US Puts GDP Data on the Blockchain in Trump Crypto Push (3)

Aug. 28, 2025, 4:54 PM UTC

The US government on Thursday began distributing gross domestic product data on public blockchains, marking the latest Trump administration endorsement of the crypto industry.

The move creates another avenue — not a replacement — for publishing the economic data, according to Commerce Department officials who asked for anonymity to share more details on the step.

The department published what it described in a press release as the “official hash of its quarterly GDP data release for 2025 — and, in some cases, the topline GDP number” to nine blockchains: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, TRON, Stellar, Avalanche, Arbitrum One, Polygon PoS, ...

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