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27 DAYS. Day two of the Bitcoin Veterans Summit is not your ...

2026-10-13T20:32:59Z

27 DAYS.

Day two of the Bitcoin Veterans Summit is not your average Range Day.

Our Range Event is a competitive, skill-building experience led by Paladin Tower Tactics.

Designed to challenge you, sharpen your skills, and push you beyond your comfort zone.

Real competition. Elite instruction. Serious skill development.

This isn't a day at the range. It's a mission.

November 9-10 | Nashville, TN

Think you've got what it takes? Let's find out.

Register now for the Bitcoin Veterans Summit and secure your spot at the Range Event.

bitcoinveterans.org/summit2026/

28 DAYS. No price predictions. No bull market hype. Defend ...

2026-10-12T18:38:08Z

28 DAYS.

No price predictions. No bull market hype.

Defend yourself and your stack.
5th generation warfare.
Sovereign families.
Privacy. Security. Freedom.

Veteran-led panels, workshops, and one hell of a Range Day.

This isn't your typical Bitcoin conference.

bitcoinveterans.org/summit2026/

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2026-10-08T14:52:29Z

32 days and a wake-up.

Third annual Bitcoin Veterans Summit.

Veterans and civilians welcome.

You do not need to be a veteran to participate.

bitcoinveterans.org/summit2026/

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2026-10-07T09:11:55Z

https://bitcoinveterans.org/summit2026/

Shane Hazel talking the Bitcoin Veterans Mission at the Bitcoin ...

2025-11-10T21:27:33Z

Shane Hazel talking the Bitcoin Veterans Mission at the Bitcoin Veterans Summit 2025 at BitcoinPark (nprofile…wds9)

The Veterans are arriving in Nashville for the Bitcoin Veterans ...

2025-11-09T21:52:56Z

The Veterans are arriving in Nashville for the Bitcoin Veterans Summit 2025 at BitcoinPark (nprofile…95j2)

Two days of expert panels, workshops, and gun ranges

#BePeacefulNotHarmless

@nprofile…v5rr is a co-founder of Bitcoin Veterans and founder ...

2025-10-21T20:27:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…29ex
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Gabe (nprofile…v5rr) is a co-founder of Bitcoin Veterans and founder of OPERATION BITCOIN (nprofile…0kz8) is a pioneering human capital and leadership professional who created the nation’s first state-approved Bitcoin education program for veterans, dedicated to empowering service members through education, liberty, and sound money.

Operation Bitcoin: operationbitcoin.io

@nprofile…mks7 dropping his above average knowledge on ...

2025-09-08T11:32:30Z

average_gary (nprofile…mks7) dropping his above average knowledge on RockPaperBitcoin (nprofile…pds8) is the only way to start the week.

https://fountain.fm/episode/d4ZwIkQqH1LLwlDBHNHy

PEACEFUL NOT HARMLESS

2025-09-01T03:01:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…24hx
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PEACEFUL NOT HARMLESS

BITCOIN VETERANS – Q1 SITREP\ Date: 31 MAR 2025\ ...

2025-04-22T01:29:00Z

**BITCOIN VETERANS – Q1 SITREP**\
*Date: 31 MAR 2025*\
*Prepared For: Command & Community*\
*Tone: Serious, Motivational*

---

**MISSION STATUS:**\
Bitcoin Veterans continue to execute the mission across the homeland and abroad. From mining operations to educational deployments, media engagements, and nonprofit mobilizations—our troops remain active, effective, and inspired. The battlefield is ideas. The enemy is ignorance, coercion, and centralized decay. Morale is high. Mission tempo is increasing.

---

### **INTEL: MEDIA + MESSAGING**

- **BV Mentioned: POD256 EP65** – *“How Bad Chainalysis Data Hurts Freedom Technology”*\
➤ Broadcast via Fountain.fm: [Listen Here](https://fountain.fm/episode/gKJ3Ujv2IQHRyWIfU1we)

---

### **UNIT REPORTS**

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**BV TIM & JEFF (Illinois Frontline)**

- Continue leading the *Lincolnland Bitcoin Meetup* (monthly since 2020).
- Sponsored a local youth baseball travel team.
- Co-founding the *Illinois Bitcoin Council*, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit for Bitcoin education, advocacy, and collaboration.\
➤ Mission expanding beyond community. Building statewide operational capability.

---

**BV WAHID (Cohort 2501 / Training Pipeline)**

- Enlisted in *Operation Bitcoin Cohort 2501* to deepen and share knowledge.
- Deployed a *NerdQAxe home miner*, actively contributing to OCEAN.\
➤ Demonstrating initiative and technical capability.

---

**BV “A” (Multi-Theater Operator)**

- Authored a whitepaper on using the Lightning Network for global Christian mission support. [Read It](https://www.scribd.com/document/833663024)
- Participated in the *Heatpunk Summit* (Denver). Returned to build a garage-heated mining setup (70Th/s, LuxOS-regulated).
- Acquired BitAxe Game for solo mining. Networked through BV.
- Currently job-seeking in the Bitcoin industry; background in biz dev and account management.
- Supporting *BitcoinBay.live* (501c3) with outreach, funding, and partnerships in Tampa Bay region.\
➤ Secured banner placement on the Tampa Riverwalk.\
➤ Connected Bitcoin Bay with Tampa Club for sponsorship event.
- Maintains leadership role in *Jefferson, GA Meetup*
- Exploring *HAM radio* with local mentor—preparing for long-range decentralized comms.
- Active on *Nostr*, sharing faith and daily devotionals.
- Operating 2x BitAxe miners (3.5Gh/s) with plans to donate hash to BV pool.

**Quote:** *“Thank the president for cheap sats.”*

---

**AIR FORCE BV**

- Operating a *BitAxe* rig from office—quiet, steady, mission-aligned.

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**BV GREENY**

- Operational activity logged: [Satellite Earth Node](https://blob.satellite.earth/091b0bb63f873c6f99ce9e96a37894b7c6cbb6088830a9191a9179cf9e0355cc)

---

**BV BART G (Bismarck Theater)**

- Host of *Bismarck Bitcoin Meetups*, now held at The Innovation Barn.\
➤ Q1 focus: Chapters 1–5 of My First Bitcoin (MFB) Diploma Workbook.
- Presented at *1 Million Cups* small biz event, educating community.
- Launched *Bitcoin Research Club* at Bismarck State College.\
➤ First MFB student nearing graduation.\
➤ Presented during *Financial Wellness Week* on campus.\
➤ Acquired travel grants + fundraiser success for attending *Bitcoin Educators Unconference* in Nashville (April 8–10).
- Heating garage with 10Th/s Heatbit miner.\
➤ Integration of education, mining, and heating—high-value tactical execution.

---

**BV MONTANI (Appalachia Operations / Media Command)**

- Established *HODL in the Holler* – WV-based Bitcoin meetup network expanding through Appalachia.
- **Documentary Ops:**\
➤ Bitcoin Veterans Doc: credits being compiled.\
➤ Invited to **Bitcoin Film Festival, Warsaw** (May 22–25).\
➤ Prepping new *Bitcoin Alaska* documentary and event.\
\- Featuring Simply Bitcoin, Get Based & others.
- Built 2x Loki mining rigs (Slim19, Nakamoto).
- Launching hardware redistribution campaign for hash donations to BV pool.\
➤ Contact Rick (Montani) or Dr. Nickamoto for miner logistics.
- Partnering with *Bitcoin Sports Network* for *Memorial Day Kickoff* in Vegas (May 26).\
➤ 10% proceeds to *Operation Bitcoin*.
- *(Mining Pod announcement pending command approval)*

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**BV NEAL FLESHER (Literary Command / Moral Intel Division)**

- Finalizing publication of **Modern Chains** (66K words)\
➤ “From Mesopotamia to the Federal Reserve, slavery has evolved… Bitcoin offers real emancipation.”\
➤ A powerful narrative weaving history, philosophy, and monetary truth.\
➤ Published by En Route Books & Media.
- Message to the force:\
*“Leadership is being seen. Standing tall. It’s going to take real leadership to guide communities through this monetary hellscape. BV is uniquely positioned to support.”*

---

### **ASSESSMENT**

Morale: HIGH\
Activity: ACTIVE\
Community Engagement: WIDESPREAD\
Technical Deployment: INCREASING\
Public Narrative: GAINING GROUND\
Recruitment Potential: STRONG

---

**FINAL WORD**

The mission is long. The terrain is hostile. But we are not civilians—we are Bitcoin Veterans. Our strength is in each other, our conviction, and our ability to take action at the edge. We do not wait for permission. We lead. We build. We hash. And we *never* forget what we’re fighting for.

**End of Report – Q1 2025**\
*Prepared by: AN AVERAGE BITCOIN VETERAN*\
**For Internal Use Only – Bitcoin Veterans** 🟧

COMING IN 2025 ...

2025-01-01T00:47:22Z

COMING IN 2025

Bitcoin Veterans Episode 67 Jack Donovan ...

2024-12-18T20:44:06Z

Bitcoin Veterans Episode 67
Jack Donovan

https://fountain.fm/episode/0CfcWbqvrJsdTowu1AJi

We could have talked with @npub1jfn…t047 for hours! Such a good ...

2024-11-12T17:44:47Z

We could have talked with sourcenode (npub1jfn…t047) for hours! Such a good conversation with him at Anders (npub18c6…yyww) Pleb Party

HUGE UPDATE!! We just established a Meshtastic repeater on top of ...

2024-10-18T20:08:54Z

HUGE UPDATE!!

We just established a Meshtastic repeater on top of Big Bald Mountain on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.

We had a @Starlink Mini in our pack and maintained connectivity the entire time. Big shout out to Elon Musk.

The really amazing thing was the 194 nodes we have connected from Raleigh, to Knoxville, to Charlotte, to Greenville and all the way down to Atlanta!!

The Freedom Tech Revolution is hitting another gear.

#meshtastic

When we arrived in western North Carolina there were ~2 ...

2024-10-18T00:41:44Z

When we arrived in western North Carolina there were ~2 meshtastic radios. Thanks to the efforts of multiple Bitcoin Veterans there are no less than 61 nodes some of which are airborne.

This is a huge achievement in decentralized emergency communications. ✊

quoting
note1t4s…e2a3
#radio #meshtastic

A big thank you to the Bitcoin Community, @npub1w74…u642 & ...

2024-10-16T13:01:23Z

A big thank you to the Bitcoin Community, OpLibertas (npub1w74…u642) & mikehobart (npub15cp…6nda)

This community is unstoppable.

Update: Burnsville, NC and surrounding areas Dropped off a ...

2024-10-15T20:03:49Z

Update: Burnsville, NC and surrounding areas

Dropped off a generator to a man who hasn’t seen anyone since this all started. His only contact with the outside was via the 2m band on HAM radio

He broke down in tears of joy and gave us all hugs. Very powerful!

We also dropped off 10 generators, power strips, extension cords and cold weather gear at a collection point for Plain Compassion Crisis Response
They’re doing great work to ensure the people who need supplies get them

UPDATE 09 OCT https://v.nostr.build/6YmMbUlxh96fYged.mp4

2024-10-09T19:45:05Z

UPDATE 09 OCT

UPDATE: Avery Airfield in Spruce Pine which is running air ...

2024-10-08T03:34:53Z

UPDATE: Avery Airfield in Spruce Pine which is running air delivery of critical supplies to HLZs in the AO is now equipping flights with Meshtastic airborne nodes which significantly increases coverage of vital communications.

Intel is reporting the following high priority needs. DM us to ...

2024-10-08T00:18:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…dutu
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Intel is reporting the following high priority needs.
DM us to coordinate or donate to our
@ZapriteApp
page.
https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_Mibjv4lkEs
USD or BTC accepted.
THANK YOU

🚨UPDATED DONATION LINK🚨 In the wake of recent disasters, ...

2024-10-07T23:57:55Z

🚨UPDATED DONATION LINK🚨

In the wake of recent disasters, countless families are in urgent need of support.

Bitcoin Veterans are raising funds to support recovery efforts, provide essential supplies, shelter, and hope to those affected.

Every dollar and satoshi counts and can make a significant impact.

Fiat, lightning and on-chain donations are possible through our
@ZapriteApp
donation page.

https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_Mibjv4lkEs

The response from the Bitcoin community has been overwhelming. ...

2024-10-05T14:18:08Z

The response from the Bitcoin community has been overwhelming.

YOU have stepped up and fully engaged in our mission to respond to the disaster in North Carolina.

THANK YOU

Our initial response is underway and we will share updates as we receive information from the Area of Operations.

Our larger recovery team is taking shape and necessary resources are being identified.

This will be an ongoing mission and continued support will absolutely be needed.

Please continue to share in your networks and spread the word.

pay.zaprite.com/pl_7Xwxh3ZNJT

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 862,115 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-09-20T16:26:21Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 862,115
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 20Sep24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Israel-Hezbollah Ramp Up Conflict / US, UK Poised to Let Ukraine Strike Deep / KY Sheriff Kills Judge / Teamsters Fret Over Non-Endorsement / Alaska Man Arrested for Threatening SCOTUS Judges / Many New Gun Owners Are Progressives / Louisiana Now Accepts Bitcoin / Canada Scraps CBDC / BlackRock Amends Coinbase Agreement / Stocks Up, Mortgage Rates Down / Original BTC Miners Move BTC

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $63,441, 24.27 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $64,119 / Lo: $62,630
Vol: $41B (Down 12%)
Mkt Cap: $1.25T (Up 1%)
HashRate: 737 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 3 sats/vBtye (Even)
Nodes: 18,824

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Israel says 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers hit in Lebanon: Israel has carried out extensive air strikes on southern Lebanon, saying its warplanes have hit more than 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers and other "terrorist sites" including a weapons storage facility. The IDF said the launchers were ready to be fired against Israel. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties. Earlier, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said deadly (electronics) explosions earlier in the week "crossed all red lines", accusing Israel of what he said represented a declaration of war. Israel has not said it was behind the attacks - which saw pagers and walkie-talkies explode simultaneously across the country - on Tuesday and Wednesday, and which Lebanese authorities said killed 37 people and wounded 3,000. (BBC)

2. Biden Poised to Approve Ukraine’s Use of Long-Range Western Weapons in Russia: President Biden appears on the verge of clearing the way for Ukraine to launch long-range Western weapons deep inside Russian territory, as long as it doesn’t use arms provided by the United States, European officials say. The issue, which has long been debated in the administration, is coming to a head on Friday, as Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, visits the White House. (NYTimes)

-US Events-
1. Kentucky sheriff charged in killing of judge at courthouse: The preliminary investigation indicates Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines shot District Judge Kevin Mullins multiple times following an argument inside the courthouse, according to Kentucky State Police. Mullins, who held the judgeship for 15 years, died at the scene, and Stines surrendered without incident.(AP) (AC-It might be enlightening to learn what they were 'arguing' about. There's more to this story.)

2. Former Teamsters leader criticizes non-endorsement of Harris for president: James P. Hoffa, who led the Teamsters for 23 years, said it was a mistake for the union not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, the “correct choice for labor.” (WaPo)

3. Alaska man charged with threats to torture, murder conservative Supreme Court justices: Panos Anastasiou, 76, was nabbed Wednesday in Anchorage and is facing 22 federal charges stemming from 465 alarming messages he sent via the Supreme Court’s website between March 10 and July 16, prosecutors say. The justices are not identified in the indictment, but details about Anastasiou’s messages indicate he targeted Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. (NYPost)

4. The Most Surprising New Gun Owners Are U.S. Liberals: American gun culture has long been dominated by conservative, white men. Now, in a marked change, a burgeoning number of liberals are buying firearms, according to surveys and fast-growing gun groups drawing minorities and progressives. Now, today’s Democrats are rediscovering guns. One new owner said he mostly talks about guns with other liberal or progressive gun owners, many of whom welcome gun restrictions. He sees no reason to own a military-style, semiautomatic rifle like the AR-15, and supports universal background checks. But the country’s sharp partisan divide renders compromise on guns extremely unlikely, he believes. (WSJ) (AC-An intriguing article, even if heavily slanted to portray Trump and conservative white men as dangerous.)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Louisiana Announces Crypto Payment Options for State Services: The U.S. state of Louisiana has announced that residents can now use bitcoin, bitcoin lightning, and USD Coin to pay for state services through private, secure crypto wallets. “By introducing cryptocurrency as a payment option, we’re not just innovating; we’re providing our citizens with flexibility and freedom in interacting with state services,” said Louisiana’s State Treasurer. (BitcoinCom)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
1. Canada Scraps Plan to Launch 'Digital Loonie' CBDC: After almost five years of research, the Bank of Canada has decided to shelve its plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), also known as a "digital loonie." The central bank had launched a research project in 2019 and conducted a public consultation in 2022. While a CBDC was seen as a way to maintain monetary sovereignty and financial stability, the idea faced strong opposition from Canadians and prominent figures in the government. (Decrypt)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. US spot bitcoin ETFs rebound to daily net inflows of $158 million; BTC hovers at $63,500 (TheBlock)

2. BlackRock amends Coinbase custody agreement to require 12 hour withdrawals amid debt rumors: The modifications shorten Coinbase Custody withdrawal processing time when handling withdrawals from the Vault Balance to a public blockchain address while Trade Credits remain unpaid. his development comes amid recent allegations against Coinbase, claiming the exchange was not using BlackRock’s funds to purchase actual bitcoins for the ETF. Social media rumors suggested that Coinbase was issuing letters of debt instead of backing the ETF with Bitcoin and manipulating Bitcoin’s price using BlackRock’s funds. (CryptoSlate) (AC-Blackrock simply making sure the BTC is available.)

-Economic Indicators-
1. S&P 500, Dow Close at Records High: Wall Street rallied on Thursday as sentiments boosted about a "soft landing" for the US economy after the Federal Reserve’s 50 basis point rate cut. The Dow Jones closed 522 points higher, the S&P 500 gained 1.7%, both hit new record highs. The Nasdaq 100 also spiked 2.5%, (TradingEconomics)

2. US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Eases to 6.09%: The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.09% as of September 19th, reaching its lowest level since early February 2023. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Maryland Police Warn Gmail Users of Phishing Scam Demanding Bitcoin: Maryland State Police have warned of a scam targeting Gmail users, using phishing tactics to extort money through unsettling threats. Scammers are sending victims emails with Google Maps photos of their homes and demanding bitcoin payments, falsely claiming they possess incriminating evidence. The police are investigating, urging caution and providing resources for reporting these incidents. (BitcoinCom)

-Technology and Science-
1. Apple Faces EU Antitrust Challenge: The antitrust regulators of the European Union have launched an action against Apple as it seeks to force the tech giant to open its closed ecosystem up to other competitors. If Apple does not comply, major financial losses are imposed by the newly implemented Digital Markets Act (DMA) on it. The Cupertino-based firm has argued for quite some time that its closed system is safer through the control of peripheral devices and their software entering the system. (TechTImes)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin miner wallets awaken after over 15 years — Is this Satoshi?: Wallets belonging to early Bitcoin miners who received coins as rewards shortly after the blockchain’s launch by its pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, have recently been observed moving their BTC. On Sept. 20, five miner wallets that received 50 Bitcoin each as block rewards in 2009 started to move their funds. Given the BTC was mined only weeks after the launch of the Bitcoin blockchain, the wallets likely belonged to people present at its inception. (CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 54/100 (Up 6 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): Find the encouraging news today, be encouraging today.

