{"id":203688,"date":"2026-07-24T20:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=203688"},"modified":"2026-07-24T20:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T20:20:05","slug":"state-department-to-debut-freedom-tech-program-with-bitcoin-policy-institute-palantir-as-founding-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=203688","title":{"rendered":"State Department to Debut Freedom Tech Program with Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir as Founding Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/state-department-tech-program-with-bitcoin\">State Department to Debut Freedom Tech Program with Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir as Founding Partners<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. State Department is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/current-partnerships-global-partnerships-unit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching<\/a> a program that includes Bitcoin as a way to advance digital freedom worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Named the Freedom Tech Excellence Program, the initiative will see the State Department work with the Bitcoin Policy Institute, data-analytics firm Palantir Technologies, defense technology company Anduril Industries, and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation on issues including online surveillance, encryption, AI governance, and protecting free expression online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the program\u2019s stated goals, participants will focus on five priority areas: First Amendment and free expression protections in the digital age; countering unlawful digital surveillance and online scams; privacy-enhancing technologies such as strong encryption and VPNs; responsible governance of emerging technologies including AI; and safeguarding children and other users online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inclusion of the Bitcoin Policy Institute signals that the Department views Bitcoin and blockchain technology as tools relevant to circumventing censorship and financial surveillance in authoritarian states \u2014 a theme the organization has long championed in its advocacy work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FTEP will operate through limited-term assignments, placing private sector personnel inside the State Department on temporary embeds tasked with shaping diplomatic efforts around specific digital freedom issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump campaigned on a ticket to help the crypto space and since taking office, his government has taken a more pro-crypto approach to both regulating and including elements of the space in his administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2025, for example, President Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a separate U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile, capitalized with roughly 200,000 Bitcoin already held by the government through criminal and civil forfeiture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order framed Bitcoin alongside strategic reserves the U.S. maintains for materials like gold, petroleum, and pharmaceuticals, treating it as a scarce national asset rather than merely a speculative one.<\/p>\n<p>This post <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/news\/state-department-tech-program-with-bitcoin\">State Department to Debut Freedom Tech Program with Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir as Founding Partners<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/\">Bitcoin Magazine<\/a> and is written by <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/authors\/mathewdisalvo\">Mathew Di Salvo<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin Magazine State Department to Debut Freedom Tech Program with Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir as Founding Partners The U.S. State Department is launching a program that includes Bitcoin as a way to advance digital freedom worldwide.\u00a0 Named the Freedom Tech Excellence Program, the initiative will see the State Department work with the Bitcoin Policy Institute, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":203690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203688"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/203690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}