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IMF Praises El Salvador — But Still Tries To Scale Back Its Bitcoin Project

Mathew Di Salvo - October 2, 2026

The International Monetary Fund approved a $139 million disbursement to El Salvador but still wants it to scale back its Bitcoin project.

NEWS

El Salvador Isn’t Buying Bitcoin With Public Money, Says IMF

Mathew Di Salvo - September 4, 2026

El Salvador apparently received bitcoin from private donors rather than using government funds, according to the International Monetary Fund.

EL SALVADOR

El Salvador Drops $100 Million on Bitcoin as Market Crashes

Micah Zimmerman - November 18, 2025

El Salvador just spent $100 million on over 1000 bitcoin as the country presses ahead with its aggressive Bitcoin accumulation strategy.

TAKES

Who Rugged Rogoff?

Joakim Book - August 20, 2025

Kenneth Rogoff spoke, and the Bitcoin hornet’s nest awoke. When the celebrated Harvard economist and former chief economist at the IMF yesterday publicly confessed that...

FEATURED

How The IMF Prevents Global Bitcoin Adoption (And Why They Do It)

Daniel Batten - June 27, 2025

IMF loans halt nation-state Bitcoin plans—only debt-free countries like Bhutan push forward. Grassroots use still thrives.

TAKES

El Salvador Is Still Bitcoin Country

Frank Corva - February 7, 2025

Bitcoin may no longer be legal tender in El Salvador, but Bitcoiners in the country haven't given up on the mission.

TAKES

The IMF Just Improved El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law

Aaron van Wirdum - December 19, 2024

In return for a loan deal with the IMF, El Salvador had to give up some of its pro-bitcoin policies. It only made the Bitcoin law better.

CULTURE

Structural Adjustment: How The IMF And World Bank Repress Poor Countries And Funnel Their Resources To Rich Ones

Alex Gladstein - November 30, 2022

The IMF and World Bank do not seek to fix poverty, but only to enrich creditor nations. Could Bitcoin create a better global economic system for the developing world?

LEGAL