Follow us on NOSTR: npub1qktts9naunvjdwsktq5xjdhwh539xt4x0mqj4yxq0q9dvm03ljvs6sms0r
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Analyst: BV2A
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Give Paladin Tower Tactics a follow! Great people doing great ...

2024-09-07T00:17:24Z

Give Paladin Tower Tactics a follow!

Great people doing great things

quoting
note14ts…2ltj
Do you own a "Fighting Rifle?" Are you confident in how to employ it in a firefight?

The AR-15 is the most popular firearm in America, and for good reason: it is the American Fighting Rifle. It is to this time period what the Brown Bess musket was to the earliest citizens of America. The AR-15 or "ArmaLite Rifle" is the most effective tool the citizenry has at preserving their liberty; just as the military grade small arms of the colonial days were to the early American people.

Collectively, each citizen has a duty to preserve individual liberty from the steady encroachment of totalitarianism. Totalitarianism comes in many shades of wickedness, but it can be recognized easily when the regime perpetrating totalitarian rule wishes to deprive the citizens they are supposed to be serving of their ability to defend their republic by stripping them of military grade weaponry. This is the sacred utility of weaponry in the hands of free men and women- to defend the Republic.

Are you an American citizen enjoying the blessings of liberty in this nation? If so, understand that these blessings will be stripped from you without two things: first, the weaponry to repel tyranny. Second, the training to employ this weaponry. Do you recognize the sobering reality of your right to keep and bear arms? It is the final failsafe to stop tyranny. Therefore it is your duty and mine to own a Fighting Rifle and understand how to employ it.

Here at Paladin Tower Tactics we are committed to equipping protectors of life and liberty with the tactical ability to use the Fighting Rifle. We know you love others. We know you love your children. We know you love the country God has given you. It is with this motivation, love, that we want to offer you and your friends, family and coworkers the opportunity to receive the highest quality professional training available through Paladin Tower Tactics.

This year we are offering several classes that are geared toward, "The Fighting Rifle." These will be held at our new range facility in Dover, Tennessee. Slots are limited, so make sure you secure your spot in the class by going to https://paladintowertactics.com/upcoming-classes.

Please share this message with as many people as possible so that they may take seriously their duty to keep our Republic free for our future generations.

-Scott Willey
Owner, Lead Instructor

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 859,693 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-09-03T13:48:16Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 859,693
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 03Sep24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
__________________________
BLUF: Putin Welcomed in Mongolia, Not Arrested / US Seizes Maduro's Plane / US Marines on Liberty Attacked in Turkey / Musk Continues Starlink and X Services in Brazil for Free / Four Killed on Commuter Train in Chicago / Kansas Files Civil Suit Against Pfizer Over COVID Vax / Machete and Toblerone Used in Bitcoin Theft / Coinbase Has 1st AI to AI Transaction / BTC Mining Hurting

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $59,154, 23.68 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $59,815 / Lo: $58,103
Vol: $23B (Down 21%)
Mkt Cap: $1.17T (Up 1%)
HashRate: 733 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 4 sats/vBtye (Even)
Nodes: 18,378

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Putin welcomed in Mongolia despite ICC arrest warrant: Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Mongolia, his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year. Soldiers on horseback lined the capital's Genghis Khan Square as martial anthems were played by a live band to welcome the Russian leader, who met with the Mongolian president Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. The landlocked country, which also borders China, also relies on Russia for gas and electricity. (BBC)

2. US seizes Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane in the Dominican Republic, flies it to South Florida: The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues. The US flew the aircraft to Florida on Monday, according to two US officials. In a statement, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that “the Justice Department seized an aircraft we allege was illegally purchased for $13 million through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States for use by Nicolás Maduro and his cronies.” (WSVN-Miami) (AC-An interesting twist following the sham election in Venezuela and the international calls for Maduro to step down. The US has been verbally tough on Maduro while not doing anything to stop the dictator's continued tyranny of the country. This seems action could be a turning point, or possibly more theater.)

3. U.S. Marines attacked during port visit in Turkey, Navy says: Two U.S. Marines from the USS Wasp were attacked Monday during a port visit in Izmir, Turkey, according to a Navy spokesperson. Video of the apparent incident shows a group of men forcing a bag over the head of one of the Marines as they restrain him, chanting "Yankee go home." The Marines, part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were "on liberty" at the time of the incident and taken to a local hospital for evaluation as a precaution. (CBS)

4. Elon Musk defies X ban in Brazil by beaming app from space: Elon Musk has found a way to bypass a ban on his social media firm X in Brazil by allowing people in the country to access the app through his satellite internet provider Starlink. Brazil’s Supreme Court voted on Monday to uphold a ban on X that was introduced last week by Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Mr Musk claimed the freezing of Starlink bank accounts was illegal and pledged to provide free internet access to its Brazilian customers while the accounts remain blocked. (IndependentUK)

-US Events-
1. Four people shot to death while sleeping on Chicago commuter train: Three victims were declared dead at the scene while a fourth was rushed to Loyola University Medical Center where they died from their wounds. The shooter fled the scene. However a suspect armed with a gun was later taken into custody on a CTA Pink Line train in Chicago. (NYPost)

2. Kansas is first of five states to file civil suit against Pfizer: In a groundbreaking move, Kansas has taken legal action against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for allegedly engaging in false and misleading marketing practices. This marks the first of five states in the US to pursue legal action against the company. The lawsuit against Pfizer was prompted by evidence that the company had engaged in false and misleading marketing practices. It was discovered that Pfizer had promoted its product as safe and effective for pregnant women, despite knowing that it posed serious risks to both the mother and the baby. (CountyLocalNews) (AC-This is NOT being reported by any other news outlets but is trending heavily on X. Either the news is fake or being censored by all news organizations.)

-Regulatory and Legal-
NSTR

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. SBI VC Trade and Metaplanet Team Up for Advanced Bitcoin Trading Solutions: Metaplanet and SBI VC Trade have formed a strategic partnership to enhance bitcoin trading, storage, and management. This alliance aligns with Metaplanet’s “bitcoin first, bitcoin only” strategy, emphasizing BTC’s scarcity and decentralized nature. The partnership provides Metaplanet access to SBI VC Trade’s tax-efficient corporate custody services and the ability to use bitcoin as collateral, supporting their corporate bitcoin accumulation goals. (BitcoinCom) (AC-Metaplanet is following MicroStrategy's playbook in Japan.)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Little Changed to Kick Off September: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note was around 3.9% on the first trading day of September as investors return from the Labor Day holiday to a week packed with key economic data. The ISM Manufacturing PMI will be in the spotlight today, while important labor market indicators like JOLTS and the jobs report are awaited later in the week. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Home invaders used machete, Toblerone to rob a man of his Bitcoin: Scottish prosecutors have seized and converted 23.5 Bitcoin into cash from a 2020 robbery that saw three men armed with a machete and a Toblerone chocolate bar break into a home near Glasgow. Three men conducted the home invasion in the town of Blantyre, southeast of Glasgow, and one repeatedly beat a woman at the property with a personalized Toblerone bar and threw her into a bedroom. The victim, who isn’t named for legal reasons, testified that he awoke to find a man standing over him with a machete before he was forced to transfer Bitcoin. (CoinTelegraph)

2. Hacker Behind WazirX Breach is Using Tornado Cash to Funnel Millions of Dollars in Stolen Crypto: Following the $230 million exploit on Indian exchange WazirX, the hacker responsible has been funneling millions of dollars in user assets through Tornado Cash. The hacker has transferred 2,600 ETH, valued at $6.5 million, to the sanctioned mixer Tornado Cash. Despite being banned in the US, Tornado Cash continues to operate in various jurisdictions, including North Korea. (Decrypt)

-Technology and Science-
1. Coinbase Reports Its First AI-to-AI Crypto Transaction: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced the platform’s first AI-to-AI cryptocurrency transaction, highlighting a new application of digital currency by artificial intelligence agents. Armstrong believes this advancement will enhance AI’s capacity to independently obtain resources and engage with humans and other AI systems. He encourages developers to add crypto wallets to support the growth of AI-to-AI transactions. (BitcoinCom)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. BTC mining profits elusive as difficulty hits all-time high: Block reward miners on the BTC network had their least profitable month in nearly a year in August, leading to bankruptcies, share dilutions, and other ‘Hail Mary’ efforts to stave off the inevitable. BTC miner revenue hitting $827.5 million in August, less than half the total from this year’s peak of $1.93 billion in March and the lowest total since September 2023. Transaction fees’ contribution to this total also slumped to a year-to-date low of $20.8 million. Meanwhile, mining difficulty hit an all-time high in August. (CoinGeek)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 26/100 (Down 7 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 858,081 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-08-30T12:43:00Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 858,081
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 30Aug24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Houthis Blow Up Oil Tanker / Russia Nervous Over Durov's Arrest / US Sec Advisor Meets With Xi / Trump Still Battling Lawfare / CO Councilmember Confirms Gangs in Aurora / Custodia Bank Under Fire / Russia to Begin Crypto Cross-Border Payments / Musk's Battle With Brazil Intensifies / Bitcoin Exchange Reserves Low / Bitcoin Millionaires Up / Solo Miner Hits Jackpot

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $59,470, 24.85 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $61,184 / Lo: $58,707
Vol: $32B (Down 6%)
Mkt Cap: $1.17T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 586 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 4 sats/vBtye (Down 20%)
Nodes: 19,356

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Houthi video shows the Yemeni rebels planted bombs on tanker now threatening Red Sea oil spill: Yemen’s Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill. The vessel was abandoned earlier, after the Houthis repeatedly attacked it. The Houthis have targeted more than 80 vessels with missiles and drones since the war in Gaza started in October. They seized one vessel and sank two in the campaign that also killed four sailors. Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by a U.S.-led coalition in the Red Sea or failed to reach their targets. (AP)

2. Russia’s Military Fears for Its Secrets After Telegram Founder’s Arrest: Russian authorities have reacted with unusual fury to the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov by French authorities. Telegram is more than a mere social-media app to Moscow. Russian soldiers and spies depend on it for battlefield communications, including the guidance of artillery, the coordination of movements and intelligence gathering. Both the Russian and the Ukrainian militaries started relying on commercial platforms. While the Ukrainians prefer Western providers such as Signal or Discord, the Russians chose Telegram because it is based in the United Arab Emirates, which maintains good relations with Moscow. They think the app is more impervious to Western signals intelligence. (WSJ)

3. ‘Vigorous give and take’: U.S. security advisor discusses economic curbs in rare trip to China: U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he raised concerns about the country’s focus on economic security in meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other officials this week. Sullivan, advisor to the outgoing Biden administration, said his trip to China was part of an effort to manage the bilateral relationship ahead of the inauguration of a new U.S. president in January. Tensions between the world’s two largest economies have escalated in recent years, spilling over from trade into finance and technology. (CNBC)

-US Events-
1. Trump seeks to move his New York state criminal case to federal court and delay sentencing: Donald Trump has filed a petition seeking to move his New York state criminal case to a federal court in Manhattan and push off the upcoming sentencing for his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records. (CNN)

2. Colorado City Council Member Says ‘Denver Is the Problem’ as Migrant Gangs Occupy Housing: Aurora City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky is bringing national attention to the migrant gangs that are being welcomed by the Biden-Harris administration and their Denver Democrat allies. The councilwoman has been shining a light on rising crime in Aurora that appears to be caused by members of the dangerous Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan street gang that has flooded the community after being cast out of the nearby sanctuary city of Denver. Because of all this, the council member says that many long-time residents are talking about leaving Aurora. (Breitbart)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. WazirX Sets Aside Funds for Legal Costs Following July Cyberattack: WazirX, the Indian exchange that suffered a cyberattack in July resulting in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto, has set aside millions of dollars to cover legal costs. The holding company of WazirX has filed an affidavit requesting a 30-day moratorium to stabilize the platform and prevent further legal disruptions. The exchange has suspended withdrawals and is working to restore user funds. (Decrypt)

2. Biden’s Crypto Crackdown Hits Custodia Bank: Workforce Reductions Announced: In response to the Biden administration’s intensified scrutiny on the crypto industry, Custodia Bank, a notable Wyoming-based financial institution catering to crypto businesses, has recently undergone a significant restructuring. Custodia Bank has made the decision to lay off nine of its 36 employees, a move aimed at conserving capital amidst mounting legal battles with the Federal Reserve (Fed). (Bitcoinist)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
1. Russia to Trial Cross-Border Crypto Payments Starting Next Week: Russia will begin trialing cross-border crypto payments next week in an effort to circumvent international sanctions. The legislation allows for cross-border payments with crypto, but the rules for such transactions are unclear. The central bank will oversee an "experimental" regime to determine how these payments will be conducted. (Decrypt)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. BlackRock’s IBIT logs first daily net outflows since May amid streak of spot bitcoin ETF outflows: U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $71.73 million in net outflows on Thursday, extending their outflow streak to three days. BlackRock’s IBIT, the largest spot bitcoin ETF by net assets, reported its first negative flows since May 1, with $13.51 million in net outflows (TheBlock)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US GDP Growth Revised Higher: Real gross domestic product (GDP) in the US grew at an annual rate of 3.0% in the second quarter of 2024, up from 2.8% in the initial estimate and 1.4% in the first quarter. The upward revision was mainly due to increased consumer spending (2.9% vs 2.3% earlier reported). (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Halliburton cyberattack linked to RansomHub ransomware gang: The attack caused widespread disruption, and customers couldn't generate invoices or purchase orders because the required systems were down. (BleepingComputer)

-Technology and Science-
1. Starlink's local bank accounts are frozen as X prepares to be shut down in Brazil: A judge in Brazil has blocked Starlink’s bank accounts in the country amid a deepening dispute with X. X owner Elon Musk has been feuding with Brazil Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes for months over demands to block certain accounts in the country. The company closed down its operations in Brazil earlier this month as a result of the court orders. Now, Moraes is apparently attempting to use one of Musk’s other companies, SpaceX-owned Starlink, in an attempt to get X to comply with the court order. (Engadget)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin exchange reserves reach new yearly low amid $60K price retest: According to CryptoQuant data, Bitcoin reserves on exchanges have decreased by approximately 12.9% since Jan. 1, leaving 2.62 million Bitcoin across all major crypto exchanges. “The supply shock will come soon because this is not sustainable,” pseudonymous crypto commentator Bitcoin for Freedom told their 74,800 X followers, noting that the last seven days have seen 56,000 Bitcoin moved off crypto exchanges since Aug. 22. (CoinTelegraph)

2. Bitcoin Millionaires up by 111%, Crypto Users Reach 560 Million: A new report reveals a significant increase in wealthy crypto asset holders, with bitcoin (BTC) millionaires rising 111% to 85,400 and individuals with crypto assets worth $1 million increasing 95% to 172,300. Dominic Volek of Henley & Partners attributes this surge to the introduction of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and a BTC rally surpassing $70,000. The report also shows a 32% increase in crypto users to 560 million and a 31% rise in BTC users to 275 million.(BitcoinCom)

3. Solo Bitcoin miner earns $200,000 (3.275 BTC) reward amid growing centralization concerns: Blockchain data confirms that the miner successfully mined block number 858,978 on the Bitcoin blockchain yesterday, which included 2,391 transactions. (CryptoSlate)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 34/100 (Up 5 pts)

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 858,079 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-08-23T12:54:49Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 858,079
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 23Aug24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Court Upholds Maduro's Victory / Nuke Plant in Kursk Threatened By Drones / SCOTUS Rules AZ Voters To Show Citizenship Proof / New COVID Vaccines Recommended by CDC / RFK Wins Ruling Against Biden Admin / DeFi Making Comeback / Myanmar Currency Quickly Debased / Crowdstrike Facing Lawsuits / Rise In Pig Butchering Con Games / US Wants to Flood Taiwan Strait With Drones

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $60,818, 24.28 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $61,408 / Lo: $60,141
Vol: $24B (Down 30%)
Mkt Cap: $1.2T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 736 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 5 sats/vBtye (Up 67%)
Nodes: 19,259

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Venezuelan court upholds Maduro’s disputed victory: Venezuela’s highest court has upheld the re-election of Nicolás Maduro as president following accusations of widespread voter fraud in July's poll. The decision by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) comes as the United Nations warned that the court lacked independence and impartiality. Mr Maduro has led the country since 2013 and his re-election means he can serve another six-year term. (BBC)

2. IAEA's Grossi to visit Kursk nuclear plant after drone attack: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday its Director General Rafael Grossi will assess the situation at Kursk nuclear power plant during his visit next week. IAEA also said it had been informed by the Russian Federation that the remains of a drone had been found within the Kursk nuclear power plant. Acting Kursk Governor Alexei Smirnov told Putin the situation at the Kursk plant was "stable." (Reuters)

-US Events-
1. Arizona can demand some voters prove citizenship, US supreme court rules: The US supreme court ruled Thursday that Arizona can partially enforce a new law that requires people to prove their citizenship in order to vote, but said the state cannot block them from voting for president or by mail as long as they used the federal voter registration form. The court’s emergency decision allows Arizona to require proof of citizenship from registrants who use the state’s voter registration form. But those who register using a federal voter registration form are still eligible to vote for president. The court also left in place a lower court injunction barring those who do not provide proof of citizenship from voting by mail for president. (TheGuardian)

2. FDA approves updated Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines as virus surges; shots to be available within days: The jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating widely in the U.S. earlier this year. The CDC recommended that everyone over 6 months old receive an updated Covid vaccine this year. Meanwhile, the CDC said about four people are being hospitalized for Covid for every 100,000 people in a given area. (CNBC) (AC-Even if the reader does not give credence to CDC/Big Pharma announcements like this, it is important to know that some do and whom may not know the risk/reward ratio of these vaccines.)

