Today, the Department of Commerce announced that it will begin posting real gross domestic product (GDP) data on the blockchain beginning with the July 2025 data. GDP increased at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in July 2025 according to the revised estimates released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. This is the first time a federal agency has published economic statistical data like this on the blockchain, and the latest way the Department is utilizing innovative technology to protect federal data and promote public use. The Department published an official hash of its quarterly GDP data release for 2025—and, ... (full story)