Category: Blockchain

Philippines Explores Blockchain-Based Budgeting System Amid Transparency Push

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Efforts to integrate blockchain technology into government operations may soon advance in the Philippines. Senator Bam Aquino announced plans to introduce a bill that would place the country’s national budget on a blockchain platform, aiming to enhance transparency and accountability in public spending. Speaking at the Manila Tech Summit on Wednesday, Aquino explained that the proposed measure seeks to log all government budget transactions on-chain, where they would be viewable by citizens. “No one is crazy enough…

Next Crypto to Explode as Google Is Building Its Own Blockchain

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Tempo. Arc. And now… GCUL? There’s a battle brewing between blockchains. Surprisingly, it’s not between cutting-edge Layer 2 or Layer 3 chains, or among competing cross-chain models. Instead, three market leaders are going ‘back to the future’ with plans for their own new Layer 1 solutions: Google Cloud plans the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL) Stripe aims to launch Tempo, its own Layer 1 payments solution Circle will add its own $USDC as the native token for…

Philippine Senator Pushes National Budget on Blockchain

Philippine Senator Bam Aquino announced his intention to propose a bill that would lead to the country’s national budget being saved on a blockchain. According to a Facebook post by local news publication BusinessWorld, Aquino plans to file the bill “in the next couple of weeks.” The measures would “integrate the government’s budget and transactions into a blockchain platform for better transparency.” In a dedicated Facebook post, Aquino recounted that he talked about how technology can “strengthen accountability in governance” during the Manila Tech Summit 2025. He also said that…

Litecoin’s Blockchain Maturity Is On The Rise – What This Means For LTC’s Price

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Bearish sentiment continues to cloud the broader crypto market, and Litecoin appears to have taken a notable hit, forcing its price to retest key support levels. However, the waning price performance has failed to hinder Litecoin’s blockchain development, which is demonstrating a bullish trend. A Shift In Litecoin’s Blockchain Maturity Even though its price has fallen sharply in the past few days, the Litecoin blockchain is persistently proving its resilience. Joao Wedson, a verified author and Chief…

Google’s Rich Widmann shares LinkedIn update on Universal Ledger blockchain

Google Cloud’s head of Web3 strategy used a LinkedIn post to share new details on the company’s in-development layer-1 blockchain, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL).  Rich Widmann described the blockchain as the result of “years of R&D at Google,” designed to be credibly neutral and compatible with Python-based smart contracts. According to Widmann, GCUL is meant to serve as an open infrastructure layer for financial institutions. “Tether won’t use Circle’s blockchain — and Adyen probably won’t use Stripe’s blockchain,” he said, suggesting that Google’s network reported neutrality could help…

Competition For Ethereum? Google Cloud Unveils L1 Blockchain

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Ethereum’s position as the default smart-contract settlement layer for tokenized finance is facing a new test after Google Cloud revealed plans for a Layer-1 network—Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL)—explicitly aimed at financial institutions and programmable with Python. Google Cloud Enters The Arena In a LinkedIn post, Rich Widmann, Google Cloud’s global head of Web3 strategy, said the company’s ledger is “performant, credibly neutral and enables Python-based smart contracts,” adding that “any financial institution can build with GCUL”…

Commerce Department To Release Blockchain Statistics, Says Lutnick

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Howard Lutnick, the US Secretary of Commerce and former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, announced plans to integrate blockchain technology into the dissemination of economic statistics.  GDP Statistics On The Blockchain Speaking at a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Lutnick articulated his vision of placing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data on the blockchain, highlighting the potential for enhanced transparency and data distribution across government departments. Lutnick emphasized that the initiative aligns with Trump’s identity as…

US Commerce to publish GDP data on blockchain, says Lutnick

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the Department of Commerce will begin publishing economic statistics, including gross domestic product (GDP) data, on the blockchain. Lutnick made the announcement during a White House cabinet meeting on Tuesday, describing the effort as a move to expand blockchain-based data distribution across government agencies. Speaking to US President Donald Trump and other government officials, he said: “The Department of Commerce is going to start issuing its statistics on the blockchain, because you are the crypto president, and we are going to put our GDP…

Blockchain.News Makes History: First AI-Powered Web3 Media Brand Listed on MINAX

Terrill Dicki Aug 25, 2025 07:37 Blockchain.News lists on MINAX as the first AI-driven Web3 media brand to tokenize assets, pioneering media assetization with AI + blockchain.   July 30, 2025 — Web3 industry media brand Blockchain.News officially listed on the MINAX platform, becoming the first Web3 media brand to tokenize its brand equity and issue RWA (Real-World Assets) on-chain. This milestone not only deepens the integration of media content with blockchain technology but also pioneers the inclusion of “media brand value”…

SBI, Chainlink to Bring Blockchain to Asia’s Finance Market

Japanese finance conglomerate SBI Group has partnered with the blockchain oracle platform Chainlink to create a host of crypto tools for Asia’s financial institutions. SBI said on Sunday that its collaboration with Chainlink will focus on “a number of key use cases for financial institutions in Japan and the APAC [Asia-Pacific] region,” with its initial attention on Japan’s market. The pair will look at tools to allow cross-blockchain tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), like onchain bonds, and use Chainlink’s technology to give onchain verification for stablecoin reserves, among other plans. It marks the…