3. Judge Rules RFK Jr. Can Sue Biden Admin Over Censorship After Supreme Court Rejects Challenge From States: A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can continue to pursue his lawsuit against the Biden administration over censorship at the direction of the government. According to District Court Judge Terry Doughty, Kennedy meets the standard set by the Supreme Court because there is "ample evidence" to show he was censored at the direction of government actors, and is at "substantial risk" that the censorship will continue. Kennedy was named by one of the "Disinformation Dozen" - and was specifically targeted by the government over what they alleged was COVID-19 misinformation, and "The Court finds that there is further risk for future risk injury here because Kennedy is a 2024 presidential candidate," wrote Doughty. (ZeroHedge) (AC-An interesting turn of events for RFK as we await his pending announcement today. This ruling could affect his potential drop-out and support of Trump.)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. DeFi Is Set to Make a Comeback As Interest Rates, Stablecoin Supply Drive Its Resurgence: According to a report by Steno Research, decentralized finance (DeFi) is expected to make a comeback, with the total value locked (TVL) in the crypto ecosystem potentially reaching an all-time high in the first half of next year. The resurgence of DeFi is linked to interest rates, particularly in the U.S., as they influence the appeal of decentralized financial markets. Additionally, factors such as the growth in stablecoin supply and the continued expansion of real-world assets contribute to the revival of DeFi. (Decreypt) (AC-Ugh!)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. El Salvador adds 162 Bitcoins to national holdings: A cold wallet reportedly owned by the Salvadoran government has been buying one Bitcoin everyday since March 16, adding 162 coins to the country’s Bitcoin holdings. (CryptoNews)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US 10-Year Treasury Note Yield Steady Ahead Powell Speech: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note stabilized at 3.85% on Friday, after briefly dipping to a 14-month low of 3.8% earlier in the week. Markets are closely watching to gauge the scale of potential rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is set to speak at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. (TradingEconomics)

2. US Initial Jobless Claims Rise More than Expected: The number of people claiming unemployment benefits in the US rose by 4,000 from the previous week to 232,000 on the period ending August 17th, slightly ahead of market expectations of 230,000 to mark a three-week high. (TradingEconomics)

3. Myanmar households crippled as currency tumbles to record low: The Myanmar kyat has been extremely volatile in recent days, plunging to a low of 7,500 to the dollar in the black-market last week from 5,000 earlier in the month The plunge followed reports that the Myanmar junta was printing more kyat to prop up the currency, two traders said. “People are frantically buying (Thai) baht and selling kyat,” said a money transfer agent in Thailand. (AsashiShimbun) (AC- For those who study currencies and economics, the lessons come from around the world.)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. CrowdStrike Faces Lawsuits From Customers, Investors: CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) is facing lawsuits from investors and customers following the incident that caused massive global outages, but some believe the company is likely shielded from legal action. Roughly 8.5 million Windows devices worldwide entered a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) loop on July 19 after CrowdStrike pushed out a bad update that was not properly tested. (SecurityWeek)

2. Pig Butchering Crypto Scams On The Rise: FBI Recovered $5 Million: Pig Butchering crypto scams have become the new preference of fraudsters where they pretend to be acquaintances, friends, or romantic partners. They make contacts and get close with the victim, running the fraud for weeks or even months, convincing the victim to invest in the scammer’s crypto. Once the victim invests, the scammers show sudden losses to ask for more or simply disappear. (CoinGape)

-Technology and Science-
1. AI drone ‘hellscape’ plan for Taiwan: The US army plans to combat a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by flooding the narrow Taiwan Strait with swarms of thousands and thousands of autonomous drones. “I want to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hellscape using a number of classified capabilities so that I can make their lives utterly miserable for a month, which buys me the time for the rest of everything,” US Indo-Pacific Command chief Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo told the Washington Post. (CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bybit emerges as dominant exchange with $2.5 billion BTC spot volume: Bybit's recent surge to a $2.5 billion spot volume on Aug. 22 has stunned the crypto community, consistently outperforming even the behemoth Binance in daily volumes. (CryptoSlate)

2. Bitcoin Fees Surge Above $100 as Native Staking Protocol Launches: Babylon Labs' launch of native staking capabilities for Bitcoin caused a surge in transaction fees early Thursday, with the median cost per transaction peaking at $132. Users rushed to stake their Bitcoin, leading to a fee bidding war and increased costs. Despite the inconvenience for standard Bitcoin users, this fee spike may benefit miners struggling in the current climate. (Decrypt)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 34/100 (Down 5 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 857,755 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-08-21T14:42:50Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 857,755
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 21Aug24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Ukraine Launches Large Drone Attack on Moscow / Ship Unresponsive After Houthi Missiles in Red Sea / China Protests US Concern in South China Sea / Obamas Speak at DNC / RFK Considers Dropping Out / Germany Seizes Bitcoin ATMs / Mt Gox Moves $784M Worth Of Bitcoin / Gold, Silver Hitting Highs / US Intel Says Iran Hacked Trump / AI Puts Pressure on Energy Sector / El Salvador Launches Bitcoin Certification for Gov Employees / BTC HODLers Keep HOLDing

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $59,349, 23.63 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $61,396 / Lo: $58,109
Vol: $26B (Down 4%)
Mkt Cap: $1.17T (Down 2%)
HashRate: 576 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 5 sats/vBtye (Up 60%)
Nodes: 19,494

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone attacks on the Russian capital: Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones shot down by air defences in what Russian officials said was one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022. Russian media showed unverified footage of drones whirring over the dawn sky of the Moscow region and then being shot down in a ball of flame by air defences. Moscow's airports Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky limited flights for four hours but were restarted normal operations. There were no injuries or damage reported in the aftermath of the attacks. (Reuters)

2. Ship hit by suspected Houthi missiles in Red Sea, leaving vessel "not under command," U.K. military says: The attack saw men on small boats first open fire with small arms. The ship also was hit by three projectiles. "The vessel reports being not under command," the UKMTO said, likely meaning it lost all power. "No casualties reported." (CBS)

3. China says US has ‘no right to intervene’ in South China Sea disputes: Both countries said on Monday that their coast guard ships had collided near the disputed Sabina Shoal. China claims almost the entire South China Sea despite an international tribunal ruling that its assertion has no legal basis. Chinese spokesman Mao Ning said, "The US is not a party in the South China Sea and has no right to intervene in maritime disputes between China and the Philippines,” Mao told a regular briefing. “The US should stop provoking confrontation in the South China Sea, not disrupt regional stability and not escalate tensions,” Mao said. (AFP)

-US Events-
1. Obamas electrify Democrats at Chicago convention: In the choreography of the convention, the Obamas played the role of charismatic figures charged with inspiring those at the Democrats’ gathering and beyond to power Harris to victory in the two months remaining before Election Day. (WaPost)

2. RFK Jr. considering dropping out to ‘join forces’ with Trump: Shortly after the revelation, Trump declared that he would be “certainly” open to giving the Kennedy scion a post in his administration. “There’s two options that we’re looking at, and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and [Tim] Walz presidency because we draw votes from Trump,” (NYPost)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Germany seizes $28 million in raid on unlicensed crypto ATMs: The sting was carried out on Aug. 20 and targeted 35 locations where crypto ATMs were reportedly being operated without the necessary licensing. Crypto ATMs, which enable users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin with cash or debit cards, fall under the jurisdiction of Germany’s Banking Act. German officials warned that crypto ATMs could become hotspots for criminal activities if operators do not enforce adequate Know Your Customer (KYC) protocols, particularly for transactions exceeding 10,000 euros. (CryptoSlate)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Mt. Gox transfers $784 million in Bitcoin, fueling distribution rumors: Mt. Gox shifts 13,265 BTC; only 1,265 BTC likely for distribution, analyst posits. Currently, Mt. Gox holds 45,000 BTC after having distributed 97,000 of the original 142,000 BTC. (CryptoSlate)

2. Spot Bitcoin ETFs net $88m in inflows, spot Ether ETFs outflows see slowdown: BlackRock’s IBIT recorded the highest inflows with $55.4 million, bringing its total inflow since launch to $20.53 billion. It was the only fund to record a second consecutive day of inflows. ARK 21Shares’s ARKB followed with inflows of $51.9 million following a day of no activity. (CryptoNews)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Gold Shatters Records as Investors Brace for Economic Turbulence: Precious metals prices are on the move again, with gold hitting a new peak of $2,564 during Tuesday’s trading sessions. As of now, gold is being traded at $2,527 per ounce, while silver has climbed more than 6% this week, currently standing at $29.68 per ounce. (BitcoinCom)

2. Dollar Sinks to Year-to-Date Lows: The dollar index traded below 101.5 on Wednesday, sinking to its lowest levels this year as investors awaited updates from the Federal Reserve to gauge the timing and magnitude of expected interest rate cuts. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. US intelligence officials say Iran behind Trump campaign hack: In a joint statement, the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said it attributed “recently reported activities to compromise former President Trump’s campaign” to Iran, and that the intelligence community is “confident that the Iranians have through social engineering and other efforts sought access to individuals with direct access to the presidential campaigns of both political parties”. (TheGuardian)

-Technology and Science-
1. Growth in artificial intelligence puts pressure on energy generation: “We’re in (a) precarious position,” said Geoff Marke, chief economist with the Missouri Office of Public Counsel. “We don’t have enough generation to meet our load before we start talking about AI data centers coming online.” The energy industry is experiencing seismic change. Coal plants are retiring and renewable generation is coming online. However, its reliance on the sun and wind tend to make it less consistent. Boston Consulting Group analysis shows that data center electricity consumption is expected to triple by 2030 — to 7.5% of total U.S. energy consumption, comparable to the power needs of 40 million households. (LakeGazette)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. El Salvador launches Bitcoin certifications for civil servants: The National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) of El Salvador will train and provide Bitcoin instruction and certifications to 80,000 government employees. The 160-hour virtual and asynchronous training session — Certification in Public Administration 1 — is divided into seven modules, each detailing several concepts, laws, skills and management related to the use of Bitcoin as legal tender. (CoinTelegraph)

2. A Strong HODLing Trend Emerges in Bitcoin: Nearly 75% of all circulating Bitcoin has remained dormant for over six months. Consistently buying and holding Bitcoin over time, rather than attempting to time the market, aligns with the behavior of those who have historically seen the most significant gains holding Bitcoin. (ZeroHedge)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 29/100 (Down 1 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 857,615 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-08-20T13:05:11Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 857,615
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 20Aug24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Israel Recover 6 Hostage Bodies / Russia Hunts Down Deserters / North Korean Soldier Defects / DNC Says Goodbye to Biden / Georgia Strengthens Ballot Rules / Harris, DNC Indicate Crypto Antagonism / China Rules Digital Assets Transactions Illegal / BTC ETFs Control Almost 1M BTC / US Stocks Continue Rise / Hack Takes 4,064 BTC From One Wallet / Space X to Send Civilians Deeper Into Space

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $60,707, 24.02 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $61,396 / Lo: $58,109
Vol: $28B (Up 32%)
Mkt Cap: $1.2T (Up 4%)
HashRate: 626 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 3 sats/vBtye (Even)-Very Low!
Nodes: 19,155

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Israeli military says it recovered the bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza: The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that troops recovered the bodies in an overnight operation in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The operation came as the United States, Egypt and Qatar pushed for a cease-fire deal that would end Israel’s monthslong offensive in Gaza and see the release of the hostages who remain held in the enclave. More than 100 hostages remain held in Gaza, with around a third of them believed to be dead, according to Israeli officials. (NBC)

2. Russia Hunts Down Deserters to Backfill Its Massive War Losses: Russia’s vast professional army has been hollowed out after 2½ years sending waves of men to break down Ukraine’s defenses with a warfare attrition strategy. Russia is now recruiting at least 25,000 men a month, though few have combat experience. The war has been deadly for both sides. At least half a million Russians have been killed or wounded in the conflict, according to a senior Western intelligence official. Kyiv has also struggled to raise enough troops to hold back the Russians, despite lowering the mobilization age and raising pay. (WSJ)

3. North Korean soldier defects to the South: A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea early on Tuesday crossing the militarized border in the eastern part of the Korean peninsula. The soldier crossed into Goseong county on the east coast which borders North Korea and was taken into custody by South Korean guards who had been monitoring his movements. (Reuters)

-US Events-
1. Biden hails Harris as DNC's future in emotional farewell speech: Biden's address in Chicago kicked off a four-day event fueled by enthusiasm for Harris and relief that Biden abandoned his own reelection bid and endorsed her to replace him. The president's reluctant decision to step aside on July 21 came after heavy pressure from party leaders who worried the 81-year-old incumbent was too old to win or serve four more years. (Reuters)

2. Georgia Election Board votes to add requirements before certification: The Georgia State Election Board passed a rule Monday giving local election officials additional power to investigate ballot counts before certifying the results, a move critics say could inject chaos into the 2024 election and delay the state’s official vote count. The “Rule for Reconciliation Prior to Certification” will allow for a hand recount of votes to ensure “the total number of ballots cast” does not exceed “the total number of persons who voted,” according to the language of the rule. County election officials will now be allowed to investigate any possible discrepancies. (CNN)

3. Two dead, state of emergency declared in Connecticut after historic rainfall: Governor Ned Lamont said that hundreds of people were evacuated with the worst of the flooding happening around Oxford and Southbury. Two women, 65-year-old Ethelyn Joiner and 71 Audrey Rostkowski, both of Oxford, were found dead on Monday after rushing flood waters carried them away from first responders. (WWLP)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Kamala Harris’s Alleged ‘Crypto Reset’ Absent in Democratic Agenda: While the Republican platform addresses the issue of cryptocurrency and bitcoin, the Democratic Party’s latest platform remained silent on the matter. Adding to the buzz, there are whispers that Kamala Harris’s campaign might be eyeing Gary Gensler, the current head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, for the role of Treasury Secretary. (BitcoinCom)

2. China Classifies Crypto Transactions as Money Laundering in Update to AML Law: On Monday, Chinese authorities explicitly recognized “virtual asset” transactions as a method of money laundering, marking the first instance in the country that such a move has been made towards the asset class. The new legal interpretation classifies virtual asset transactions, including those conducted through crypto exchanges, as acts that "cover up and conceal the source and nature of the proceeds of crime.” (Decrypt)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. US Bitcoin ETFs on the Verge of Controlling 1 Million BTC: According to the latest data collected on Aug. 16, 2024, the 12 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) collectively hold around 910,153.83 BTC, which translates to over $53 billion at the current exchange rates. Leading the pack is Blackrock’s IBIT, holding the largest portion with 38.34% of the total BTC. (BitcoinCom)

2. US spot bitcoin ETFs see lowest daily trading volume since early February: U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw $61.98 million daily net inflows amidst a $779.87 million daily total trade volume on Monday, the lowest amount since Feb. 6 and the third lowest daily trade volume overall. (TheBlock)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US Futures Signal Pause After 8-Day S&P 500, Nasdaq Rally: US futures changed little in cautious trading on Tuesday as expectations for a September interest rate cut grew stronger ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's upcoming speech at Jackson Hole. On Monday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq extended their winning streak to eight sessions, the longest this year. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Could Bitcoin Become a Bigger Privacy Threat Than CBDCs?: Privacy advocates in the crypto space are concerned about the lack of privacy on the Bitcoin network and believe that it poses a threat to financial privacy. They argue that the open and transparent nature of the Bitcoin blockchain allows governments to monitor citizens' spending and other activities. While some worry that Bitcoin could be used as a CBDC with broad oversight, others believe that Bitcoin's decentralized nature makes it difficult for governments to control. (Decrypt)

2. Crypto Hack Ends In $238M Bitcoin Heist, Lazarus Group Linked?: A massive crypto hack on August 19 has shaken the community, resulting in the theft of $238 million in Bitcoin. According to ZachXBT’s research, the victim lost 4,064 Bitcoin, worth approximately $238 million, in a suspicious transfer on Monday. The transaction hash associated with the theft, 4b277…, revealed that the stolen funds were quickly transferred across various platforms. These include ThorChain, eXch, KuCoin, ChangeNow, crypto mixer Railgun, and Avalanche Bridge. (CoinGape)

-Technology and Science-
1. SpaceX is about to send four people on a wild — and risky — mission into the radiation belts: Private citizens Isaacman, Menon, Gillis and Poteet will spend five days aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that will soar to altitudes higher than any human has traveled since NASA’s Apollo program ended in the 1970s. Their orbital path will extend high enough to plunge the vehicle and crew into a radiation belt, adding another element of peril to the already treacherous experience of spaceflight. This crew of private citizens will also open the hatch of their spacecraft and expose themselves to the vacuum of space, marking the first time such a feat has been attempted by non-government astronauts. (CNN)

2. What does Bitcoin smell like? AI startup wants to ‘teleport’ digital scents: Artificial intelligence firm Osmo is working diligently to bring back the future we were promised in 1960 when Hans Laube introduced the world to “Smell-O-Vision.” Only this time, the goal is to improve the lives of humans everywhere by teaching computers how to interpret scent. The company hopes to build a system capable of superhuman feats of smell. These would include the ability to smell the presence of certain diseases, such as cancer, or symptoms associated with diabetes, such as low blood sugar.(CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Community-
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-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 30/100 (Up 2 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): Despite recent efforts to get Democratic support for digital assets, the deafening silence by the DNC and Harris is message enough. After release of the DNC policy platform yesterday, the lack of support for bitcoin and crypto ensures a hostile stance would be taken upon inauguration by the Harris camp, complete with rewarding SEC chair Gary Gensler as Treasury Secretary. This possible scenario has consequences for bitcoin holders, self-custody, centralization, and mining operations into the near future.

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NEW DAILY Bitcoin Veterans SITREP ...

