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Putting a hash of the PDF report is useless but this is probably just the first step.

One has to understand it is very hard to bring data on the blockchain. The system being in a way fully isolated to the external world (no http GET query possible on xxx.gov, a trusted source has to bring it in).

If they will next publish actual data through an oracle as the official source it is actually a revolution (I do not have access to the Bloomberg article, not sure they talk about this). They are probably about to plug those blockhains as legitimate financial systems and it is gonna be hard to revert.

Whether we like or dislike blockchains, the US and others decided to dump their currencies on it to save them.

Probably not Trump idea, nor it was pitched to him by a crypto bro. He is just executing a move that is as big as Bretton Woods or the end the convertibility of the US dollar to gold.





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