{"id":7988,"date":"2026-07-24T21:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/state-department-to-debut-freedom-tech-program-with-bitcoin-policy-institute-palantir-as-founding-partners\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T21:16:25","slug":"state-department-to-debut-freedom-tech-program-with-bitcoin-policy-institute-palantir-as-founding-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/24\/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":"<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\">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":7989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}