2024-08-19T20:25:28Z

NEW DAILY Bitcoin Veterans SITREP

https://fountain.fm/episode/QLOBOQXUfn1nCiZ8sC5x

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 856,590 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-08-13T13:23:43Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 856,590
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 13Aug24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Ukraine Holds Section of Kursk / British Immigration Riots Peak, New Knife Killing of Girl / Bangladesh Charges Ex-PM With Murder / Musk and Trump Riff on X After Tech Issues Delay / Chokepoint 2.0 In Effect / Zimbabwe To End Dollar Use / BTC More Volatile on Weekends / DEFCon Hacks Voting Machines, Again / China Chases NVIDIA / MARA Prints "Made in USA" on Blocks / Technology Can Fix Election Honesty

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $58,856, 23.89 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $60,680 / Lo: $57,860
Vol: $32B (Up 10%)
Mkt Cap: $1.16T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 575 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 3 sats/vBtye (Down 55%)
Nodes: 19,623

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Top Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 390 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region: “The troops are fulfilling their tasks. Fighting continues actually along the entire front line. The situation is under our control,” Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said. (AP)

2. Britain is hoping its riots have peaked. But the far right is lingering, and more trouble could lie ahead: It was meant to be another night of violence at the hands of the far right. A list of target addresses for far-right protests, seen by CNN, had been circulating on Telegram channels and then on social media for days, raising alarm that the racist attacks on Muslims and asylum seekers over the weekend would return. Wednesday felt like a turning point after a string of violence that had put a country on edge and thrown its new government into a sudden crisis. (CNN)

3. UK: Man stabbed girl, 11, eight times, court told: A 32-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed in London’s Leicester Square on Monday. Ioan Pintaru, a Romanian national with no fixed address, is also charged with possession of a bladed article. (AP)

4. Bangladesh's ex-PM investigated for murder: A murder investigation has been opened into Bangladesh's ex-premier Sheikh Hasina over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month. Six other top figures in the previous government are also being investigated following weeks of deadly unrest in the capital Dhaka. Ms Hasina resigned and left the country earlier this month, fleeing to New Delhi, India after political unrest destabilized the government. (BBC)

-US Events-
1. Musk hosts friendly chat with Trump on X after tech delays: The conversation, in which Mr Musk asked friendly questions on subjects such as immigration and inflation, began more than 40 minutes late as many users struggled to gain access. The two men touched on a range of issues, from the assassination attempt on Trump last month at a Pennsylvania rally, to his wanting the US to get an "Iron Dome" missile defence system like the one in Israel as well as immigration, a key plank of his campaign. As many users struggled to access the livestream, Mr Musk blamed "a massive DDoS attack on X" for the problems in a post. (BBC)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Tyler Winklevoss Warns Operation Chokepoint 2.0 Remains in Full Swing: Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of U.S.-based exchange Gemini and VC firm Winklevoss Capital, has alerted about the ongoing status of Operation Chokepoint 2.0, a plan directed to difficult banking access to crypto companies. Winklevoss’ remarks come after the Federal Reserve found Customers Bank, a crypto-friendly bank, had “deficiencies” in compliance with anti-money laundering requirements. (BitcoinCom)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
1. Zimbabwe to Unveil Roadmap to End Dollar Use, Cabinet Says: Zimbabwe’s cabinet said it has approved a roadmap to abandon US dollars in favor of its bullion-backed currency in transactions, a strategy that Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube may unveil next week. “On modalities to operationalize the ZiG CBDC currency as legal tender for use in the economy, a dedollarization roadmap is now in place,” (Bloomberg)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin risks ‘sharp weekend price swings’ as ETFs suck up liquidity: Bitcoin has become more susceptible to wild weekend volatility since the launch of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) in the United States, according to Kaiko Research. In an Aug. 12 report, Kaiko’s crypto analysts noted Bitcoin’s liquidity has become more concentrated on weekdays, particularly in BTC/US dollar markets. (CoinTelegraph)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US Factory Gate Prices Expected to Rise Moderately: Factory gate prices in the US are projected to have risen by 0.2% month-over-month in July 2024, maintaining the same pace as in June. The core producer price index, which excludes volatile categories like food and energy, is also expected to increase by 0.2%, a slowdown from the previous month's 0.4% rise. (TradingEconomics)

2. US Futures Mixed Ahead PPI Data: US futures were mixed on Tuesday as investors awaited key inflation data. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures ticked up slightly, while Dow Jones futures fell over 100 points. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. The nation’s best hackers found vulnerabilities in voting machines — but no time to fix them: Organizers and participants at the DEF CON Voting Village found cyber vulnerabilities in everything from voting machines to e-poll books, but there is no time before the November elections to fully implement their findings. “If you don’t think this kind of place is running 24/7 in China, Russia, you’re kidding yourselves,” Harri Hursti said, gesturing around the room of voting equipment. “We are here only for two and a half days, and we find stuff…it would be stupid to assume that the adversaries don’t have absolute access to everything.” (Politico) (AC-See AC below)

-Technology and Science-
1. Huawei Readies New Chip to Challenge Nvidia, Surmounting U.S. Sanctions: Chinese internet companies and telecommunications operators have been testing Huawei’s latest processor, called Ascend 910C, in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter. Huawei told potential clients that the new chip is comparable to Nvidia’s H100, which was introduced last year and isn’t directly available in China, the people said. (WSJ)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Marathon Digital stamps ‘Made in USA’ on Bitcoin blocks mined: Marathon Digital CEO Fred Thiel underscored the company’s commitment to labeling blocks made in the US with a stamp. According to Thiel, every block mined by their MARA Pool in the United States will be stamped “Made in USA.” (CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 31/100 (Up 6 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): With election season in full swing in the US, every aspect of electoral process is clouded in purposeful confusion. The candidate narratives, media coverage, social media spin, election process and legal aspects of the US election are as clear as mud. Within this confusion lies the opportunity to design and steer the results in a direction that does not suit the citizen voter. The democratic process is broken in the US and faith in the system is at a low. As with many problems, technology often provides an actual solution if human nature would concede. The latest guest on the Bitcoin Veterans podcast outlined a system now in use in Guatemala that uses checks and balances, combined with immutable confirmation on the Bitcoin blockchain to implement one of the most honest elections held in the world. The time is ripe to explore such a hopeful project and prepare for the dishonest broker onslaught in the US. For an introduction, consider watching the short film: https://film.simpleproof.com/

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 856,456 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-08-12T19:29:32Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 856,456
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 12Aug24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: US Buildup Continues in Mideast / Russians Evacuate Kursk Areas / US SOF Busy in Syria Against ISIS / Trump Campaign Hacked / Musk and Trump on X Tonight / NYC Overflows With Migrants / Venezuelans Use VPNs to Access Binance / Turkey Opens Up To Digital Assets / IRS Changes Crypto Form / Canada Politicians Spar on CBDC / Four Years of MSTR BTC Strategy / Quantum Computers Pick Up Steam / Bitcoin Miners Scraping By

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $59,806, 24.51 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $60,739 / Lo: $57,688
Vol: $29B (Up 86%)
Mkt Cap: $1.18T (Down 2%)
HashRate: 724 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 7 sats/vBtye (Up 75%)
Nodes: 19,685

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. US is 'strengthening' military force in Middle East: The U.S. is "strengthening" its capabilities in the Middle East by sending an additional guided missile submarine to the region "in light of escalating regional tensions," according to a statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder issued on Sunday. Secretary Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, equipped with F-35C fighters, to accelerate its transit to the Middle East, which was previously expected to get there by the end of the month. Additionally, Austin has ordered the USS Georgia guided missile submarine to the Middle East. (ABC)

2. Russia orders more evacuations as Ukraine’s incursion into its territory enters its seventh day: Russian authorities were on Monday evacuating civilians from more areas along the Ukrainian border, a week into Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion into Russian territory. The incursion, which is now affecting two Russian regions, is seen as something of a game-changer in the conflict. (CNN)

3. In Syria’s Hinterlands, the U.S. Wages a Hidden Campaign Against a Resurgent Islamic State: American commandos are scrambling to contain a resurgence of Islamic State where the militant group once imposed its violent religious fervor on vast territories and millions of people. Militant fighters have doubled their pace of attacks in Syria and Iraq this year. They have targeted security checkpoints, detonated car bombs and plotted to free thousands of comrades jailed since the SDF and a U.S.-headed Western coalition recaptured the last Islamic State-held town. (WSJ)

-US Events-
1. Trump campaign says it has been hacked: Politico reported earlier Saturday that it had received emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s campaign operation. “These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” a Trump campaign spokesperson said. Spokesman Cheung pointed to a recent report published by Microsoft that said Iranian operatives had ramped up their attempts to influence and monitor the US presidential election. (CNN)

2. Elon Musk to interview Trump on X social media network: The interview, scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern Time (0000 Tuesday GMT), could provide the former president an opportunity to seize the limelight. Trump's access to his account, @realDonaldTrump, was restored a month into Musk's ownership of X after being suspended by the platform's previous owners following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress by his supporters. Trump frequently posts on his Truth Social social media platform, which was launched in February 2022.(Reuters)

3. Migrants Camp in City Streets as Biden’s Shelters Overflow and Gang Violence Grows: As the number of migrants continues to grow in the Big Apple, authorities are beginning to become concerned over the number of border crossers who are choosing to live outside in tents instead of going into the city’s shelter system. With the city already struggling to house some 65,000 migrants, a major factor spurring migrants to camp outside in tents is that they feel unsafe in the massive shelters arranged by city officials. (Breitbart)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Venezuelans turn to VPNs as government restricts Binance access: Binance has confirmed that the Venezuelan government has restricted access to its website amid turmoil following controversial presidential election results. Local group VE sin Filtro advised Venezuelans to use a virtual private network (VPN) to bypass the crypto platform’s blockade. (CryptoSlate)

2. 47 Companies Apply to Operate in Turkey Under New Crypto Regulations: Turkey’s Capital Markets Board has issued an update on crypto asset service providers following new regulations. The provisional lists include 47 operational companies and three that are planning to liquidate. Current crypto service providers are required to apply for permits or proceed with liquidation by specified deadlines, with legal repercussions for noncompliance. (BitcoinCom)

3. IRS Updates Crypto Tax Form, But Could Still Bring ‘Unintended Consequences’, Expert Says: The IRS has released a revised draft of the 1099-DA form for crypto investors, aiming to simplify tax reporting for digital asset holders. The new form eliminates intrusive questions about wallet addresses, transaction IDs, and specific broker types. (Decrypt)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
1. Trudeau’s rival pushes to ban CBDC in Canada, preserves cash use: Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre voiced strong opposition to the development of a central bank digital currency in Canada in a recent X post, pledging to protect cash usage and resist the government’s push toward economic digitization. (CryptoNews)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Saylor's Big Bitcoin Gamble Turns 4. Here's How MicroStrategy Stock Has Performed: After languishing for nearly two decades, the stock ended up recovering following Saylor's Bitcoin gamble. In fact, MicroStrategy has managed to outperform 499 out of 500 stocks in the S&P 500. As reported, MicroStrategy (MSTR) stock was added to the much-coveted the MSCI World Index earlier this year after outperforming Bitcoin. (UToday)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Bank of Japan Rules Out Interest Rate Hikes Until 2025: A former Bank of Japan (BOJ) official stated that the central bank will delay any further interest rate hikes until next year, prioritizing market stability in the near term. The BOJ recently raised its key interest rate for the first time in over a decade but has now signaled a pause in additional rate hikes. The shift in policy caused the Japanese yen to strengthen and led to a decline in risk assets, including Bitcoin. (Decrypt)

2. Dollar Stabilizes Ahead of Inflation Data: The dollar index steadied around 103.1 on Monday as investors look ahead to key inflation data this week for confirmation that price growth has continued to stabilize. (TradingEconomics)

3. Week Ahead: The focus in the United States will be on the CPI and PPI reports, and speeches by Federal Reserve officials. Additionally, key data releases will include retail sales, Michigan consumer confidence, export and import prices, housing starts, building permits, and industrial production. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
NSTR

-Technology and Science-
1. Quantum computers are advancing much faster than scientists expected: Most people working in the field believe that quantum computers will be able to solve problems that classical computers can’t solve within the next 10 years. This is according to a recent survey of 927 people with associations to the field of quantum computing (researchers, executives, press, enthusiasts, etc.) conducted by QuEra. Of those surveyed, 74.9% “expect quantum to be a superior alternative to classical computing for certain workloads” within the next 10 years. (CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin miners record lowest daily revenue of 2024: Revenue earned by Bitcoin miners, primarily through block rewards and transaction fees, declined consistently over two weeks to record a new yearly low on Aug. 11. On Aug. 11, daily earnings of the Bitcoin mining community dipped to a new yearly low of $2.54 million, a number last seen in October 2023. (CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 25/100 (Down 23 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 855,646 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-08-06T13:39:11Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 855,646
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 06Aug24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Rockets Hit US Base in Al Asad, Iraq / UN Fires Staff for Oct 7th Role in Massacre / Biden Convenes NatSec Council / Maduro To Investigate Opposition Leaders for Crimes / VP Harris Gets Dem Nomination / Hurricane Debby Floods Florida, Georgia / Binance Hit with $86M Tax Bill in India / Thailand Models CBDC, UBI Plan / Global Markets Rebound / US Begins Treasury Buyback / Google Hit With Antitrust Ruling / CA Puts Car Titles on New Blockchain / Swan Cancels PB Fest '24

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $54,055, 23.04 oz Gold, .13 Median US House
24hr Hi: $56,271 / Lo: $49,578
Vol: $68B (Down 21%)
Mkt Cap: $1.09T (Up 9%)
HashRate: 624 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 11 sats/vBtye (Up 90%)
Nodes: 19,594

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. US personnel wounded in attack against base in Iraq: At least five U.S. personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Middle East braced for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies following last week's killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Two Katyusha rockets were fired at al Asad airbase in western Iraq, two Iraqi security sources said. One Iraqi security source said the rockets fell inside the base. (Reuters)

2. Nine UNRWA staff to be fired for potential role in 7 October attacks on Israel: The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel. 1,200 people were killed and another 250 were taken to Gaza as hostages. (UNAffairs)

3. Biden meets national security team as fears of Iran attack on Israel grow: US President Joe Biden met his senior national security team on Monday as concerns of a possible Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel grew. Biden said he had been briefed on preparations to support Israel should it be attacked, while Secretary of State Antony Blinken said officials were working "around the clock" to prevent an escalation. (BBC)

4. Venezuela launches criminal investigation into opposition figures: Venezuela’s Public Ministry has opened a criminal investigation into presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia and opposition leader María Corina Machado, the country’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a statement on Monday. Venezuela’s opposition and multiple other nations have refused to recognize Maduro’s victory in the July 28 vote until the release of the full vote tally. (CNN) (AC-The headlines from Venezuela and the US seem to be interchangeable, only the names change)

-US Events-
1. Kamala Harris earns majority of Democratic roll call votes, achieving historic presidential nomination: The roll call, which concluded on Monday evening, still needs to be certified by Convention Secretary Jason Rae, according to the statement, but the announcement makes Harris's historic nomination effectively official. (ABC)

2. Debby Weakens to Tropical Storm, Four People Confirmed Dead: Debby was downgraded to a tropical storm Monday afternoon after hitting Florida with heavy rain and leaving four dead. The storm is expected to inundate the Southeast with historic rain and catastrophic flooding over the next few days. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday afternoon three people were killed in traffic accidents and a fourth was killed as a result of a tree that fell on a roof. (WSJ)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Binance Is 'Cooperating' With Indian Authorities on $86 Million Tax Bill: Binance is facing a significant tax challenge in India after the country’s tax authorities issued a notice demanding a Goods and Services Tax (GST) payment of $86 million. The Directorate General of GST Intelligence alleges that Binance collected fees from Indian customers for trading virtual digital assets without remitting the appropriate taxes, according to a local news outlet. (Decrypt)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
1. Thailand may tell us a great deal about the future of money: The Thai government has initiated a programme to distribute money to low-income households through digital wallets. About 50mn Thais who fall below certain income and savings thresholds will get about $280 each, roughly half of monthly per capita income. The Thai transfer programme already has some features of a CBDC. (FT) (AC-The Thai government is showing the world how CBDCs will be instituted, primarily through low-income grants and UBI programs first. The eventually mandated as the primary currency where the programmable features are implemented, decreasing freedom of currency usage.)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Hedge Fund Capula Reveals $420 Million in Bitcoin ETF Holdings: London-based hedge fund Capula Management has disclosed in a regulatory filing that it has invested over $420 million in Bitcoin through exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The hedge fund purchased shares of Fidelity's Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust and BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, making its total investment worth $422 million. (Decrypt)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Global markets jittery after sharp share price falls: Stock markets in Europe remained unsettled on Tuesday despite a rebound in Japan which almost reversed record falls at the start of the week. Overnight, Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index jumped by 10.23%, or 3,217 points in its biggest one day gain in points, after the previous day's plummet. Experts says this was in reaction to fears of a US economic slowdown. A rare interest rate cut in Japan is also believed to have played a part. (BBC)

2. US 10-Year Yield Rises as Traders Assess Outlook: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note rose above 3.8% on Tuesday after hitting an over one-year low of 3.67% in the previous session, as investors weighed risks of a US recession. A weak jobs report released on Friday stoked fears of an economic downturn, prompting traders to rush for safe-haven assets including US Treasuries. (TradingEconomics)

3. US Commences $50B Treasury Buyback, 50 bps Fed Rate Cut Odds Surge: On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the United States will kickstart the ambitious Treasury buyback program. This initiative aims at purchasing $50 billion worth of Treasury securities by the end of October. Moreover, it comes at a crucial juncture as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to announce an emergency interest rate cut soon. (CoinGape)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. North Korean Hackers Moonstone Sleet Push Malicious JS Packages to npm Registry: The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Moonstone Sleet has continued to push malicious npm packages to the JavaScript package registry with the aim of infecting Windows systems, underscoring the persistent nature of their campaigns. (HackerNews)

-Technology and Science-
1. Google Found to Hold an Illegal Monopoly in Antitrust Case: Google has lost an antitrust lawsuit over its search arrangements on smartphone devices, with a federal judge ruling that the tech giant has illegally held a monopoly in search and text advertising over the past decade. (Breitbart)

2. California DMV digitizes 42 million car titles on the blockchain: The DMV has partnered with blockchain startup Oxhead Alpha, the first step was creating digital tokens for the 42 million car titles on the blockchain, which the DMV has already completed. It’s currently building a mobile app that Californians can use to access their records and initiate title transfers from the comfort of their homes, a first in the U.S. The app is expected to go live in the first half of 2025. With blockchain’s decentralization and immutability, car owners will likely detect any lien fraud quickly. According to vehicle data firm Carfax, there are over 800,000 cases of title washing alone, which is the fraudulent concealment of pertinent car information from a buyer. (CoinGeek)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Swan Bitcoin Cancels Pacific Bitcoin Festival 2024: Swan Bitcoin has canceled its highly anticipated Pacific Bitcoin Festival 2024, which was set to take place in October in Santa Monica, California. The decision comes after recent staff cuts and a shift back to the company’s core business. (BitcoinSensus)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 17/100 (Down 9 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): Even with the bounceback in global equities, the USG is looking to stabilize markets and prevent FUD around the US economy, especially before an election. The Treasury buyback is timed to provide some liquidity both here and abroad during this time of uncertainty. The follow-on actions expected are the Fed interest rate reduction, further increasing liquidity. Simple economic mechanics forecast increasing inflation to result in the following 6-12 months.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 854,946 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-08-01T15:40:39Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 854,946
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 01Aug24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Hamas Leader Killed in Tehran / Hezbollah Commander Confirmed Killed in Lebanon / Musk Vs. Maduro Challenge Accepted / Sex Trafficking at Comic-Con / Sen Lummis Introduces Bitcoin Bill / Sen Hagerty Backs Trump's Crypto Stance / NC Democrats Flip on CBDC Bill / No Movement From Fed / HSA Provider Hacked / Tucker Like Bitcoin, But Says CIA Created It

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $64,522, 26.46 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $66,810 / Lo: $63,573
Vol: $36B (Up 29%)
Mkt Cap: $1.27T (Down 2%)
HashRate: 683 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 8 sats/vBtye (Up 27%)
Nodes: 19,160

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Hezbollah confirms commander died in Israeli strike: Fuad Shukr, who was in his early sixties, is believed to be a key military adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The strike targeted a building in Haret Hreik, a part of the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut. It is a fortified, densely populated area. Dahiyeh itself is surrounded by checkpoints. Meanwhile, the US tells Americans in Lebanon: ‘Be prepared to shelter in place’: (BBC)

2. Iranians mourn Hamas leader Haniyeh's assassination: Iranians turned out to mourn Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday, a day after he was assassinated in Iran's capital. Iran and the Palestinian Islamist militant group have accused Israel of carrying out the strike that killed Haniyeh hours after he attended the inauguration of Iran's new president in Tehran on Wednesday. (Reuters)

