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No public funds have gone toward El Salvador's bitcoin accumulation since June 2025, the International Monetary Fund has said. Purchases made in that period came from private donations.
The sourcing of capital for $BTC acquisition is the operative detail. Treasury-funded purchases tie a sovereign's public balance sheet to the position. Privately donated capital does not.
By the IMF's account, El Salvador kept buying bitcoin after the June 2025 cutoff through a channel that keeps state resources clear of the transaction.
The IMF's statement establishes June 2025 as the documented date from which public funds have been absent from El Salvador's $BTC accumulation activity.
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