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U.S. Government begins publishing GDP data on Bitcoin, other blockchains

The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of Economic Analysis, has begun publishing official economic data, including GDP, on a variety of public blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and others, using Chainlink’s datafeeds and Pyth Network oracles. - link

OUR TAKE: Mission accomplished, ladies and gentlemen. We finally put the Uncle Sam on-chain.

In all seriousness, this is probably inconsequential for nation states using blockchains. However, this sends a serious message that the US Government is willing to play ball and actually use crypto networks.

This is a Bitcoin news rag, so let’s explain how the actual data feed works on BTC (it’s not super straightforward).

First of all, the government isn’t publishing the entire economic data literally on Bitcoin.

They’re using a Layer 2 called Botanix and then posting a very condensed version of that data –  a hash –  into a Bitcoin transaction.

Botanix is a Layer 2 that functionally bolts Ethereum’s execution onto BTC. Chainlink acts as an oracle, the intermediary that communicates the US Gov’s data to Botanix. Botanix then creates the hash and the corresponding Bitcoin transaction to attest to the data.

This is what it looks like:

So there you go. That little blob of characters represents the full streaming data pipeline of multiple economic data that the government provides.

Yes, you could also just go to straight the usa.gov website… but then we wouldn’t be able to pump the Chainlink (+5%) or Pyth (+61%) tokens – otherwise what’s the point of all of this?

(Everyone knows that the best place to post data is opentimestamps via simple proof. IYKYK)

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IREN reports $501 million in revenue for FY2025, targets 10.9k GPUs by end of year

The Australia-based Bitcoin miner has been on a tear, adding thousands of GPUs to its Prince George campus in British Columbia. The stock is up some 150% YTD - link

Tether to launch USDTnNatively on Bitcoin via RGB Protocol

Tether announced it will issue its USDT stablecoin natively on Bitcoin by leveraging the RGB protocol, which recently launched on mainnet (v0.11.1). RGB is a client-side validated protocol initially designed by Giacomo Zucco in 2016 and later developed under Maxim Orlovsky, finally reaching a mainnet implementation in summer 2025. - link

KindlyMD unveils $5 billion ATM offering to supercharge bitcoin treasury strategy

KindlyMD ($NAKA) filed a shelf registration with the SEC to launch an at‑the‑market equity offering of up to $5 billion. The proceeds are earmarked for its bitcoin treasury, alongside corporate acquisitions, capital expenditures, and general operations, following its merger with Nakamoto Holdings Inc. The announcement triggered a sharp investor reaction, sending the stock down approximately 22–23% due to dilution concerns. - link

Bitcoin memecoin platform Odin.fun backstops exploited funds and reboots

Odin.fun, a Bitcoin-memecoin launchpad, was drained of 58.2 BTC (~$7 million) when attackers manipulated its automated market maker by injecting worthless tokens to inflate prices, before withdrawing real BTC at inflated valuations. Odin founder Bob Bodily documented the recovery, audit, user fund backstopping process, and announced Thursday that the platform was live again with trading volume rapidly approaching a record high. - link