{"id":35587,"date":"2025-03-04T15:02:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onequity.com\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:59:02","slug":"the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for new restrictions on Bitcoin purchases by El Salvador&#8217;s public sector as part of an expanded $1.4 billion financing agreement with the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 3, the IMF issued a new request under this agreement, presenting several documents, including an update to the staff statement and a statement by the executive director for El Salvador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the key points in the technical memorandum of understanding mandates a ban on the voluntary accumulation of Bitcoin by the public sector. Additionally, the document requires the government to restrict the issuance of debt or tokenized instruments indexed or denominated in Bitcoin that could represent a liability for the public sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>IMF: \u00abRisks Related to Bitcoin Are Being Mitigated\u00bb<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In an accompanying statement on February 26, M\u00e9ndez Bertolo, IMF Executive Director for El Salvador, explained that the agreement aims to enhance governance, transparency, and economic resilience to boost confidence and growth in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor their part, the risks related to Bitcoin are being mitigated,\u201d Bertolo stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that Salvadoran authorities have introduced amendments to the Bitcoin Law, which:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clarify the legal status of Bitcoin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove essential characteristics of legal tender<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make Bitcoin acceptance voluntary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure that taxes are paid in U.S. dollars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limit the public sector&#8217;s participation in the Bitcoin project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bertolo further mentioned that the program is expected to attract significant financial support from the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and other regional development banks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for new restrictions on Bitcoin purchases by El Salvador&#8217;s public sector as part of an expanded $1.4 billion financing agreement with the country. On March 3, the IMF issued a new request under this agreement, presenting several documents, including an update to the staff statement and a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[297],"class_list":["post-35587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cryptocurrencies","tag-bitcoin-es"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector - OnEquity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The IMF urges El Salvador to ban Bitcoin accumulation in the public sector as part of a $1.4B financing deal, citing economic risks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector - OnEquity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The IMF urges El Salvador to ban Bitcoin accumulation in the public sector as part of a $1.4B financing deal, citing economic risks.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OnEquity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onequity.global\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-04T15:02:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-12T11:59:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"OnEquity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OnEquityGroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OnEquityGroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Escrito por\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"OnEquity\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Tiempo de lectura\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/es\\\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/es\\\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"OnEquity\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c586b99000376072e2e520dc9f7ba495\"},\"headline\":\"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-04T15:02:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-12T11:59:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/es\\\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":256,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Bitcoin\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Criptos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/es\\\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/es\\\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\\\/\",\"name\":\"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector - OnEquity\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-04T15:02:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-12T11:59:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"The IMF urges El Salvador to ban Bitcoin accumulation in the public sector as part of a $1.4B financing deal, citing economic risks.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/es\\\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/es\\\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/es\\\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"OnEquity\",\"description\":\"Your trusted choice in online trading\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"OnEquity\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/onequity-favicon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/onequity-favicon.png\",\"width\":695,\"height\":695,\"caption\":\"OnEquity\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/onequity.global\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OnEquityGroup\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/insights.onequity.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c586b99000376072e2e520dc9f7ba495\",\"name\":\"OnEquity\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector - OnEquity","description":"The IMF urges El Salvador to ban Bitcoin accumulation in the public sector as part of a $1.4B financing deal, citing economic risks.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"es_ES","og_type":"article","og_title":"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector - OnEquity","og_description":"The IMF urges El Salvador to ban Bitcoin accumulation in the public sector as part of a $1.4B financing deal, citing economic risks.","og_url":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/","og_site_name":"OnEquity","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onequity.global","article_published_time":"2025-03-04T15:02:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-12T11:59:02+00:00","author":"OnEquity","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@OnEquityGroup","twitter_site":"@OnEquityGroup","twitter_misc":{"Escrito por":"OnEquity","Tiempo de lectura":"2 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/"},"author":{"name":"OnEquity","@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c586b99000376072e2e520dc9f7ba495"},"headline":"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector","datePublished":"2025-03-04T15:02:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-12T11:59:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/"},"wordCount":256,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["Bitcoin"],"articleSection":["Criptos"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/","url":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/","name":"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector - OnEquity","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-03-04T15:02:56+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-12T11:59:02+00:00","description":"The IMF urges El Salvador to ban Bitcoin accumulation in the public sector as part of a $1.4B financing deal, citing economic risks.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/the-imf-demands-that-el-salvador-prohibits-the-accumulation-of-bitcoin-in-the-public-sector\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"IMF Demands El Salvador Prohibit Bitcoin Accumulation in the Public Sector"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/","name":"OnEquity","description":"Your trusted choice in online trading","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#organization","name":"OnEquity","url":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/onequity-favicon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/onequity-favicon.png","width":695,"height":695,"caption":"OnEquity"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onequity.global","https:\/\/x.com\/OnEquityGroup"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c586b99000376072e2e520dc9f7ba495","name":"OnEquity"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48487,"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35587\/revisions\/48487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights.onequity.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}