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  "id": 5531884,
  "title": "IMF confirms El Salvador’s bitcoin growth was funded by private donations, not public money",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/imf-confirms-el-salvadors-bitcoin-growth-was-funded-by-private",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-04T09:47:15.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/04/imf-confirms-el-salvador-s-bitcoin-growth-was-funded-by-private-donations-not-public-money"
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  "summary": "The IMF confirmed that all bitcoin added to official holdings since June 2025 was sourced from private donations, with no public funds used for accumulation.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "El Salvador’s post-review Bitcoin accumulation used no public funds: IMF",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/el-salvadors-post-review-bitcoin-accumulation-used-no-public-funds-imf",
        "published": "2026-09-04T06:16:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "El Salvador has not used public funds to accumulate bitcoin since June 2025, IMF says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/el-salvador-has-not-used-public-funds-to-accumulate-bitcoin-since",
        "published": "2026-09-04T11:28:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}