{"id":924082,"date":"2026-08-01T10:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/state-department-to-debut-freedom-tech-program-with-bitcoin-policy-institute-palantir-as-founding-partners\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:12:28","slug":"state-department-to-debut-freedom-tech-program-with-bitcoin-policy-institute-palantir-as-founding-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/01\/state-department-to-debut-freedom-tech-program-with-bitcoin-policy-institute-palantir-as-founding-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department to Debut Freedom Tech Program with Bitcoin Policy Institute, Palantir as Founding Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The U.S. State Department is launching<\/a> a program that includes Bitcoin as a way to advance digital freedom worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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><\/div>\n

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Mathew Di Salvo<\/a><\/p>\n

Mathew is a reporter who’s covered the space since 2019, reporting on everything from Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele’s Bitcoin bet to crypto exchange FTX’s bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mathew Di Salvo Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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, data-analytics firm Palantir Technologies, defense technology company Anduril Industries, and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":924083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226,2215],"tags":[11476],"class_list":["post-924082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-department","category-state","tag-bitcoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}