El Salvador Buys 1,090 BTC as Prices Drop and IMF Pressure Mounts
El Salvador is doubling down on its bitcoin strategy during one of the sharpest sell-offs of the year, adding more than 1,000 BTC to its national BTC treasury.
The government has now accumulated nearly 7500 BTC, a position built through a one-BTC-per-day policy that continues despite IMF conditions that discourage additional public sector holdings, though El Salvador has said that the buys won’t stop.
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The most recent BTC buy also follows closer coordination with Washington on digital asset oversight, including a June meeting between President Bukele and White House crypto adviser Bo Hines.
Bitcoin fell below $90,000 as Asia traded through the day, extending its recent slide amid weakening risk sentiment across global markets.
