IMF and El Salvador Advance Talks on Bitcoin Policy and Potential Chivo e‑wallet Sale

Editorial conference room showing IMF-El Salvador talks, Chivo documents, and a laptop displaying Bitcoin.

Negotiations between the International Monetary Fund and El Salvador have advanced around the country’s Bitcoin policy and a potential sale of the state-run Chivo e-wallet, in talks linked to a pending Extended Fund Facility (EFF) sized between $1.14 billion and $1.4 billion. The core trade-off on the table is IMF financing and a 40-month reform […]