Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government: Net exports of gold to the Chinese mainland in December were 5.26 tons, compared with 33.074 tons in November.
India's 10-year bond yield continued its decline, falling to 6.6465% at one point, its lowest level since February 15, 2022.
Zach Rynes, a well-known Chainlink community contributor, wrote on X: "It is highly unlikely that the US government will use one blockchain uniformly to cover all departments and agencies. Do you think the ledger requirements of EPA and FDA are exactly the same as those of DoD and DHS? Probably not. The US government will eventually use multiple private and public ledgers for a variety of different purposes...
According to Techinasia, the U.S. Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) said about $420 million of existing or pending contracts were canceled during the first 80 hours of Trump's second term. The canceled contracts were primarily related to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program, but also included the termination of two lease agreements and agreements related to vacant properties. The specific reason for the cancellation has not been disclosed.
According to Zoomer, the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency has reached out to a number of public blockchain projects to conduct a technical evaluation of these companies, including the use of blockchain to track federal spending, secure data, make payments, and even manage buildings.
On January 25th, according to the official website page of the US government's Department of Efficiency, the logo that previously contained Shiba Inu elements is now suspected to have been removed.
Howard Lutnik, Mr. Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, detailed his finances, according to documents released by the Office of Federal Government Ethics. Howard Lutnik, Mr. Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, said he would sell his stakes in companies including GE Healthcare, GE Vernova, GE Aerospace and Nasdaq once his nomination was confirmed.
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: If our expectations for the economic and price outlook are realized, we will continue to adjust the intensity of easing policy.
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: The timing and extent of interest rate hikes will further depend on economic, financial, and price conditions.
Bill McGinley, the chief counsel of the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) under Musk, announced his resignation just days after Trump returned to the White House.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Bill McKinley, the chief counsel of Elon Musk's government efficiency unit, has announced his resignation.
Blockchain governance startup Agora is about to acquire its rival Boardroom. The company sees the acquisition as a strategic move to strengthen governance within the broader Ethereum ecosystem, citing US President Donald Trump's promise of regulatory clarity for the blockchain industry and the expectation that decentralized governance will grow again. Boardroom was established earlier than Agora and has similar goals to Agora, but adopts a more horizontal blockchain governance approach. Boardroo...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's appointee to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, holds assets worth between $6.90 million and $29.50 million, according to forms published Wednesday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Under his ethics agreement, he holds at least $1 million in bitcoin, his most valuable asset, which he does not plan to sell. Trump has promised to provide a more friendly regulatory environments for cryptocurrencies than the administration of former President Joe ...
According to the Snapshot governance page, the CoW DAO initiated proposal CIP-61 to introduce a new revenue sharing model, which proposes to implement specific methods after the revenue model experiment is completed. The main goal is to continue price improvement sharing as the main revenue model, while retaining the option to introduce a new (price improvement sharing/fee) strategy for testing. If passed, the proposal will take effect on February 1, 2025.
According to Jin Ten, the CEO of Allianz said that we expect a significant reduction in the "extortion" of regulatory fines under the Trump administration, which will have a positive impact on the financial services industry compared to the Biden administration.