3. Elon Musk accepts Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's challenge to fight: In a video Monday, Maduro was seen holding a cellphone as he declared war on Musk, alleging social media platform X owner Musk wants to invade Venezuela with his space rockets. "I am the son of Bolivar and Chavez. I am not afraid of you, Elon Musk," Maduro continued. "Let’s go at it, wherever you want, as we say in Caracas in the neighborhoods. If you want it, I want it, Elon Musk. Just say where." Musk later responded to a post about the challenge on X, writing: "I accept." (Fox)

-US Events-
1. San Diego Comic-Con at center of human-trafficking sting: A team of federal, state and county investigators rescued 10 people and arrested 14 during an undercover human-trafficking sting at San Diego’s Comic-Con International, which was held over the weekend. The team was on the lookout for “sex buyers using the San Diego Comic-Con Convention to seek out potential victims,” As a result of the three-day investigation, 14 sex buyers were arrested and nine potential adult victims of sex trafficking were identified. One 16-year-old was also identified as a victim. (LATimes)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Senator Cynthia Lummis Introduces New Act to Establish a National Bitcoin Reserve: Senator Cynthia Lummis has introduced the BITCOIN Act of 2024, which aims to establish a national Bitcoin reserve to strengthen the position of the U.S. dollar in the global financial system. The bill also seeks to ensure transparency in the management of the Bitcoin reserve by the U.S. Treasury Department. However, the Act may face challenges in Congress due to partisan divisions and the upcoming Presidential election. (Decrypt)

2. Tennessee Senator Backs Trump, Wants to 'Make Certain' America is a Crypto Hub: U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) threw his support behind Presidential candidate Donald Trump's bid to make the U.S. a crypto hub this week. He likened crypto to the semiconductor industry that, "got pushed offshore and weakened us from a geopolitical standpoint," adding that, "We need to see this innovation happening here." (Decrypt)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
1. NC House overrides governor’s veto on CBDC bill, Democrats flip stance: The North Carolina House of Representatives voted to override three of Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent vetoes on Wednesday, including House Bill 690, an act prohibiting payments to the state using a central bank digital currency. During Wednesday’s override vote, nearly all House Democrats voted in contradiction to their supportive positioning in June (73-41). (CarolinaJournal) (AC-A very interesting turnabout in just one month. Politicians in the US are responding to support for bitcoin and opposition to CBDCs from US citizens.)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin ETFs see smallest net inflow on record, Grayscale mini BTC positive: Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) experienced a minimal net inflow of just $0.3 million, marking the most negligible net inflow since these ETFs began trading on Jan. 11. July 31 marked the inaugural trading day for Grayscale’s new mini trust BTC, which attracted an $18.0 million inflow; the fund was initially provided with 10% of GBTC’s Bitcoin assets. (CryptoSlate)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Fed Leaves Rates on Hold but Signals Progress on Inflation: The Federal Reserve maintained the federal funds rate at a 23-year high of 5.25%-5.50% for the 8th consecutive meeting in July 2024, in line with expectations. Policymakers noted that there has been some further progress toward the 2% inflation goal although it remains somewhat elevated. (TradingEconomics)

2. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Falls to Over 4-Month Low: The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell toward 4.1%, its lowest since March, amid growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will signal the start of its cutting cycle today. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. 4.3 million people hit in massive healthcare data breach with full names, addresses and SSNs exposed online: HSA provider HealthEquity has disclosed that it suffered a data breach in which the personal information of millions of Americans was stolen by hackers. (TomsGuide)

2. Facebook Ads Lead to Fake Websites Stealing Credit Card Information: Facebook users are the target of a scam e-commerce network that uses hundreds of fake websites to steal personal and financial data using brand impersonation and malvertising tricks. "These fraudulent sites were accessible only through mobile devices and ad lures, a tactic aimed at evading automated detection systems," the company said, noting the network comprised 608 fraudulent websites and that the activity spans several short-lived waves. (HackerNews)

-Technology and Science-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms' Second-Quarter Loss Widens to $84.4M as Costs Surge: The Castle Rock, Colo.-based company posted a net loss of $84.4 million, or $0.32 per share. The cost to mine the bitcoin jumped to $25,327 from $5,734 due to a 68% increase in the network's hashrate. Hashrate is a measurement of the total computational power used to process transactions on the network. (CoinDesk)

2. Tucker Carlson Says He Loves Bitcoin—But Believes the CIA Created It: During a private event on Friday held at Bitcoin 2024, the former Fox News host spoke at length about why crypto is the world’s best tool for enabling financial sovereignty—even though it was invented by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “Obviously it was the CIA, we all know that,” said Carlson with a laugh. “It’s like Signal, they got there first. It’s a honeytrap!” (Decrypt)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 52/100 (Down 9 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): The sudden turn of politicians towards Bitcoin and crypto, and against CBDCs in the US is instructive in games of political power. While most of the rest of the world is barreling towards a CBDC solution and centralized power, the groundswell of support for Bitcoin and anti-CBDC shows the power of legacy representative democracy in the US. US politicians still need votes to maintain or gain power. US politicians in general still do not understand Bitcoin or CBDCs, but do understand that it is important for many constituents and can garner them support apart from traditional policies. The push for Bitcoin as a reserve asset is no less than a dog-whistle for digital asset enthusiasts as the reality is very complex and difficult to enact meaningfully, for the USG, citizens or Bitcoiners. All of which have different objectives.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 853,558 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-07-23T13:03:19Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 853,558
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 23Jul24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Red Sea Boils / China, Philippines Reach Agreement / Ukraine Foreign Minister Visits China / Secret Service Under Heavy Fire / Netanyahu Snubbed, Will Speak to Congress / MARA Fined $138M / Is Bitcoin as Reserve Asset Possible? / ETH ETFs Start Trading / BTC Miners Struggling

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $66,601, 27.58 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $68,267 / Lo: $66,292
Vol: $45B (Up 45%)
Mkt Cap: $1.31T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 746 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 6 sats/vBtye (Up 43%)
Nodes: 7,410 (*Anomaly: Detected nodes have dropped the past two weeks from an average of 19K to below 10K)

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Red Sea tensions reach new high as US weighs terrorist designation for Houthis: Israel's strike on Yemen's port of Hodeidah on Saturday killed three and injured 87, in a fighter jet assault over 1,000 miles away from Tel Aviv. Israel says it was a response to a Houthi drone attack Friday that killed one person in Tel Aviv. Tallies of reporting from U.S. Central Command count 14 missiles and nearly 60 drones fired by the Houthis and destroyed by the U.S. Navy in June alone, which by some assessments has made the sea combat the United States' most sustained naval fight since World War II. "There's more and more talk now about a designation under the [Foreign Terrorist Organization], which would level the Houthis with al-Qaeda affiliates and Hamas. (ABC)

2. China, Philippines agree on 'provisional arrangement' for South China Sea resupply missions, Manila says: "Both sides continue to recognize the need to de-escalate the situation in the South China Sea and manage differences through dialogue and consultation and agree that the agreement will not prejudice each other’s positions in the South China Sea," the Dept of Foreign Affairs in Manila said. (Reuters)

3. Ukraine's FM Kuleba to visit China: China has announced that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit China from Tuesday to Friday, the first such trip since the Ukraine conflict broke out in 2022. According to Ukraine's foreign ministry, the main topic of discussion would be the search for ways to end the conflict and China's possible role in achieving sustainable and just peace. (ChinaDaily) (AC-An unexpected twist as China has supported Russia since the conflict began.)

-US Events-
1. Secret Service Director’s Testimony Sparks Bipartisan Calls for Her Resignation: Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle offered lawmakers few answers Monday about how a 20-year-old gunman was able to open fire on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, fueling bipartisan anger and widespread calls for her resignation in the wake of what she acknowledged was a colossal security lapse. (WSJ)

2. Netanyahu trip will put US divisions on display: Boycotts from Democratic lawmakers and pro-Palestinian activists against Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on Wednesday will contrast with a Republican Party united on a rare area of solidarity. With Biden’s decision to not seek reelection, all eyes will be on Vice President Harris for how she handles meetings with Netanyahu. Harris is not expected to attend Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, in a sign welcomed by advocates for a tougher U.S. policy toward Israel. (TheHill) (AC-Meanwhile, Netanyahu landed in DC without Biden, Harris or Blinken there to meet him, seen as a diplomatic snub.-Breitbart)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Marathon Digital Fined $138 Million for Breaching US Bitcoin Corp and Hut 8 Non-Disclosure Agreement: Marathon Digital, the largest Bitcoin mining company, has been fined $138 million for breaching a non-disclosure agreement. Michael Ho, former co-founder of US Bitcoin Corp, won a breach of contract lawsuit against Marathon Digital for executing his growth strategy without compensating him. (CoinTelegraph)

2. Will Trump endorse bitcoin as strategic reserve asset?: The excitement centers around a tweet from Dennis Porter suggesting that Trump might announce bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset. Melker emphasized the potential for a historic shift. He noted that the U.S. government already holds a substantial amount of bitcoin from past confiscations, such as from Silk Road. Transferring these holdings to the treasury could effectively position bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset. If Trump makes this announcement, it would not only make international headlines but also compel other central banks to reconsider their stance on bitcoin. (TheStreet)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Ethereum ETFs Approved: Trading Begins July 23, 2024: Spot Ethereum ETFs launch July 23, 2024, after SEC approval, allowing traditional investment in the second-largest crypto, with expected lower demand than Bitcoin ETFs. (Blockononmi) (AC-There is no second best)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Dollar, Treasuries and Futures Steady as Traders Mull US Political Outlook: The dollar index steadied around 104.2 on Tuesday as investors continued to assess the US political landscape in the wake of President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. EU Rules Blamed for Global IT Catastrophe Triggered by Faulty CrowdStrike Update: At the heart of the crisis lies CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm whose Falcon system, designed to thwart cyberattacks, holds privileged access to a computer's kernel. Microsoft has pinned the blame on EU regulations. A 2009 agreement stemming from a competition investigation forced the tech giant to allow multiple security providers, including CrowdStrike, kernel-level access. The confluence of a faulty update, widespread reliance on CrowdStrike's software, and Microsoft's regulatory obligations created a perfect storm. (TechTimes)

-Technology-
1. NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Swan Bitcoin capitulates, BTC miners shrink, consolidation grows, fears mount: Cory Klippsten, CEO of the California-based Swan Bitcoin financial services firm, announced that his company “is unlikely to continue with our Managed Mining business in the near term.” Klippsten added, “ without the expectation of significant near-term revenue from our Managed Mining unit, we are pulling our plans to IPO in the near future.” Since the scheduled ‘halving’ of the block subsidy this spring, the economics of BTC mining no longer add up. Even as the BTC token’s fiat value has recovered much of the losses it endured over the past couple of months, it’s still not always high enough to cover the huge electricity costs of successfully mining a BTC block.

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 71/100 (Up 1 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): Rumors of Trump announcing Bitcoin as a strategic asset reserve are swirling, but is it as significant news as thought? The USG already owns 213K BTC, or $14B worth of BTC, which is not much compared to what would be needed as a reserve asset. There is no current law or requirement that says a reserve asset must be used, kept or distributed in any sort of way in order to 'backstop' the US dollar. The act would be as 'fiat' as saying the assets are held but how does that relate to the US currency? Would it really slow down the dollar debasement? There are just too many questions, legal conflicts and agendas to put much stock in the reality of backing the US dollar with bitcoin in the near future. Short term, it would certainly be bullish for BTC price and could set off buying competition, but significant changes would need to occur for it to become a reserve asset in the USA.

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2024-07-23T00:32:15Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 853,370 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-07-22T13:05:53Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 853,370
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 22Jul24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Biden Drops Out of Race / Israel Strikes Back at Yemen / Vietnam's Communist Leader Dies / Ukraine Launches Drone Attack / VP Harris Gets Ready for Presidential Campaign / Bitcoiners Prepare for Significant Week / Seven US States Challenge SEC Over Crypto / CashApp to Depart UK / Airports Still in Disarray / Hackers Take Advantage of CrowdStrike Fail / Elon Laser Eyes Draw Speculation

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $67,600, 28.20 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $68,480 / Lo: $65,842
Vol: $32B (Up 76%)
Mkt Cap: $1.33T (Up 1%)
HashRate: 600 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 4 sats/vBtye (Down 33%)
Nodes: 7,412 (*Anomaly: Detected nodes have dropped the past two weeks from an average of 19K to below 10K)

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. At least 6 killed as Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen day after Tel Aviv drone attack: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its fighter jets struck “military targets of the Houthi terrorist regime” in the area of Yemen’s Hodeidah Port on Saturday, in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was a direct response to the death of a 50-year-old Israeli in a Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv on Friday. This is the first time Israel has struck Yemen, according to Israeli officials. (CNN) (AC-This is a major expansion in war for Israel. They are now fighting Iranian proxies on three fronts; Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and now Houthis in Yemen.)

2. Death of Vietnam’s Top Leader Raises Questions of Succession: With the death Friday of Vietnam’s long-serving Communist Party general secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s top leadership role has been left at least temporarily to President To Lam, who is best known for implementing a sweeping anticorruption drive. Whether he will retain the duties of general secretary on a more permanent basis depends on the Politburo, which is expected to decide whether to confirm his new role. Vietnam analysts said it was unlikely that the death of Mr. Trong would lead to any changes in foreign policy or trade relations, as Vietnam will continue balancing its relations with the United States, China and Russia. (NYT)

3. Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Oil Refinery Ablaze, Russian Officials Say: Russia's military said early Monday that its forces had downed 75 Ukrainian drones overnight, with regional authorities reporting that falling debris set fire to a major oil refinery on the Black Sea coast. Rostov region Governor Vasily Golubev said no one was injured during an overnight wave of attempted drone strikes in his region, but added that falling debris had caused some fires. (MoscowTimes)

-US Events-
1. World leaders react to Biden’s exit from the 2024 US presidential race: Messages of gratitude and support for US President Joe Biden poured in following his stunning announcement Sunday that he is exiting the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the next Democratic nominee. It was the second seismic moment in US politics in just over a week, following the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on July 13, which saw global leaders rally around him as the Republican nominee. One Weibo (Social Media in China) user remarked, “that one shot didn’t kill Trump but dropped Biden,” while another described the political situation in the US as “a total mess". (CNN)

2. Harris races to lock up White House bid, Trump campaign pivots: Harris, 59, was due to speak at the White House at 11:30 a.m. ET (1530 GMT) on Monday. Harris spent Sunday working the phones as she spoke with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a potential vice presidential running mate. Harris' campaign had raised $49.6 million since Biden's exit, a campaign spokesperson said on Monday.(Reuters)

3. Janet Napolitano joining review of Secret Service response to Trump shooting: Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday named one of his predecessors, Janet Napolitano, to a bipartisan panel of experts tasked with conducting a 45-day independent review of the attempted assassination of former President Trump. The panel is charged with conducting a review “of the planning for and actions taken by the U.S. Secret Service and state and local authorities before, during, and after the rally, and the U.S. Secret Service governing policies and procedures,” according to a DHS press release. (TheHill)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Bitcoin Traders Brace for 'Fat Tails' as Focus Shifts to Trump's Nashville Bitcoin Conference Speech: "This week we’re going to hear Trump speak at the Nashville Bitcoin conference. As long as Trump remains a front-runner, this is a potential catalyst for "something to happen” this week. The derivative markets seem to agree, and we’re seeing pricing support the “something is about to happen” narrative." (CoinDesk)

2. 7 US States Unite to Challenge SEC's Crypto Overreach: Iowa announced earlier this month that Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a seven-state coalition in filing an amicus brief opposing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) attempt to regulate cryptocurrencies. The amicus brief, supported by Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, was filed on July 10 to challenge the SEC’s overreach. “Congress never gave the SEC power to regulate cryptocurrency, and there is no accountability to ensure the actions the SEC takes are legitimate and necessary,” the Iowa Attorney General’s Office stressed. (BitcoinCom)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies-
1. Kazakhstan pays for rail line to China using programmable CBDC: “During the pilot launch of the digital tenge platform, the money allocated to finance the project was marked. The marked digital tenge is paid only to organisations that have fully fulfilled the required obligations.” (CoinTelegraph) (AC-The programmable facet of CBDCs are coherent with tyrannical governance.)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Cash App Announces Exit from UK Market to Concentrate on US Growth: Cash App, the popular mobile payment service owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block (formerly Square), has announced its decision to cease operations in the United Kingdom. For Block, this move represents a strategic refocusing of resources. By concentrating on its home market, the company aims to deepen its penetration and expand its service offerings to American users. (Blockonomi)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Treasury Yields Fall Slightly: The yield on the 10-year Treasury note steadied edged lower to 4.22% on Monday after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. (TradingEconomics)

2. US Futures Rise as Biden Drops Out of 2024 Race: US stock futures rose on Monday after President Joe Biden announced that he will not seek reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Nominee. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Flight Cancellations Caused by Tech Outage Continue Through Weekend: Travelers confronted a third day of flight snarls and long waits at U.S. airports Sunday, as many monitors still displayed the telltale blue screens of the technology-fueled meltdown that began Friday. This weekend has been one of the worst for travel this year. More than 1,700 U.S. flights were canceled Sunday, adding to the roughly 5,500 that were called off Friday and Saturday. Businesses in many other industries whose Microsoft Windows-based machines melted down due to the buggy update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike recovered by the end of the day Friday. But the continuing cascade of flight cancellations speaks to the airline industry’s heavy reliance on interconnected technology systems and its fragility when things go awry. (WSJ)

2. Cybercriminals Exploit CrowdStrike Update Mishap to Distribute Remcos RAT Malware: The attack chains involve distributing a ZIP archive file named "crowdstrike-hotfix.zip," which contains a malware loader named Hijack Loader (aka DOILoader or IDAT Loader) that, in turn, launches the Remcos RAT payload. (HackerNews)

-Technology-
1. NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin Is Unaffected by Global CrowdStrike Outages: A faulty software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike caused widespread computer outages, affecting major systems such as government offices, banks, and airlines. However, Bitcoin remained unaffected due to its decentralized nature and independence from centralized providers. (Decrypt)

2. Elon Musk Sports Bitcoin Laser-Eyes: Joining Trump At BTC 2024?: In a move that has ignited fervent discussion across the Bitcoin community, Tesla CEO Elon Musk updated his profile picture on X (formerly Twitter) to feature the notable “laser eyes,” a meme symbolizing bullish sentiment towards BTC. This change occurred just days before the Bitcoin 2024 conference scheduled in Nashville from July 25-27, where prominent figures, including US presidential candidate Donald Trump, are slated to speak. (Bitcoinist)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 70/100 (Up 10 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): "May you live in interesting times" has meaning this week.

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We will be LIVE Thursday night at 7pm ET with guest ...

