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Politiche

Thai Government to Issue $150M Worth of Digital Investment Tokens

The initial 5 billion baht offering is meant to "test the market," Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said Tuesday at a briefing.

Thailand flag (Dave Kim/Unsplash)

Mercati

Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Has Precedent in Other Big U.S. Government Purchases: Michael Saylor

“The Trump administration understands it, I think Senator Lummis understands it … that’s why it will happen,” Saylor said during a presentation at an event in Miami Thursday.

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (Credit: CoinDesk/Danny Nelson)

Politiche

French President Macron Names Michel Barnier as Prime Minister

Barnier represented the European Union in the Brexit negotiations with the U.K.

Michel Barnier (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Politiche

UK Cabinet Reshuffle Gives Bim Afolami Responsibility for Crypto, CBDC, Replacing Griffith

His predecessor, Andrew Griffith, will head up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

U.K Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (U.K. Parliament)

Web3

German Intelligence Agency Releases NFT Collection to Recruit Talent

The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)’s dog-themed PFP collection can be acquired through a gamified treasure hunt, where participants must find a string of characters hidden by the agency.

Dogs of BND Collection (OpenSea)

Politiche

Nigeria Approves National Policy to Create 'Blockchain-Powered' Economy

The policy announcement makes no mention of crypto, which the government cracked down on in 2021.

(Emmanuel Ikwuegbu/Unsplash)

Opinioni

How U.S. Judges Might Save Crypto From the SEC

Separation-of-powers offers hope to an industry under attack from unchecked executive power, says Michael Casey, CoinDesk's chief content officer.

(Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)