Overview

• The updated System of National Accounts classifies crypto assets as non-produced nonfinancial assets on national balance sheets.
• Crypto remains excluded from GDP calculations but gains formal recognition in official wealth statistics.
• Revisions introduce guidance for measuring artificial intelligence, cloud services and digital platform outputs.
• The IMF highlighted that capturing digital assets is essential for assessing financial stability, tax policy and regulatory oversight.
• El Salvador’s public Bitcoin holdings, reportedly over 6,000 BTC, must now be recorded under the new standards as it fulfills IMF loan requirements.