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National Bitcoin Office hosts a run of November events, with Bitcoin Histórico at the National Palace

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Five events between 10 and 20 November include a two-day conference in the historic centre with tickets from $21 to $2,100; the IMF says no further public accumulation of bitcoin is envisaged beyond documented donations.

El Salvador's National Bitcoin Office, a government body headed by Stacy Herbert, is hosting a series of events between 10 and 20 November, Bitcoin Magazine reported. They open with the Bitcoin Capital Summit at the BINAES library in San Salvador on 10 November and continue with Bitcoin Histórico on 11 and 12 November in the Centro Histórico, a rodeo at Lake Ilopango on 13 November and a summit of Bitcoin circular economies in El Zonte on 19 and 20 November.

Bitcoin Histórico will hold most of its sessions at the National Palace, with keynotes shown on LED screens in Plaza Gerardo Barrios, El Diario de Hoy reported. Tickets cost from $21, a tier for Salvadorans with a DUI that gives access to public sessions, to $2,100 for VIP seating and networking with speakers; Bitcoin Magazine said tickets are sold only in bitcoin. Announced speakers include the Mexican businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego.

The events take place under different rules from those of 2021. The Bitcoin Law of that year made acceptance of bitcoin compulsory; Legislative Decree 199 of January 2025, passed under the IMF programme, made acceptance voluntary for private parties and ended tax payments in bitcoin. Sources still differ on whether the "legal tender" label survives.

In its October review of the programme, the IMF said some performance criteria had not been met, including one on bitcoin accumulation, and granted waivers based on corrective measures. The fund said no further accumulation is envisaged beyond documented donations and asked for more transparency on public-sector crypto holdings, El Diario de Hoy reported.

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