In May 2025, the Czech Republic found itself at the center of a political firestorm over a massive Bitcoin donation gone wrong. The 468 Bitcoin donation, worth nearly $50M, given to the Czech Ministry ...

The country's former justice minister, Pavel Blažek, resigned last month after his ministry accepted a donation of bitcoin ...

Czech President Petr Pavel has sworn in a new justice minister amid a political crisis caused by a bitcoin-related scandal.