- El Salvador’s Bitcoin portfolio has expanded to over $644 million.
- The country has gained over $357 million in unrealized profit.
- It continues to defy pressure from the IMF on its daily Bitcoin acquisition strategy.
El Salvador’s national Bitcoin portfolio reached a valuation of $644.4 million, marking a total gain of 124% on its investment. The country currently reports $357.2 million in unrealized profit from these holdings and, to date, sold no Bitcoin.
According to real-time tracking data shared by President Nayib Bukele, the value of El Salvador’s Bitcoin holdings has surpassed $644 million. Since the country began acquiring Bitcoin in 2021, it has realized a total return of 124.39%.
Currently, El Salvador’s total investment in BTC is $287,183,812. Realized profit remains at $0, indicating no sales from its holdings.
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The latest data also shows a 12.15% increase year to date, adding $69.8 million in value to the portfolio. The recovery in Bitcoin’s price during early 2024 played a key role in this growth, pushing the portfolio’s value from a low of $25.4 million to a recent high of $655 million.
A portfolio chart shows slow growth through 2022 and 2023, followed by a sharp increase in 2024. This upward trend has continued steadily into 2025.
Notably, El Salvador made history in 2021 by becoming the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Since then, the government has steadily accumulated Bitcoin, following a pattern of 1 BTC purchase per day.
El Salvador Continues to Stack Bitcoin Despite IMF Pressure
El Salvador has historically defied pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on its daily Bitcoin acquisition strategy. Despite the IMF’s demands to halt BTC purchases as a condition for a $1.4 billion loan, President Nayib Bukele reaffirmed that the nation’s 1 BTC-per-day program would not stop, declaring on X, “No, it’s not stopping.” EU
Meanwhile, El Salvador’s Bitcoin strategy now serves as a blueprint for European nations. In December 2024, French MEP Sarah Knafo urged the EU to create a strategic Bitcoin reserve while denouncing the European Central Bank’s proposed digital euro.
In a speech to Parliament, she warned that the digital euro could lead to centralized control, advocating for Bitcoin as a freedom-supporting alternative instead. “No to the digital euro, yes to a strategic Bitcoin reserve,” she posted on X.
Citing El Salvador’s doubled Bitcoin investment, Knafo highlighted rising global interest, naming Donald Trump and Jerome Powell as key figures aligning with the crypto space.
U.S. Surpasses China and Others as Largest Government Holder of Bitcoin
Meanwhile, the United States is now the largest sovereign holder of Bitcoin, surpassing all other nations. According to blockchain analytics firm Arkham Intelligence, the U.S. government holds 207,189 BTC, worth over $13 billion, mostly from criminal seizures tied to cases like the Silk Road marketplace, the Bitfinex hack, and drug trafficker Banmeet Singh.
This portfolio puts the U.S. ahead of China’s previously reported 194,000 BTC from the PlusToken Ponzi scheme.
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Other nations with significant holdings include the U.K. (61,000 BTC), Ukraine (46,351 BTC), and Bhutan (13,029 BTC), reflecting a broader trend of national crypto accumulation.
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