Elon Musk Explores Blockchain for US Government Efficiency: Ripple, Cardano, or Algorand in Play?

• Elon Musk-led agency, Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.), commences work as it explores the use of blockchain technology to significantly reduce federal expenditure and secure data. 
• The Department is expected to drastically address waste in federal spending and push for structural reform on a large scale.

In our last update, we examined the decision of US President Donald Trump to establish the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) and appoint Elon Musk to lead the committee. According to that report, this was part of the broad economic vision and the crypto integration strategy for the US.

Fast-forward, the latest report reaching us is that Musk is actively working to explore the possible implementation of blockchain for the daily operation of the US government. Delving into this, we found that the primary objective is to track and reduce government expenditure on securing data, making payments, and managing buildings.

For now, officials from the Department are reported to have met with people from public permissionless blockchain networks for comprehensive consultation and advice on this initiative.

What D.O.G.E Seeks to Achieve

Last year, Donald Trump announced that the new government agency has been primarily tasked to solve four main challenges – “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”

Additionally, D.O.G.E is expected to collaborate with the White House and Office of Management and Budget to push for structural reform on a large scale and also create an entrepreneurial approach to government.

According to data, the US government spent $6.75 trillion in the 2024 fiscal year. This represents a $617 billion increase in federal spending from the previous year. Fascinatingly, Trump expects to make a significant change to the system by addressing waste in spending.

I look forward to Elon and Vivek making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye on efficiency and, at the same time, making life better for all Americans.

D.O.G.E’s Plan Aligns with RFK Jr.’s Proposals

Our observation is that the current D.O.G.E initiative also rhymes with the idea of former Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to put the entire federal budget on-chain. As highlighted in our previous article, he explained that this would lay out the foundation to treat Bitcoin as a currency rather than a commodity.

Every American can look at every budget item in the entire budget, anytime they want, 24 hours a day. We are going to have 300 million eyeballs on our budget. If somebody is spending $16,000 for a toilet seat, everybody will know about it.

Regardless of this bullish news, the crypto market still remains down as Dogecoin (DOGE) has declined by 11.4% in the last 24 hours. According to reports, DOGE’s weekly fall has extended to 12% with a price of $0.31. However, this trajectory is expected to change once a major announcement comes from the D.O.G.E representatives, as mentioned in our previous news brief.