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Policy

U.S. Government Starts Pushing Economic Data Onto Blockchains as 'Proof of Concept'

The U.S. Department of Commerce said it issued its gross domestic product data via nine blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto-world pathways.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick at White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

U.S. CFTC, a Top Crypto Watchdog, Is About to Shrink Commission to Only One Member

Democrat Kristin Johnson's exit means the crypto regulator will fall to a single commissioner, Acting Chairman Caroline Pham, as Trump's pick awaits the Senate.

CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

Polymarket Bettors Doubt Trump Can Topple Jerome Powell or Lisa Cook This Year

Polymarket sees Powell finishing 2025 unscathed, even as Trump’s bid to oust Lisa Cook tests the Fed’s legal shield.

President Donald Trump  (The White House)

Policy

Head of IRS Crypto Work Exits as U.S. Tax Changes Loom For Digital Assets

Trish Turner, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service veteran running its digital assets effort, is the latest senior official leaving for the private sector.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

While CFTC Awaits New Chairman, Acting Chief Pham Gets Rolling on Crypto

As U.S. President Donald Trump's chairman nominee, Brian Quintenz, remains in a confirmation holding pattern, the CFTC starts another "crypto sprint."

Caroline Pham, acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Policy

Winklevoss Twins Heave $21M Toward Republicans in Next Year's Congressional Battles

As much of the crypto industry avoids picking a favored party in Congress, the brothers atop Gemini decry "bad-faith" Democrats as they give to a new PAC.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto World Petitions Trump to Push Quintenz's CFTC Nomination in Ongoing Saga

The industry is now openly urging the confirmation process that was delayed by the White House for the CFTC leadership that will be key to digital assets regulation.

Brian Quintenz (Senate Agriculture Committee, screen capture)

Markets

Trump Removal of BLS Commissioner Prompts Questions About Accuracy of Economic Stats

Ray Dalio said he likely would have fired the BLS head as well.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Who Is Patrick Witt, President Trump's Next Senior Adviser on Crypto?

The White House's crypto group will apparently be led again by an ex-college football star-turned-politician, though this one has some deeper DC roots.

Patrick Witt readies a pass when he led the Yale Bulldogs in 2010. (Elsa/Getty Images)

Markets

Trump-Linked World Liberty Seeks $1.5B for Public Crypto Holding Firm: Bloomberg

The move would see World Liberty Financial join other crypto treasury firms, and comes as Trump adopts pro-crypto policies.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)