Bitcoin’s adoption (BTC) of El Salvador was a legal correction in 2025, with the country’s cryptocurrencies decreased by about $ 40 million.
On January 1, 2025, El Salvador held 6000 BTC with a value of $ 555.83 million, with the price of each bitcoin at 92,595 dollars. As of April 15, the country’s hideout increased slightly to 6158 BTC.
However, although a slight increase in the Bitcoin cache, the total value decreased to 515.85 million dollars, as the BTC price decreased to 83,930 dollars per currency, a decrease of 9.36 %.
This translates into a loss of $ 39.98 million to the nation, according to the latest series Data It was retrieved by Finbold from Archham Intel.
El Salvador made history in 2021 by becoming the first country to build Bitcoin as a legal tendency, a step that President Nayeb Bokley motivated to enhance financial inclusion and attract investment.
The last losses can be attributed to the volatile bitcoin price movement in 2025, the year that witnessed tremendous fluctuations, including the record exceeding $ 100,000.
Bitcoin’s unreasonable profit from El Salvador
Although the Central American country is in losses for 2025, its general position since it started collecting digital assets is still positive.
For example, over the past year alone, BTC Haul gained $ 113.7 million, an increase of 27.66 %. As of 2021, the country now owns $ 237.8 million of unreasonable profits, an increase of 82.81 % of its original investments amounting to $ 287.2 million.
El Salvador started the Bitcoin trip on September 6, 2021, where she bought 400 BTC at an average price of $ 46,811. Since then, he steadily added to his holdings, with an average purchase price of about $ 45223.
However, this step has sparked criticism, as the International Monetary Fund has repeatedly urged the government to expand the scope of encryption policies, warn of economic risks and call for a more strict organization. General doubts are still high, as many citizens believe that the strategy has failed.
At the same time, only 20 of 181 Bitcoin service providers registered with the Central Bank Al Salvador Operational. The remaining 89 % is classified as impractical, as at least 22 failed to meet the main requirements of Bitcoin Law, including strict financial supervision measures.
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