El Salvador added 1,540 Bitcoin, but the IMF says Bukele’s government didn’t pay for them

El Salvador reported adding 1,540 BTC to its holdings. The IMF says those purchases were not paid for by Bukele’s government. That divergence raises transparency and governance concerns about how the acquisition was financed and whether state institutions or public finances were exposed to crypto market risk. For Bitcoin, continued state accumulation supports long-term demand, but opaque funding and fiscal-risk questions could weigh on investor confidence and political-risk pricing.