{"id":37506,"date":"2025-07-17T17:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=37506"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:01:42","slug":"is-el-salvador-faking-its-bitcoin-growth-imf-footnote-sparks-new-doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=37506","title":{"rendered":"Is El Salvador Faking Its Bitcoin Growth? IMF Footnote Sparks New Doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A new report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/25\/05\/45637336\/imf-acknowledges-el-salvador-met-most-targets-as-part-of-14-billion-funding-program-but-wants-to-ensure-countrys-bitcoin-holdings-dont-grow\">International Monetary Fund<\/a> (IMF) suggests that El Salvador&#8217;s recent increase in <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) reserves stems from internal asset consolidation, not new purchases, as previously claimed by government officials.<\/p>\n<p>In a staff report dated July 15, the IMF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/Publications\/CR\/Issues\/2025\/07\/15\/El-Salvador-2025-Article-IV-Consultation-First-Review-Under-the-Extended-Fund-Facility-and-568621?cid=em-COM-123-50448\">clarified<\/a> that the observed rise in Bitcoin holdings within the country\u2019s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Fund was the result of streamlining state-owned wallets.<\/p>\n<p>This contrasts with public messaging from El Salvador&#8217;s National Bitcoin Office, which has frequently touted daily Bitcoin purchases by the government under President <strong>Nayib Bukele<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The report also reiterates the IMF\u2019s long-standing position that El Salvador should limit exposure to the volatile asset, particularly as it remains in talks over &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/07\/46474583\/is-el-salvador-faking-its-bitcoin-growth-imf-footnote-sparks-new-doubts\" alt=\"Is\" el salvador faking its bitcoin growth imf footnote sparks new doubts>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggests that El Salvador&#8217;s recent increase in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) reserves stems from internal asset consolidation, not new purchases, as previously claimed by government officials. In a staff report dated July 15, the IMF clarified that the observed rise in Bitcoin holdings within the country\u2019s Strategic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-37506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}