El Salvador has added another bitcoin to its national reserve, bringing the government’s disclosed holdings to 7,762 BTC. The latest purchase extends the country’s one-bitcoin-a-day policy, which began after it adopted bitcoin as legal tender in 2021.

The accumulation has continued even after a $1.4 billion financing agreement with the International Monetary Fund pushed El Salvador to limit public-sector bitcoin purchases and shift merchant acceptance away from a mandatory framework. While bitcoin’s legal-tender status was later removed through a related legislative amendment, the government’s reserve-buying program was not included in that reversal.

Reserve expands despite IMF pressure

The government confirmed this week that its bitcoin treasury has risen to 7,762 BTC. The latest addition is modest in size, but it fits a broader pattern that has remained in place for years: buying bitcoin steadily rather than making occasional large acquisitions.

That approach has persisted despite reservations tied to the IMF financing package. According to the source report, the agreement urged El Salvador to confine public-sector bitcoin purchases and make acceptance by merchants voluntary, reshaping parts of the country’s bitcoin policy without ending the reserve strategy itself.

A faster accumulation in early 2026

The pace of buying has been especially notable this year. Between January and April, El Salvador added more than 1,600 BTC to its holdings, according to the report, indicating that the country’s accumulation was not only maintained but accelerated during that stretch.

Five years after the start of its bitcoin experiment, there has been no sign in the reported figures that the reserve program is slowing. The latest one-coin purchase reinforces that message, even as outside pressure over the policy remains in place.

Legal-tender rollback did not end the treasury plan

El Salvador’s original bitcoin strategy was closely tied to its 2021 decision to become the first country to give the cryptocurrency legal-tender status. That status has since been rescinded through a legislative amendment connected to the IMF deal.

Even so, the government did not abandon its sovereign bitcoin holdings. The reserve-buying policy continued after the legal change, showing that the administration treated the treasury position separately from the rules governing bitcoin’s formal use in everyday commerce.

Value fluctuates with the market

At a bitcoin price near $77,000, El Salvador’s 7,762 BTC reserve is worth about $598 million, based on the figures cited in the source article. That valuation is only a snapshot and can change quickly as the market moves.

President Nayib Bukele has described the reserve as a long-term position. The report says the government’s method is closer to national-scale dollar-cost averaging than to attempts at timing short-term price swings, suggesting the next confirmed step is simply the continuation of the daily purchase policy unless officials announce otherwise.

Source: news.bitcoin.com