2024-07-17T02:58:15Z

We will be LIVE Thursday night at 7pm ET with guest
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2024-06-27T18:38:48Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 848,751 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-06-20T12:28:36Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 848,751
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 20Jun24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Top Israeli Military Leader Says Hamas Cannot Be Defeated / Putin Continues Asia Tour in Vietnam / Texas Prepares for Tropical Storm Alberto / Louisiana Mandates Ten Commandments Display / Bitcoin Holdings Raise Questions / US Economy Showing More Weakness / BoE Claims 2% Inflation Victory / Bitcoin On Horizon for Major Wirehouses and Banks /

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $66,128, 28.32 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $66,451 / Lo: $64,693
Vol: $18.8B (Down 42%)
Mkt Cap: $1.292T (Up 2.92%)
HashRate: 513 EH/s
Avg Fees: 14 Sats/vByte (Down 52%)
Nodes: 19,492

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Top Israeli Military Leader Says Hamas Cannot Be Defeated: The Israel Defense Forces' top spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, stated that eliminating Hamas, which he described as "an idea," is not possible and suggesting otherwise misleads the public. This perspective highlights a rift with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who remains committed to the war in Gaza with the stated goal of destroying Hamas' capabilities. This discord follows Netanyahu's dissolution of his war Cabinet after Benny Gantz's resignation and underscores the lack of a clear postwar plan for Gaza, a point of criticism from both domestic and international observers. The conflict, ongoing for 257 days, has seen significant casualties and global criticism, with the United States expressing skepticism about the feasibility of fully eliminating Hamas. (NBC News)

2. Putin Continues Asia Tour in Vietnam: Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, marking the second stop of his East Asian tour, following a visit to North Korea which saw the two nations sign a defensive pact. The visit underscores Russia's ongoing diplomatic support in the region, despite criticism from the United States, which views it as an opportunity for Putin to promote his war in Ukraine. Vietnam values its historic ties with Russia and maintains a complex diplomatic stance by abstaining from UN resolutions condemning Russia while fostering relationships with both Ukraine and Western nations. As Vietnam continues its "bamboo diplomacy," balancing relationships without formal alliances, it remains to be seen how long it will maintain its camaraderie with Putin, given its gradual shift away from reliance on Russian military equipment and internal political shifts. (BBC)

-US Events-
1. Texas Prepares for Tropical Storm Alberto: Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 51 counties in anticipation of Tropical Storm Alberto, expected to bring heavy rains and coastal flooding through Thursday. The National Weather Service forecasts the storm to make landfall in Mexico, with significant impacts extending into southern Texas. Tropical-storm-force winds, storm surge, and flooding are already affecting the Texas and Louisiana coastlines, rendering many roadways impassable. Forecasters predict an aggressive Atlantic hurricane season influenced by a record-warm North Atlantic Ocean Basin and La Niña, potentially resulting in numerous powerful storms. (Axios)

2. Louisiana Mandates Ten Commandments Display: Louisiana has become the first state to mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, from kindergarten to state-funded universities, under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry. The legislation, part of a conservative agenda pushed by the GOP-dominated Legislature, requires posters with the Ten Commandments in "large, easily readable font" and a context statement detailing their historical significance, to be in place by the start of 2025, funded through donations. Opponents argue the law is unconstitutional and violates the separation of church and state, setting up a likely challenge in court. Proponents claim the measure has historical importance and serves as a moral foundation, reflecting broader conservative efforts within the state. (AP)

-Regulatory and Legal-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin Holdings Raise Questions: The increasing bitcoin holdings by major institutions like BlackRock and Fidelity, nearing 500,000 bitcoins, have stirred concerns within the crypto community. In a discussion on "The Wolf of All Streets" podcast, Austin Arnold from Altcoin Daily highlighted the inevitability of institutional involvement for mass adoption, noting that bitcoin's current price around $65,000 is seen as de-risked due to regulatory clarity and the approval of bitcoin ETFs by the U.S. SEC. Arnold emphasized the global reach of these ETFs and their political significance, suggesting they reflect growing international and political interest in bitcoin. While concerns about market manipulation persist, Arnold reassured that the bitcoins held by these ETFs are custodied for clients, not directly controlled by the institutions, underscoring the need for retail investor education. (The Street)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
NSTR

-Economic Indicators-
1.: US Economy Showing More Weakness: The U.S. economy is showing signs of weakness as consumer spending, a crucial driver of growth, begins to slow amid persistent inflation and a softening job market. Retail sales saw only a modest gain in May, with downward revisions for March and April, raising concerns about a potential slowdown. Inflation continues to pressure spending despite high interest rates, and declining sales in key sectors like gasoline and home furnishings indicate consumer belt-tightening. Additionally, signs of a weakening labor market, with reduced wage premiums and potential declines in hiring, suggest challenges ahead for maintaining economic momentum. (The Street)

2. BoE Claims 2% Inflation Victory: UK inflation reached the Bank of England's 2% target in May for the first time since 2021, though underlying price pressures remain strong, potentially delaying any pre-election interest rate cuts. Services price inflation, a key indicator for the BoE, was at 5.7%, higher than expected, suggesting ongoing inflationary risks. The drop in headline inflation from 2.3% in April was significant but came too late to influence upcoming elections or prompt a rate cut. Despite the inflation drop, driven by lower energy bills and food prices, the BoE is cautious about cutting rates due to persistent domestic price pressures and elevated pay growth. (Reuters)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin On Horizon for Major Wirehouses and Banks: Bernstein analysts predict that spot Bitcoin ETFs are close to approval at major wirehouses and private banks, which they believe will significantly boost adoption. They maintain a $200,000 price target for Bitcoin by the end of 2025, citing the institutional basis trade as a key driver for future net long positions. Despite some bearish arguments, analysts point to the increasing comfort with ETF liquidity and the potential for substantial advisor-driven demand. Additionally, new FASB guidelines are expected to encourage corporate treasury adoption, adding to the incremental demand for Bitcoin ETFs in 2024. (The Block)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 60/100 (Down 4 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): Study bitcoin.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 848,472 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-06-18T12:57:38Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 848,472
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 18Jun24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Putin, Kim Meet in NK / Chinese-Philippine Ships Collide in Spratly Islands / Ukraine Hits Azov Region in Russia With Drones / New Mexico Fire Threatens Town / Federal Judge Stays Iowa Immigration Law / Biden Admin to Allow Spouses of US Cits Legal Status / Why is the US Dollar still the King? / Stocks Hit New Highs

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $65,363, 28.24 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $67,252 / Lo: $64,252
Vol: $36B (Up 83%)
Mkt Cap: $1.29T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 549 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 23 sats/vBtye (Up 93%)
Nodes: 19,479

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Before his summit with North Korea’s Kim, Putin vows they’ll beat sanctions together: Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked North Korea for supporting his actions in Ukraine and said their countries will cooperate closely to overcome U.S.-led sanctions as he headed to Pyongyang on Tuesday for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Putin also said Russia and North Korea will develop trade and payment systems “that are not controlled by the West” and jointly oppose sanctions against the countries, which he described as “illegal, unilateral restrictions.” (AP)

2. US blasts ‘aggressive’ China over South China Sea collision with Philippine ship: A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near Second Thomas Shoal in the contested Spratly Islands early Monday, according to statements from both nations, which blamed each other for the incident. The incident Monday is the latest in a string of recent confrontations between Manila and Beijing that have raised concerns among Western observers of potentially developing into an international incident if China, a global power, decides to act more forcefully against the Philippines. (CNN)

3. Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Oil Tanks Ablaze in Southern Russia: An overnight drone attack set several oil storage tanks ablaze near the town of Azov in southern Russia on Tuesday, sparking a large fire, local officials said. "Oil product tanks caught fire in Azov as a result of a drone attack. According to preliminary findings, there were no casualties," the Rostov region governor Vasily Golubev said on Telegram. (MoscowTimes)

-US Events-
1. Entire New Mexico village evacuates as a pair of fires converge on it ‘like a pair of tongs,’ official says: A wall of smoke filled the sky over the village of Ruidoso Monday evening as a line of cars snaked out of the community. An estimated 5,000 residents were ordered to evacuate the village area due to the approaching South Fork Fire. (CNN)

2. Federal judge calls Iowa's immigration law 'not defensible,' grants injunction: A new Iowa law imposing state criminal penalties on undocumented immigrants is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Monday. (DesMoinesRegister)

3. Biden announces sweeping protections for migrant spouses of US citizens: The DHS will implement a new policy to allow some migrants to apply for lawful permanent resident status, including the non-citizen spouses and children of lawful U.S. permanent residents or citizens. (Fox)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Korean Exchanges Set to Reevaluate Over 600 Listed Virtual Assets: South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges are set to reevaluate more than 600 digital assets, and those failing this process will ultimately be delisted. Once the process is completed, crypto exchanges will be required to conduct maintenance reviews quarterly. The reputation of the issuers and user protection tools are among the factors related to virtual assets that will be reviewed.

-Institutional Concerns-
NSTR

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Ethiopia takes first step toward CBDC in economic reform: The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) plans to have a legal framework and regulatory sandbox in place for CBDC introduction “as necessary.” (CoinTelegraph)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Why the Dominance of America’s Currency is Harder Than Ever to Overturn: The U.S. economy is no longer the colossus it once was. It would be no surprise, then, if the dollar were rapidly losing its power. But in fact the opposite is happening: the trends that would be expected to weaken the dollar, many of them driven by U.S. policy, are only strengthening its global dominance. But predictions of the dollar’s demise have greatly exaggerated the currency’s weakness—a fact made clear by its remarkable endurance. (ForeignAffairs) (AC-A well-balanced, if dollar-biased, long article on the current state of the US dollar relative to other currency choices. The bottom line is that the USD is still doing well because the other options are worse, taking into account the 3 principles of a good currency- a unit of account, store of value and medium of exchange.)

2. S&P 500, Nasdaq Rally to Fresh Records: The S&P 500 advanced 0.7% on Monday to close at its 30th record this year and the Nasdaq rallied 0.9% notching its 6th streak closing record while the Dow Jones gained 189 points. The rally was largely fueled by substantial gains in the tech sector, despite a rise in Treasury yields. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Warning: Fake Ripple Stablecoin Scam Targets XRPL Users: Scammers have begun to exploit the hype around Ripple’s anticipated stablecoin launch, circulating a counterfeit Ripple USD (RLUSD) token on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The fraudulent activity comes ahead of the expected release of the official RLUSD, set to compete with heavyweight contenders such as Tether and Circle in the stablecoin market. (BItcoinist)

-Technology-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Largest Telecom Provider in Europe, Deutsche Telekom, Will Begin Mining Bitcoin: "Since 2023 we [have been] running a Bitcoin node and we are running Bitcoin Lightning nodes as well," he stated. Dirk Röder then hinted at an upcoming venture, saying, "And with a heart full of [...] pride, I would like to let you in on a little secret: we will engage in 'digital monetary photosynthesis' soon." (Yahoo)

2. Bitcoin Miners Face 8.4% Profit Decline Amid Falling Hashprice and Market Pressures: In the last three days, bitcoin miners have experienced an 8.4% drop in profits, echoing a decrease in bitcoin prices. Since then, the network’s hashrate has fallen below the 600 exahash per second (EH/s) mark. (BitcoinCom)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 74/100 (Up 3 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): The article in Foreign Affairs today is the second one in a week defending the US Dollar in long-essay form by a major respected publication. Last week Foreign Policy put out an essay called "Don’t Bet Against the Dollar", which has similar observations and analysis. The interesting point is that both articles are free, when articles from these publications are often behind a paywall. Both seem very well-written from economists and on the surface well-balanced. They are good reads for understanding the dynamics of global currency power and why the USD continues its lead among others. They do seem, however, to be stuck in a paradigm that has proven true over the last 60 years and is subject to change. They mention Bitcoin and stablecurrencies and the increasing power they hold, but heavily discount their rise against the dollar. It is certainly contentious when making analysis of a complicated subject as world currency, but the historical bias of USD leadership in the articles should draw suspicion either from narrative influence or change-denial perspectives.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 846,882 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-06-07T12:47:59Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 846,882
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 7Jun24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Is Hezbollah Next? / D-Day Services Draw World Leaders / Russian Ships Visit Cuba / Steve Bannon To Report to Prison / Man Fires Indiscriminately into SoCal Traffic, Killing 1 / China Never Banned Bitcoin Mining? / BIS MBridge CBDC Starts Up / US Banks Are Weakening / US Trade Gap Widens / Bitcoin Mining Entering Consolidation

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $71,547, 30.17 oz Gold, .17 Median US House
24hr Hi: $71,625 / Lo: $70,119
Vol: $27B (Up 2%)
Mkt Cap: $1.41T (Up 1%)
HashRate: 578 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 153 sats/vBtye (Up 202%)
Nodes: 17,799

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Top commander in north says IDF ready for war against Hezbollah: The military’s top general in northern Israel said Thursday the army was ready to expand its conflict with the Hezbollah terror group if need be in order to bring months of deadly cross-border hostilities to a close, a day after a reservist was killed and 10 others injured in an explosive drone attack on a northern town. (TimesOfIsrael) (AC-IDF's war with Hamas is not quite finished, but Hezollah continues intermittent strikes against northern Israel. Expanding the war to include Hezbollah objectives could be a natural progression for the IDF.)

2. The last heroes of Normandy return to France 80 years after D-Day invasion: The sun was yet to rise over the beaches of Normandy when, on June 6, 1944 -- 80 years ago this week -- thousands of American sons and Allied troops began what would become the largest amphibious assault in history. Their bravery and their sacrifice would turn the tide of World War II and push Nazi Germany to defeat. (ABC) (AC-There are only a few of these heroes still alive. Listen and learn their stories while you can.)

3. 4 Russian ships to dock in Cuba next week: Four Russian ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing "historically friendly relations" between both nations and as tensions escalate over Western military support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. (Fox) (AC-A rather obvious signal to DC about letting Ukraine use weapons to strike deep into Russia.)

-US Events-
1. Steve Bannon ordered to report to prison by July 1 to serve contempt of Congress sentence: Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to provide documents and testimony to the House Select committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack. He was sentenced to four months in prison. (CNN)

2. Man firing at Southern California motorists, killing 1, charged with murder: The 39-year-old man arrested for reportedly firing at passing commuters in Riverside County earlier this week, killing a husband and father of four children and injuring another person, has been charged with one count of murder and six counts of attempted murder. Victor Leon was fatally shot during the incident as he returned home from his overnight warehouse shift in Moreno Valley. He is survived by his wife of 13 years and their four children. (KTLA)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. China Never Banned Bitcoin Mining, Researcher Reveals: In a striking revelation that challenges widely-held perceptions, Daniel Batten, a Bitcoin environmental impact analyst, disclosed that BTC mining was never officially banned in China. According to Batten’s research, despite widespread reports to the contrary, the so-called “ban” was actually a temporary suspension, and mining activities have largely resumed across the country. Batten’s report highlights that the hashrate within China, which is a measure of the computational power used in mining and processing Bitcoin, currently accounts for approximately 15% of the global total. (Bitcoinist)

-Institutional Concerns-
NSTR

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Cross Border CBDC Project Mbridge Enters MVP Stage: Project Mbridge, the cross-border central bank digital currency (CBDC) project that seeks to integrate several currencies into a global network, has reached its minimum viable product stage. This means that each one of the participant central banks has deployed a validating node in the network, that is ready to perform real-value transactions. The project, which started as a pilot in 2021 with the collaboration of the Bank of Thailand, the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), is now ready to intermediate real-value transactions, according to a press release issued by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). (BitcoinNews) (AC-This the project reported yesterday that Saudi Arabia has also joined.)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US Banking Sector Teeters: $517B Unrealized Losses, 63 Troubled Institutions Flagged: U.S. banks reported an alarming increase in unrealized losses and a growing list of institutions at risk of failure in the first quarter of 2024, according to the latest U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) data. The FDIC report highlights $517 billion in unrealized losses and identifies 63 banks as vulnerable, marking a concerning uptick in the financial sector’s instability. (BitcoinCom)

2. US Trade Gap Largest Since October 2022 on Imports Surge: The trade deficit in the US widened to $74.6 billion in April 2024, the largest since October 2022 from a downwardly revised $68.6 billion in March and below forecasts of a $76.1 billion gap. Imports increased 8.7% to $338.2 billion, mostly due to passenger cars, computer accessories, telecommunications equipment and crude oil, while falling for transport. Exports edged up a meager 0.8% to $263.7 billion, mainly pharmaceutical preparations, electric apparatus and semiconductors. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Apple to Launch Passwords App for iPhone and Mac, Competing With 1Password and LastPass: Apple is reportedly developing this specialized password app for iPhone and Mac that could be introduced as early as next week. This move could challenge existing services. Apple's Passwords app aims to provide similar functionalities for free. (TechTimes) (AC-"If you aren't paying for the product, you are the product.")

