepancies that made it appear as if El Salvador’s public sector was accumulating BTC.  A letter of intent signed by El Salvador’s central bank president, Douglas Pablo Rodríguez Fuentes, and minister of finance, Jerson Rogelio Posada Molina, contained within the IMF report, confirmed the details: Read more

A July 15 report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggests that El Salvador’s growing Bitcoin holdings are not the result of recent purchases, but rather a reorganization of existing assets. According to a footnote in the document: “Increases in [El Salvador’s] Bitcoin holdings in the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Fund reflect the consolidation of Bitcoin […] The post IMF claims El Salvador is NOT buying Bitcoin but simply moving coins between wallets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Pakistan and El Salvador have formalized diplomatic relations for the first time, anchoring the partnership on crypto collaboration and digital asset development, according to a July 16 announcement. The presser followed a meeting in San Salvador between Bilal Bin Saqib, special assistant to Pakistan’s prime minister on crypto and blockchain, and El Salvador’s President Nayib […] The post El Salvador, Pakistan inaugurate diplomatic relations to collaborate on digital assets appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Sovereign Bitcoin reserves may become a long-term strategy for nations as El Salvador’s gains show multi-year value, Decrypt was told.

A group of US Democratic senators has introduced a new bill to sanction El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and members of his administration. The legislation, titled the El Salvador Accountability Act (S.2058), was put forward by Senators Chris Van Hollen, Tim Kaine, and Alex Padilla. If passed, the bill would require President Donald Trump to […] The post US senators seek sanctions on El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele over Bitcoin misuse and human rights violations appeared first on CryptoSlate.