Bhutan Says 10,000 Bitcoin Will Help Shape Its New Administrative City
Bhutan has pledged up to 10,000 bitcoin — roughly $1 billion — to back the development of Gelephu Mindfulness City, a new special economic zone the crown is promoting as a hub for sustainable industry and jobs. Related Reading: Visa Deepens Crypto Push With New Stablecoin Advisory Unit Reports have disclosed the allocation was announced […]
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Japan-based Tech Bureau is offering Mijin, a private Blockchain technology in “The Blockchain Lab” at Digipolis, to the Belgian municipal governments of Ghent and Antwerp. The private Blockchain will be offered to Digipolis which is an organization for inter-municipal Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for the two Belgian cities, as a part of The Blockchain Lab to demonstrate the possibilities of Blockchain technology in efficient and reliable administrative services. Digital Antwerp. The city of Antwerp is aiming to create a “digital Antwerp” and this would involve embracing....
The Royal Government of Bhutan has once again moved a large batch of Bitcoin, sparking talk across the crypto market. Related Reading: Bitcoin Drops, Saylor Shops: 430 BTC Added To Treasury Stash – Details Nearly 800 BTC, valued at about $92 million, was shifted on August 18, 2025, into two new wallets. The move added […]
According to reports, the government of Bhutan moved 320 Ethereum (ETH) into staking on November 27, 2025. The transaction was routed through Figment.io, an institutional staking provider. Related Reading: Bitcoin Faces More Downside After Recent Crash, Data Shows At the time of the move, the Ether was valued at about $970,000. The transfer is being watched in both crypto and policy circles because it links a sovereign treasury to active participation in a public blockchain. Details Of The Staking Move Onchain Lens say the 320 ETH created 10 new validators, matching the network rule that....
Bhutan has started moving its national digital identity system onto the Ethereum blockchain, a step its government and partners describe as a first for a country of its size. Related Reading: Hackers Strike Again — $21M Stablecoin Loot Moved To Ethereum Network According to government and blockchain sources, the move aims to anchor identity attestations […]