-Technology-
1. Bitdeer introduces energy-efficient Bitcoin mining chip: Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer has showcased the “SEAL04” chip in its technology roadmap for the newly launched Sealminer rig. Set for release in the second quarter of 2025, the SEAL04 chip is projected to achieve energy efficiency as low as 5 joules per terahash (J/TH). (CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin Mining Stocks Soar Amid Takeover Frenzy: The stocks are undervalued, so miners with attractive power contracts could become M&A targets, according to Wall Street analysts. Shares of miners such as Stronghold (SDIG), Core Scientific and TeraWulf (WULF) surged more than 15%. Gains in Iris Energy (IREN), Mawson (MIGI), Cathedra (CBIT) and Argo Blockchain exceeded 10%. Larger miners such as Riot and Marathon Digital (MARA) are likely in the best position to lead this consolidation wave. (CoinDesk)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 77/100 (Down 1 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 846,486 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-06-04T13:07:46Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 846,486
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 4Jun24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: IDF Say 4 Hostages Killed / EU Swings Right / South African ANC Lost Majority Held Since 1990s / Hunter Trial Begins / New EO on Limiting Asylum on Border / Fauci in Congressional Hot Seat / Binance's CZ Enters Prison for 4 Months / Saylor Settles With Tax Officials / Epoch Time CFO Arrested for Laundering / ISM Data Drops Unexpectedly /

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $69,134, 29.62 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $68,564 / Lo: $70,230
Vol: $29B (Up 17%)
Mkt Cap: $1.36T (Even)
HashRate: 620 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 26 sats/vBtye (Down Up 18%)
Nodes: 18,937

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Israel announces the deaths of four hostages in Hamas captivity: IDF promises to fully investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Chaim Peri, 79, Amiram Cooper, 84, Yoram Metzger, 80, and Nadav Popplewell, 51. “We estimate that the four were killed together, in the Khan Younis area, several months ago, while being held by Hamas terrorists and while IDF forces were operating in Khan Younis,” the IDF said. (TimesofIsrael)

2. Europeans may be about to elect their most right-wing parliament in history: Europeans head to the polls this week in closely watched elections that threaten to shake the bloc’s traditionally mainstream political landscape. “We are seeing a rise in populist sentiment both in Europe and globally, which might result in the most right-wing European Parliament in history,” Tim Adams, president and CEO of the Institute of International Finance. (CNBC)

3. South Africa’s president won’t resign despite ANC losing majority for first time: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for unity after his African National Congress party failed to win a majority, marking a new era for Africa’s most advanced economy. The ANC is still the largest party, having won 40.2 percent of votes, but the 159 seats it secured are well short of the 200 required for a majority in the 400-seat National Assembly. In the previous parliament it had 230 seats. (Politico)

-US Events-
1. Joe Biden’s worries grow as Hunter Biden’s trial begins: Hunter Biden faces three criminal counts for allegedly buying a gun while in the throes of addiction to crack cocaine and lying on an official form about it. The charges were brought by the president’s own Justice Department, and the trial is taking place in his family’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. (Politico)

2. Biden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive: The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between ports of entry, with the border reopening only once that number declines to 1,500, according to several people familiar with the discussions. The impact of the 2,500 figure means that the executive order could go into immediate effect, because daily figures are higher than that now. (AP)

3. Anthony Fauci defends his Covid response, distances himself from adviser accused of misconduct: Fauci sought to refute allegations from Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic that he tried to suppress the theory that a lab accident in Wuhan, China, caused the pandemic. (Politico)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Former Binance CEO CZ Begins 4-Month Prison Sentence in California: Lompoc II, the California prison where CZ will serve his sentence, is a low-security facility. At a net worth of $36.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Zhao is believed to be the richest person to ever go to prison in the U.S. (CoinDesk)

2. Billionaire Bitcoin Advocate Michael Saylor Agrees to $40 Million Settlement in Tax Evasion Case: The lawsuit also implicated Saylor’s company, Microstrategy, alleging that it assisted him in evading taxes by submitting fraudulent tax forms between 2005 and 2020. The report indicates that Saylor evaded over $25 million in income taxes by falsely claiming residency in either Virginia or Florida, where income tax rates are lower. Despite agreeing to the settlement, Saylor maintains his innocence, asserting that Florida remains his primary residence. (BitcoinCom)

3. Epoch Times CFO Bill Guan is charged in alleged $67 million global money laundering scheme: The finance chief of conservative global news outlet The Epoch Times was arrested and charged with leading a yearslong scheme to launder at least $67 million in illicit funds. The alleged scheme by Weidong Guan and others involved cryptocurrency, prepaid debit cards, fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits and stolen personal identification information, according to federal prosecutors. (CNBC)

-Institutional Concerns-
NSTR

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. BIS Plans Instant Cross-Border Payments Using Wholesale CBDC Settlement: In a move to improve traditional cross-border payments, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has announced the launch of Project Rialto. This project aims to enhance instant cross-border payments by integrating a modular foreign exchange (FX) component with settlement in wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). (BitcoinCom)

-Economic Indicators-
1. ISM Manufacturing PMI Below Forecasts: The ISM Manufacturing PMI unexpectedly edged lower to 48.7 in May 2024 from 49.2 in April, below forecasts of 49.6. The reading showed another contraction for the manufacturing activity as demand was soft again, output was stable, and inputs stayed accommodative. (TradingEconomics) (AC-Both stocks prices and bond yields dropped on the news)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Chinese Crypto Trader Loses $1 Million From Binance After Chrome Plugin Exploit: The Binance user learned that the crypto heist was possible due to a malicious Google Chrome Extension. According to the victim’s investigation, the Aggr Chrome plugin stole all his web browsing and cookie data. With this information, the hacker hijacked his active Binance session without needing the password or go through 2FA. (Bitcoinist)

-Technology-
1. The Goal for China’s Chip Giant: Cut Out the U.S.: It is a part of a broader campaign to eradicate American technology in China, dubbed “Delete A” or “Decouple From A,” which has accelerated in recent years as the world’s two biggest economies intensify their battle to dominate in next-generation technology.

-Bitcoin Community-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 73/100 (Even)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 845,639 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-05-29T12:45:45Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 845,639
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 29May24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: US Gaza Pier Falls Apart / Key South African Election Today / Putin Warns France and EU / Biden Campaign at Trump Courthouse / Semler Scientific Latest to Announce BTC Treasury Strategy / Blackrock ETF Overtakes Grayscale / Weak UST Auction Raises Rates / Ticketmaster Hack Affects 560M Customers

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $67,743, 28.91 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $68,582 / Lo: $67,227
Vol: $28B (Down 11%)
Mkt Cap: $1.33T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 565 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 25 sats/vBtye (Up 80%)
Nodes: 18,599

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. US pier constructed off Gaza has broken apart: The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the war-torn enclave, the Pentagon said. The pier, which cost $320 million, had only begun operating on May 17 when heavy seas forced the maritime shipments to stop one week later on May 24, two days before part of the pier disconnected. It is unclear when shipments will resume. (CNN)

2. Party of Nelson Mandela Projected to Lose Absolute Majority in South Africa: Rampant corruption, high unemployment and a stagnant economy expected to drag ANC below 50% of the vote for the first time. Driving the ANC’s decline has been the party’s failure to bring prosperity and opportunity for Black South Africans, who make up around 80% of the population and the majority of ANC voters. (WSJ) (AC-The election will be held today and could signal coming instability in the country.)

3. Putin promises 'serious consequences' to 'small, densely populated' European countries calling for Ukrainian strikes on Russia: Russian leader Vladimir Putin says European countries should rethink their calls to let Ukraine use Western arms to strike his country. "This unending escalation can lead to serious consequences," Putin said. "If Europe were to face those serious consequences, what will the United States do, considering our strategic arms parity?" (Yahoo) (AC- It's interesting that French President Macron was not even mentioned in this article, who just recently said "Kyiv should be allowed to 'neutralize' Russian military bases." Initial concerns over escalation over the Russia-Ukraine war seem to just now starting to manifest.)

-US Events-
1. Biden and Trump Campaigns Square Off Outside New York Courthouse: Donald Trump’s trial hadn’t yet reached a jury Tuesday morning but a preview of the post-verdict messaging war was already roaring into view with dueling campaign events. President Biden’s re-election team appeared outside the courthouse to blast the former president as a danger to the country, and Trump’s side hammered what it calls a politically biased prosecution. Actor Robert De Niro and two former police officers on duty at the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a mob of Trump’s supporters were featured in the Biden event, which was held across the street from the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse where Trump’s hush-money trial is nearing a conclusion. (WSJ) (AC-The simple fact of Biden's campaign holding press conferences outside of the courthouse is indicative of a serious departure from normal presidential campaigning. It shows the hand of Biden's tactics of lawfare and his objective of jailing his competition.)

2. Joe Biden Visits Hunter’s Ex Before She Likely Testifies in Gun Trial: President Joe Biden visited Hallie Biden, the former wife of Beau Biden and Hunter Biden’s former lover, before she will likely testify in Hunter’s gun trial, the White House press pool reported Sunday. The White House said Joe Biden’s visit with his daughter-in-law had nothing to do with Hunter’s pending gun trial. It claimed instead the visit was to commemorate the upcoming ninth anniversary of Beau’s passing from cancer. Hallie is expected to testify as a witness in Hunter’s gun trial. A 2018 police report showed she tossed a gun owned by Hunter in a dumpster behind a grocer, a source told Fox News. (Breitbart)

-Regulatory and Legal-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Semler Scientific® Announces Bitcoin Treasury Strategy: Semler Scientific, a pioneer in developing and marketing technology products and services to healthcare providers to combat chronic diseases, announced today that its board of directors has adopted bitcoin as its primary treasury reserve asset. In addition, Semler Scientific announced that it has purchased 581 bitcoins for an aggregate amount of $40 million, inclusive of fees and expenses. (PR Release) (AC- Shares were up 30% on the news, but this year seems to be the year of bitcoin SoV adoption for companies following Microstrategies' playbook)

2. BlackRock Takes the Crown for the Largest Spot Bitcoin ETF From Grayscale: BlackRock’s spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) is now the largest product of its kind, flipping Grayscale's GBTC after a $102 million inflow on Tuesday. (CoinDesk)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Israel launches digital shekel CBDC challenge: The central bank is inviting participants from Israel and abroad to participate in developing innovative use cases. Inspired by the BIS and Bank of England’s Project Rosalind, the Challenge will focus on connecting to the CBDC system using APIs. (LedgerInsights)

2. BIS payments committee to focus on tokenization, CBDCs in 2025 work program: Tokenization and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will be among the priorities for the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) payments department over the next year. (CoinGeek) (AC= CBDCs will probably gain the most traction through the BIS and IMF.)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Climb Sharply: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note advanced by almost 10 basis points to 4.54% after poor results of the 5-year and the 2-year auctions triggered a selloff. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Alleged Ticketmaster Data Breach Sees 560 Million Users' Info for Sale in Hacking Forum: Ticketmaster has reportedly been breached by the hacking group ShinyHunters, as claimed by the group. The breach compromises the sensitive data of 560 million users, as it is currently on sale for $500,000 in a hacking forum. Allegedly, ShinyHunters gained access to many private user data, including complete names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, order information, and partial credit card information. (TechTimes)

-Technology-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitfarms founders may not be acting in ‘best interests’ of shareholders: Bitcoin mining giant Riot Platforms is on track to acquire its rival Bitfarms for $950 million, accusing Bitfarms founders of not acting in the best interests of all shareholders. Riot Platforms has made an acquisition offer of all BITF shares for $2.3 per share to Bitfarms, totaling the acquisition at $950 million. (CryptoNews)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 72/100 (Even)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 845,369 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-05-27T13:33:12Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 845,369
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 27May24
Precedence: Priority (PP)
Controls: Public Release
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Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $68,379, 29.18 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $69,336 / Lo: $68,183
Vol: $19B (Up 27%)
Mkt Cap: $1.35T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 605 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 9 sats/vBtye (Down 10%)
Nodes: 18,326

--- Special Memorial Day 2024 Report---

"Was one dark and stormy night, when your boy is called to fight.
Better pray hard as you can, he'll come marching home again..."
-Cadence sung at SEAL training, Coronado

Even today, we are reminded of the specter of the great sacrifice that may be required as soldiers go through training for battle. We train our minds and bodies to fight and survive because of a Deep Calling. We sweat and bleed. Our friends die on the battlefield and during training.

This Deep Calling is innate. It starts with man's desire to live free. To worship, speak, defend oneself, assemble, and to be secure in one's own labors and possessions. Then the Calling adds youth, strength, and an organization of individuals dedicated to these ideals of freedom. For over 200 years, the USA has been THE organization that best espouses these ideals, notwithstanding its flaws.

When men and women heed this calling to train and fight for something bigger than themselves, it tempers us. It reminds each of us that there are battles worth losing friends and family over.

Those of us who do survive are burdened with making sense of it. At the bottom of all the questioning we arrive at the original Deep Calling: freedom. For freedom does not protect itself, it takes blood and flesh, and our friends have paid all they could so that we can continue to fight for it.

But we cannot fight without hope. Hope that things will be better or that our work will make a difference. In years past, all that hope was wrapped up in a flag of stars and stripes. Yet tyranny continues its fight against liberty. Worldwide, those who seek more and more power over those who would maintain it themselves, work to take it from us.

Our friends call to us from the grave, "Don't let the bastards take your freedom!". This is the Deep Calling that we veterans first heard, and now hear on the winds of our national cemeteries. Listen and fortify veterans and loved ones! Find your hope. In God. In community. In each other. In freedom technologies. Then train and continue the fight.

Those of us involved in Bitcoin Veterans see much of that hope in a technology that gives us a security of our hard-earned efforts. A way to gather and keep power from those who would take it from us. We study power, bitcoin, economics, warfare, philosophy, and organize. The outcome is not assured. No battle ever is. But we hear and heed the call from our brothers crossed over. We hope for the future and act to secure our freedoms enumerated in our Constitution and held in our hearts.

On this Memorial Day 2024, remember the fallen, but listen for their voices on the wind. What are they saying? Are you listening? Honor each of them and in total. Resolve to find hope and act on it, and in between the work, raise a glass to them and Live Free.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 844,917 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-05-24T12:59:29Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 844,917
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 24May24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Landslide in Papura New Guinea / China 'Punishes' Taiwan / Russian Miliary Execs Purged / Campus Protests Continue, More Arrests / Obama, Clintons, Join Bidens in Kenya State Dinner / Anti-CBDC Bill Passes House / ETH ETF Approved / Hot PMI Sinks Dow / MSFT Outage Affects Search Engines, ChatGPT / Is IPv6 The Freedom Protocol?

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $67,451, 28.83 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $70,041 / Lo: $66,356
Vol: $43B (Up 35%)
Mkt Cap: $1.33T (Down 4%)
HashRate: 746 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 10 sats/vBtye (Down 68%)
Nodes: 18,803

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Many feared dead in massive Papua New Guinea landslide: A massive landslide is feared to have killed many after it struck six remote villages in Papua New Guinea, local officials and aid agencies said. The landslide buried more than 100 homes after it struck at around 03:00 local time Friday (17:00 GMT Thursday) in the highlands of Enga, north of the island nation in the south-west Pacific. It was not immediately clear how many people were trapped in the rubble. (BBC)

2. China says war games around Taiwan to test ability to ‘seize power’: As the first day of exercises, codenamed Joint Sword-2024A, got under way on Thursday, China described them as “punishment” following the inauguration speech by Taiwan’s new president William Lai Ching-te in which he said Taiwan was a “sovereign and independent nation with sovereignty resting in the people”. The two-day exercises are testing the “capability of joint seizure of power, joint strikes and control of key territories,” said Colonel Li Xi, spokesman for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command. (AlJazeera)

3. Top Russian military officials are being arrested: It began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. Then the head of the ministry’s personnel directorate was hauled into court. This week, two more senior military officials were detained. All face charges of corruption, which they have denied. Corruption scandals are not new and officials and top officials have been accused of profiting from their positions for decades. (AP) (AC-These arrests, combined with the Defense Minister Shoigu's reassignment, indicates a probable purge of key defense personnel following Putin's recent re-election win. There are numerous possibilities for such a purge but all these efforts are certainly aimed at consolodating and confirming power for Putin.)

-US Events-
1. Police descend on UCLA after protesters erect new pro-Palestinian encampment: More than two dozen officers in riot gear descended on UCLA Thursday afternoon, facing off with pro-Palestinian protesters who had erected a new encampment on campus hours earlier. The move came amid escalating tensions between pro-Palestinian students and their faculty allies and administrators on the Westwood campus. The academic workers union announced Thursday that its ongoing strike over working conditions would expand to UCLA and UC Davis on Tuesday. (LATimes)

2. Obama makes an appearance at White House’s Kenya state dinner: President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden roll out the red carpet for Kenyan President William Ruto and first lady Rachel Ruto. Former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Former President Obama were in attendance. The former president was not on the initial state dinner guest list released by the White House. He attended a reception in the Blue Room prior to the dinner and stopped into the dinner area briefly, according to his office. Obama, whose father was born in Kenya, visited the country as president in 2015 and returned in 2018 after leaving office. (CNN)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. US Congress Building Pro-Crypto Army, Lawmaker Says: Crypto is gaining momentum among U.S. lawmakers. Senator Cynthia Lummis stated: “We are building a pro-crypto army in Congress.” This declaration came shortly after the House of Representatives passed the landmark Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) crypto bill, despite opposition from the White House and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler. (BitcoinCom)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Ethereum ETFs Approved: The SEC combined proposals from the Nasdaq, NYSE, and CBOE exchanges, which requested changes to existing rules to allow the trading of Ethereum Exchange-Rraded Products (ETPs) and ETFs. (Forbes)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. U.S. House Passes Bill Banning Federal Reserve From Issuing a CBDC: The CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, introduced by Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), seeks to block the U.S. central bank from continuing efforts toward the development of a digital dollar. Republicans expressed concerns that a U.S. CBDC could be used to control Americans. However, both the market structure and the anti-CBDC bills seem headed toward similar fates in the Senate – going nowhere – given that half of congress does not have a counterpart for either piece of legislation. (CoinDesk)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Dow Sinks More than 600 Points: Wall Street closed lower on Thursday, after a hotter-than-expected PMI survey fueled concerns about prolonged higher interest rates. The Dow Jones plunged by 605 points, marking its worst day of the year. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search: The outage, which started around 3:00 a.m. EDT, largely affected users in Asia and Europe. Bing remained accessible when an alternate URL was used, but ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo suffered issues because they use the Bing API. (CISOSeries)

-Technology-
1. Peer-to-peer blockchain: Scaling with IPv6-based new internet: At the London Blockchain Conference 2024, IPv6 Forum President Latif Ladid moderated a panel on how IPv6 and blockchain technology will change the internet. Ladid opens the panel by explaining the key points of IPv6: it enables true end-to-end connections between people. It empowers people and disempowers monopolies by enabling people to have their unique IP addresses for every device. (CoinGeek) (AC-Do Your Own Research on IPv6)

-Bitcoin Community-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 74/100 (Down 2 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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2024-05-24T12:45:00Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 844,581 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-05-22T12:54:10Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 844,581
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 22May24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Three Countries Recognize Palestine State / Russia Has Tac Nuke Drill on Ukraine Border / Biden Admin Confirms Almost 200 Judges / More Student Loans Canceled / Gensler Speaks Out Against FIT-21 / ETH ETFs Ready for Approval / BTC ETFs Available in UK / Windows Spies on You / Happy BTC Pizza Day

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $69,852, 28.93 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $71,402 / Lo: $69,191
Vol: $36B (Down 34%)
Mkt Cap: $1.38T (Down 2%)
HashRate: 651 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 18 sats/vBtye (Up 34%)
Nodes: 17,483

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Spain, Norway and Ireland to recognize a Palestinian state: In response, Israel has recalled its ambassadors to all three countries. “Ireland and Norway intend to send a message to the Palestinians and the whole world today: Terrorism pays.", Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said. (CNN)

2. Russia starts ‘tactical nuclear drills’ near Ukraine border: ‘First stage’ of exercises involves Iskander and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and is seen as a warning to Ukraine’s Western allies. (AlJazeera)

-US Events-
1. Tornado kills multiple people in Iowa as powerful storms again tear through Midwest: After devastating Greenfield, a town of 2,000, on Tuesday the storms moved eastward to pummel parts of Illinois and Wisconsin, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers in the two states. (AP)

2. Joe Biden nears 200 confirmed judges, highlighting stakes for the courts in the 2024 election: Biden's and Trump's records show sharp differences in what types of judges they would choose. And the winner of the fall election could appoint more Supreme Court justices. Biden’s judges include many former civil rights lawyers, labor lawyers and public defenders, breaking from the mold of prosecutors and corporate lawyers that previous presidents tended to lean on. More than 60% of Biden’s judges are women, and more than 60% are nonwhite. Trump had a different standard in selecting judges, putting a premium on youth and conservative credentials. (NBC)

