PANews reported on April 30 that according to Bloomberg, Salvador's Minister of Economy Maria Luisa Hayem said at the Web Summit event in Rio de Janeiro that despite signing a loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) requiring a halt to the accumulation of Bitcoin, El Salvador will continue to buy Bitcoin. Hayem confirmed in a live interview: "President Bukele promised to continue accumulating assets." According to official news from the Bitcoin Office of Salvador, El Salvador has added 8 Bitcoins to its national Bitcoin strategic reserve in the past 7 days, with a total of 6,162.18 Bitcoins in reserve.