Caliber’s stock soared 77% after the Nasdaq-traded firm announced a Chainlink treasury plan, even as it faces potential delisting over a $17.6 million deficit. Shares of Nasdaq-traded real estate asset manager Caliber shot up as the firm announced its pivot to a Chainlink treasury, despite an ongoing exchange probe. According to a Thursday announcement, Caliber’s board of directors has approved establishing a digital asset treasury strategy focused on Chainlink (LINK). Under its new policy, the company intends to allocate a portion of its funds to acquire LINK tokens. Caliber’s board also appointed a crypto advisory board tasked with guiding management on digital asset strategy, policy and related initiatives. The news appears to be well-received by market participants, with Google Finance data showing that the company’s stock rose by 77% in pre-market trading and maintained this newly acquired value into the early trading day. Read more
The US government announced on Tuesday that it is publishing economic data onchain to boost transparency for government spending. The US government has tapped Chainlink and Pyth, two blockchain oracle providers, to publish economic data onchain. Chainlink was selected to provide data feeds from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and will publish additional data feeds in response to consumer demand or at the behest of the US government, a Chainlink spokesperson told Cointelegraph. These feeds include real gross domestic product (GDP), personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, and real final sales to private domestic purchasers, the company said. Read more
Philippine Senator Bam Aquino plans to file a bill to put the country’s national budget on a blockchain for greater transparency and accountability. Philippine Senator Bam Aquino announced his intention to propose a bill that would lead to the country’s national budget being saved on a blockchain. According to a Facebook post by local news publication BusinessWorld, Aquino plans to file the bill “in the next couple of weeks.” The measures would “integrate the government’s budget and transactions into a blockchain platform for better transparency.” In a dedicated Facebook post, Aquino recounted that he talked about how technology can “strengthen accountability in governance” during the Manila Tech Summit 2025. He also said that he spoke about blockchain technology specifically: Read more