El Salvador’s Bitcoin Office is marking “Bitcoin Day,” the anniversary of Bitcoin becoming legal tender in September 2021.
In a post on X, the office highlighted that the country’s Bitcoin reserve now holds 6,313 $BTC, worth more than $702 million. It also pointed to the new banking law that allows Bitcoin investment banks to serve professional investors.
The agency added that 80,000 public employees have completed Bitcoin certification as of 2025, and the country is now running several public education programs on Bitcoin and artificial intelligence.
Although El Salvador was the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender and build a strategic reserve, the government later scaled back its Bitcoin policies to meet conditions tied to a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
In a July report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revealed that El Salvador has not added any new Bitcoin to its holdings since signing a $1.4 billion loan deal in December 2024. The disclosure surprised many in the crypto community, which had expected the country to continue building its reserve.
The report also included a letter of intent signed by Douglas Pablo Rodríguez Fuentes, president of El Salvador’s central bank, and Jerson Rogelio Posada Molina, the country’s finance minister. In the letter, they confirmed that the government’s Bitcoin balance has remained unchanged.
On Wednesday, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has turned the spotlight on prediction markets as speculation grows around the country’s Bitcoin reserves.
Bukele highlighted data from Kalshi’s prediction market, showing increasing bets that El Salvador’s Bitcoin reserves could reach a total value of $1 billion by the end of 2025. Further announcements from the country are expected at its first official Bitcoin event, scheduled for November 12–13, 2025.
