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The Japanese government has set guidelines to advance the digital securitization of local government bonds (Security Tokens) issued by local governments. The government plans to submit the relevant bill to the ordinary parliament in 2026, and will determine the specific countermeasures according to the needs of the local governments within this month. Experts point out that digital local bonds based on blockchain technology can be issued and settled quickly without intermediaries, and can grasp ...
President Trump: The only reason the unemployment rate has climbed to 4.5% is because we are downsizing government employees on an unprecedented scale. All the new jobs are from the private sector! I can bring the unemployment rate down to 2% overnight by simply hiring more people in the federal government, even if those jobs are not required. Hopefully those fake news will accurately report the 4.5% number.
European Union governments have agreed on a position on the digital euro.
According to TheBlock, Coinbase has filed lawsuits against the states of Michigan, Illinois, and Connecticut, arguing that prediction markets should be exclusively regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rather than state gaming regulators. The move comes on the heels of Coinbase's announcement of a partnership with the CFTC-regulated Kalshi platform, which plans to enter the prediction market space in January 2026. Paul Grewal, Coinbase's chief legal officer, said state int...
On December 18, CZ said in Space that it has recently spent a lot of time providing consulting services to governments around the world, and has conducted more serious communication and dialogue with the governments of about a dozen countries, covering official, public and private levels. The relevant discussions mainly focused on how to develop a regulatory framework for the crypto industry and how to introduce the crypto industry and related innovations into the development of the country.
According to OnchainLens, the Royal Government of Bhutan has pledged 320 ETH to Figment, worth about $906,500.
The Trump administration has launched a plan to recruit 1,000 engineers for a two-year term in the federal government, according to a government website. The administration is looking for people with expertise in software engineering, artificial intelligence, cyber security and data analytics, according to the website. The engineers will be assigned to positions within government entities, most of them in Washington, D.C. The website also shows that some private companies have pledged to conside...
According to DL News, the Belarusian Ministry of Information has blocked access to at least three large cryptocurrency exchanges, namely Bybit, Bitget and OKX, but the ministry has not yet explained its reasons. When Belarusian users try to access these sites, the page displays a message: "Access to this information resource is restricted according to the decision of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus. This is taken in accordance with the Law on Mass Media. A search of the da...
According to Onchain Lens, the US government transferred 1,934 WETH (worth about $6.43 million) and 13.58 million BUSD from the seized assets of FTX Alameda to a new wallet address five hours ago.
According to Cointelegraph, Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairperson of Strategy, is pushing governments around the world to develop digital banking systems backed by bitcoin that offer high-yield, low-volatility accounts capable of attracting trillions of dollars in deposits. Speaking at the Bitcoin MENA event in Abu Dhabi, Saylor said that countries could use over-collateralized bitcoin reserves and tokenized credit vehicles to create regulated digital bank accounts, where the proceed...