3. Biden administration canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers: The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellation on Wednesday, saying it will erase $7.7 billion in federal student loans. With the latest action, the administration said it has canceled $167 billion in student debt for nearly 5 million Americans through several programs. According to the Education Department, 1 in 10 federal student loan borrowers has now been approved for some form of loan relief. (AP)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. SEC's Gensler Says House Bill Would 'Undermine' Regulator's Crypto, Capital Markets Oversight: "The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act ('FIT 21') would create new regulatory gaps and undermine decades of precedent regarding the oversight of investment contracts, putting investors and capital markets at immeasurable risk," he said. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on the bill later on Wednesday, though it does not currently have a clear road through the Senate and is unlikely to become a law this year. (CoinDesk)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. SEC Leans Towards Approving Spot Ethereum ETFs, Notifies Exchanges: A big change is underway at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), signaling a green light for Ethereum spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Barely a week ago, all bets were off. Giants like BlackRock and VanEck seemed destined for a thumbs down on their proposals for ETFs that would hold Ether directly. The trigger for this sudden lean towards approval came when SEC personnel disclosed their inclination to greenlight the ETFs. Detailed comments on the pending applications were issued, suggesting that resolutions could lead to approvals as soon as this Thursday. Thursday also marks the deadline for the SEC to make a decision on the 19b-4 filing from VanEck and ARK/21Shares, which, if approved, would clear the way for launching their spot Ethereum ETFs. (Cryptopolitan)

2. BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF Records Biggest Inflows Since April: Bitcoin spot ETFs in the U.S. have seen net inflows of over $1.4 billion in the past week after a timid first half of the month. BlackRock’s IBIT product experienced a significant inflow of over $290 million on Tuesday, marking its highest one-day inflow this month and since April. (CoinDesk)

3. WisdomTree Will List Bitcoin and Ethereum Funds on London Stock Exchange Next Week: WisdomTree has received approval from the FCA to list crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) on the LSE, making it one of the first applicants to receive such approval. (Decrypt)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Don’t let the US become the only country to ban CBDCs: This week, as part of a trifecta of digital assets legislation, the US House of Representatives is set to take up HR 5403, also known as the “CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act.” In fact, if this bill ever became law, the United States would be the only country in the world to have banned CBDCs. It would be a self-defeating move in the race for the future of money. It would undercut the national security role of the dollar as the decision would only accelerate other countries’ development of alternative payment systems that look to bypass the dollar in cross-border transactions. This would make US sanctions less effective. (AtlanticCouncil) AC- The protest from the globalist think tank Atlantic Council reveals much about the view from power accumulators on CBDCs, namely a tool for continued and increasing economic control.)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US Mortgage Applications Rise for 3rd Week: Mortgage applications in the US jumped by 1.9% from the previous week in the period ending May 17th, adding to the 0.5% increase in the earlier week for the third consecutive growth in mortgage demand. The average interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell by 7bps to 7.01% in the week ending May 17th, 2024/ (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Oxford University says research not affected after expert flags COVID lab hack: Oxford University said on Thursday it was investigating a digital intrusion after a researcher said he had seen evidence that a laboratory researching COVID-19 had been hacked. Holden told Reuters that he discovered the intrusion when he found screenshots from inside the lab's network left by the hackers on a poorly secured server. (Reuters)

-Technology-
1. Windows 11's New AI Feature Will Make Screenshots of Everything You Do: Presented at Microsoft Build 2024, Recall is described as a "photographic memory" for your PC, making local Windows searches much faster by constantly taking screenshots of everything you do. Then it uses, no surprises here, generative AI along with the NPU to process all this data into a searchable timeline, enabling one to access and view everything you've done on your computer. (80LU) (AC- In another headline, "Windows announces the Year of Linux")

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin Celebrates Pizza Day: In 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, a software program developer from Florida, made history by shopping for two pizzas for 10,000 Bitcoins. This was the very first industrial transaction carried out with the assistance of the unique cryptocurrency. (CryptoNewsBTC)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 76/100 (Even)

Analyst Comments (AC): The privacy fight heats up with CBDCs, Crypto in Congress and Microsoft takes screenshots of everything you do. Will sovereign individuals take responsibility for their own privacy?

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 844,291 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-05-20T12:43:16Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 844,291
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 20May24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Iran's President Dead in Helicopter Crash / Attempted Coup in DR Congo / Gaza Fighting Fierce / Twisters in Midwest / Crypto Regulation Bill Going Through Congress / BTC ETFs Are Busy / Ripple's Anti-Bitcoin Agenda / BRICS Call for Currency

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $66,939, 27.68 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $67,402 / Lo: $65,937
Vol: $22B (Up 35%)
Mkt Cap: $1.32T (Even)
HashRate: 669 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 10 sats/vBtye (Even)
Nodes: 17,275

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Iran’s president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and several other officials were found dead on Monday. The helicopter also carried the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province, a senior cleric from Tabriz, three crew members and a Revolutionary Guard official, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. IRNA said the crash killed eight people in all, including three crew members, aboard the Bell helicopter, which Iran purchased in the early 2000s. The crash comes as the Middle East remains unsettled by the Israel-Hamas war, during which Raisi, who was 63, under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched an unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel just last month. Khamenei announced Monday that Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, would serve as the country’s acting president until elections are held. (AP)

2. 3 Americans among 50 detained after failed coup in DR Congo: The coup attempt led by self-exiled opposition leader Christian Malanga began around 4 a.m. as gunfire rang out in the capital Kinshasa, Reuters reported. But it was “nipped in the bud,” and Malanga was killed at the presidential palace. Malanga’s son was one of the three US citizens arrested following the attack. “I am shocked by the events of this morning and very concerned by reports of American citizens allegedly involved,” US Ambassador to the Congo Lucy Tamlyn said in a social media post. (NYPost)

3. Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid rolls off US-built pier: Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks massing around Rafah. (ArabNews)

-US Events-
1. Severe Storms, Including Possible Tornadoes, Take Aim At Plains, Midwest: This rash of severe weather began in the Plains late Sunday, where it produced more than a dozen reports of tornadoes in parts of Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma. The storms also produced wind gusts up 100 mph in Salina, Kansas, and 86 mph in Hutchinson, Kansas. (WeatherChannel)

2. US departure from Niger ‘already underway’ ahead of September deadline: America has relied on the west African country as a counter-terrorism hub for more than a decade. Until recently, more than 1,000 U.S. personnel have operated there, most working from an airbase near Agadez, which cost more than $100 million and sits in the country’s center. Those ties began to fray last summer after a coup swapped the ruling government with a military junta known as the National Council for Safeguarding the Homeland, or CNSP. (DefenseNews)

3. US judge blocks Biden-backed rule expanding gun background checks: A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Biden administration from fully implementing a new rule that would require gun dealers to obtain licenses and conduct background checks when selling firearms at gun shows and online. (Reuters)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Crypto Industry Rallies Behind House Bill as It Heads Toward Final Vote: The FIT21 legislation to establish a U.S. regulatory regime for digital assets is set for a floor vote next week, and the sector is telling House leaders the effort is "crucial". The bill would set the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a leading regulator of digital assets, and would establish consumer protections – including rules around custody of customers' assets and their treatment in bankruptcy – and set up further guardrails against risky behavior. (CoinDesk)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin ETF volumes hit 7-week high as BTC price nears $67K: Bitcoin is seeing a “surge” in volumes among its new institutional investment products — nearly 1,000 United States firms have bought Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Data from research firm Santiment showed daily spot Bitcoin volumes passing $5 billion.(CoinTelegraph)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Ripple's Anti-Bitcoin Campaign To Promote CBDCs: The drive towards central bank digital currencies is accelerating, with Ripple emerging as the player in this global effort. This raises a paradox: while supporters of cryptocurrency champion decentralization, Ripple's central role in CBDCs suggests a move towards more centralized control of digital currencies. Ripple is at the forefront of the CBDC revolution, engaging with governments globally to leverage its technology for digital currency development. In May 2023, Ripple launched a dedicated platform to assist central banks, governments, and financial institutions in issuing CBDCs and stablecoins. (Forbes)

2. Russia and Iran Collaborating on Single BRICS Currency, Iranian Ambassador Says: Russia and Iran are collaborating on creating a single BRICS currency, the Iranian ambassador to Russia has claimed. He noted that over 60% of the two nations’ bilateral trade is conducted in Russian rubles and rials, reflecting a shift away from the U.S. dollar. (BitcoinCom) (AC-This report is from 2 days ago, before the news of the Iranian President's death yesterday)

-Economic Indicators-
NSTR

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
NSTR

-Technology-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Craig Wright Lied to UK Court 'Extensively and Repeatedly,' Judge Writes: Judge James Mellor concluded Wright was not Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, and that he had not authored the cryptocurrency's foundational document known as the white paper. "I am entirely satisfied that Dr Wright lied to the Court extensively and repeatedly," Mellor said. "Most of his lies related to the documents he had forged which purported to support his claim." (CoinDesk)

2. Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Says Peter Schiff Criticizes Bitcoin to Attract Attention, Increase Following: Veteran trader Peter Brandt has accused economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff of leveraging his criticisms of bitcoin to garner attention and increase his social media following. However, Schiff countered, asserting that he is simply offering his candid perspective on the investment risks associated with bitcoin. (BitcoinCom)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 74/100 (Up 4 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): There are certainly some serious geopolitical machinations occurring this last month. Last week the Slovakian PM was targeted in an assassination attempt and now the Iranian President is declared dead after his helo goes down in the mountains in the north of Iran. We may not fully understand the purposes of these events at this point, but narratives will begin to emerge that push agendas associated with these events. Continue to stick with the facts and question the motives of the emerging theories while still working to comprehend the effects of these events. Unrelated events can suggest coordinated efforts but sometimes they are simply coincidence in timing.

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2024-05-16T12:43:06Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 842,693 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-05-09T12:15:47Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 842,693
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 09May24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Biden Hold Bombs for Israel / Protests Spread to Europe / Effort to Oust US Speaker Fails / Heavy Rains, Tornados Across the US / US House Votes to Repeal SEC Custody Rule For Banks /

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $61,152, 26.40 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $62,799 / Lo: $60,648
Vol: $25B (Even)
Mkt Cap: $1.2T (Down 2%)
HashRate: 547 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 22 sats/vBtye (Up 61%)
Nodes: 17,036

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Biden says US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally: Biden, in an interview with CNN, said the U.S. was still committed to Israel’s defense and would supply Iron Dome rocket interceptors and other defensive arms, but that if Israel goes into Rafah, “we’re not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells used.” (CNN)

2. Europe takes steps to avoid US campus chaos: Riot police raided an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced actions to combat antisemitism on campus as anti-Israel protests spread through Europe after swarming U.S. college campuses. (Fox)

3. Mom of captured U.S. soldier Gordon Black says girlfriend ‘lured’ him to Russia: The worried mother of a U.S. soldier in Russian custody said Wednesday that her son “was lured” there by a Russian woman he had been seeing in South Korea for over a year and that he’s being held on trumped-up charges of stealing roughly $100 from her. Melody Jones said she thinks her son, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, was set up by his girlfriend, whom she identified as Aleksandra Vashchuk. (NBC)

-US Events-
1. House Blocks Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Effort to Oust Speaker Mike Johnson:The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a resolution by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, with Democrats stepping in to help save the Republican leader, closing for now another dramatic chapter in the GOP’s intraparty squabbling. (CNN)

2. Multiple tornadoes strike across 6 states as 350 damaging storms pummel parts of US: At least 13 reported tornadoes across Kansas, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, South Dakota and Missouri have been reported in the last 24 hours, with more than 350 damaging storm reports from Kansas to Carolinas, including hail greater than softball in Missouri and wind gusts up to 72 mph in Indiana.(ABc)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. House Votes to Erase SEC Crypto Policy While President Biden Vows Veto: The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a resolution rejecting SEC cryptocurrency accounting guidance that the industry said has deterred banks from handling crypto customers, but President Joe Biden is already promising he'll veto the effort if it hits his desk. (CoinDesk) (AC-This exchange is setting up crypto and bitcoin as a political football for the new few years.)

-Institutional Concerns-
NSTR

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Rwandan central bank proceeds with ambitious retail CBDC project: The African country is eyeing a tokenized retail CBDC with offline transfer capabilities as it heads toward a cashless economy. (CoinTelegraph)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Dow Marks 6-Day Winning Streak: Stocks in the US finished a choppy session mixed on Wednesday, as the S&P 500 ended muted, the Dow Jones rose 171 points to extend its winning streak to six days, the longest since December. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. FTX Customers Poised to Recover All Funds Lost in Collapse: Bankruptcy lawyers for FTX said customers of the cryptocurrency exchange were set to get all their money back, plus interest. Virtually all FTX’s creditors, including hundreds of thousands of ordinary investors who used the exchange to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, would receive cash payments equivalent to 118 percent of the assets they had stored on FTX, the lawyers said. (NYTimes)

-Technology-
1. Neuralink’s First Brain-Chip Implant in a Human Appeared Flawless. There Was a Problem: Neuralink encountered a problem with the implant in its first human patient, Noland Arbaugh, that reduced the amount of data it could capture from his brain, according to a blog post the company published on Wednesday. Some data was lost because a number of the implant’s threads that had been placed in Arbaugh’s brain came out. The company, owned by Elon Musk, didn’t disclose the reason why some threads retracted unexpectedly. (WSJ)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 6% in largest fall since bear market lows: Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped 5.7% to 83.1 trillion as the network’s hash rate falls below 600 EH/s following the halving. This latest difficulty adjustment is the largest drop since December 2022, when bitcoin was trading for around $17,000. (theBlock)

2. Bitcoin Lightning Wallet ZEUS Isn’t Going Anywhere: Evan Kaloudis, the US-based founder of ZEUS, believes that now is the time to take a stand and fight for KYC-free bitcoin self-custody wallets. In the wake of the news of the Samourai Wallet developers getting arrested and Phoenix Wallet halting service to US customers, he made it public that he was going to fight like hell for self-custody Bitcoin and Lightning Network wallets like the one he created, ZEUS, to continue to exist. (BitcoinMag)

3. Argentinian Energy Company to Mine Bitcoin with Stranded Gas: State-owned energy firm YPF's subsidiary, YPF Luz, recently partnered with Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) to launch a gas flare-powered mining facility. It will harness 1,200 machines to monetize gas currently being flared into the atmosphere. This comes as Argentina embraces Bitcoin with the election of Bitcoin-friendly President Javier Milei in late 2023. (COinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 55/100 (Down 9 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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2024-05-09T11:40:11Z

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2024-05-08T11:37:34Z

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2024-05-07T11:43:40Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 841,907 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-05-03T12:11:44Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 841,907
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 03May24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Turkey Halts All Trade With Israel / Russian Troops Enter Niger / Ceasefire Talks in Egypt / Over 2000 Arrested at US Colleges, Many Not Students / Arizona Repeals Abortion Ban / Another Boeing Wishblower Dies / Coinbase Had Big 1st Quarter / Block Begins DCA into BTC, Gives Away Blueprint / US Jobs Data Today

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $59,237, 25.75 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $60,004 / Lo: $58,238
Vol: $29B (Down 28%)
Mkt Cap: $1.16T (Up 2%)
HashRate: 558 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 31 sats/vBtye (Up 35%)
Nodes: 19,146

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Turkey halts trade with Israel over 'humanitarian tragedy' in Gaza: Turkey has suspended all trade with Israel over its offensive in Gaza, citing the "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in the strip. The Turkish trade ministry said the measures would be in place until Israel allowed an "uninterrupted and sufficient flow" of aid into Gaza. Trade between the two countries was worth almost $7bn (£5.6bn) last year. (BBC)

2. Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says: Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger's junta to expel U.S. forces. The military officers ruling the West African nation have told the U.S. to withdraw its nearly 1,000 military personnel from the country, which until a coup last year had been a key partner for Washington's fight against insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more. (Reuters)

3. Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress: After months of stop-and-start negotiations, the cease-fire efforts appear to have reached a critical stage, with Egyptian and American mediators reporting signs of compromise in recent days. But chances for the deal remain entangled with the key question of whether Israel will accept an end to the war without reaching its stated goal of destroying Hamas. (AP)

-US Events-
1. Over 2,000 people arrested at protests disrupting colleges across the US: At Portland State University, police arrested at least 30 people on Thursday night as they worked to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters from a library that had been occupied this week. President Joe Biden has delivered his most extensive remarks on the protests, drawing a line between what he called peaceful and violent protests, repeating his support for Israel, and dismissing calls for the National Guard to intervene. Meanwhile, almost half of the more than 280 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and City College this week weren’t students or faculty at the schools, according to data released by Mayor Adams’ administration Thursday. (CNN, NYPost, DailyNews)

2. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signs abortion ban repeal bill: The ban, which dates to early territorial days in 1864, forbids doctors from providing abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother. Voters are expected to weigh in on the Arizona Abortion Access Act this November, which would permit abortions up to the point of fetal viability, around 24 weeks of pregnancy. (Axios)

3. Second Boeing whistleblower dies following a brief illness, weeks after the suicide of another: Joshua Dean, 45, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, alleged that managers failed to act on manufacturing defects on the 737 Max, attorneys who represented both men said Thursday. "He was a healthy individual who ate well and exercised," Turkewitz told NBC News. "So it just seems odd that he went so fast." (NBC) (AC- Correlation does not mean causation, but cooincidence rightly causes suspicion.)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Crypto Mining Restrictions: Arkansas lawmakers approved two bills to address criticism over previous regulations on mining operations. The two Senate-backed bills, SB78 and SB79, were among the few non-budget subjects on the legislative session’s agenda and were “overwhelmingly approved” by the majority Republican House. They are on their way to Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s desk. These bills tackle the backlash from local officials and residents who live near the operations, who complained about the noise impact on the community. As a result, the lawmakers added the requirement for noise-reduction techniques and a state permit to operate. (Bitcoinist)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Crypto Exchange Coinbase Had a Blowout First Quarter: The business has a number of positive catalysts including its smart wallet, Coinbase Prime, layer-2 network Base and its growing international offering, the analysts said. The crypto exchange reported first-quarter net income of $1.2 billion and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $4.40. (CoinDesk)

2. Jack Dorsey's Block Adding More Bitcoin to Balance Sheet, Presents Road Map for Others: Payments firm Block (SQ) has begun a dollar cost averaging (DCA) program to add to its already sizable bitcoin (BTC) stack. Led by CEO Jack Dorsey, the company in April began using 10% of its monthly bitcoin-related gross profit to buy additional bitcoin, with plans to do this each month for the remainder of 2024. Alongside that news, the company also released its Bitcoin Blueprint For Corporate Balance Sheets, in which it describes the process through which it is able to acquire large amounts of the crypto without unduly moving the market, and how it custodies, insures and accounts for the holdings. (CoinDesk)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Saudi, Bahrain eye cross border CBDC, IMF financial inclusion: Last week the World Economic Forum held a Middle East Special Meeting, during which a CBDC was discussed. A cross border CBDC is a priority for both the Saudi and Bahraini central banks. In contrast, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees potential for a retail CBDC to improve financial inclusion. The Governor of the Bank of Bahrain also hypothesized about the attractions of an interest bearing retail CBDC. (LedgerInsights) (AC- WEF, IMF, CBDCs mean control at higher and higher levels but without adequate technology it's simply posturing)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US Job Growth Likely Remained Strong in April: The US economy likely added 243,000 jobs in April 2024, a slight deceleration compared to the 303,000 jobs added in March, with many economists expecting continued job growth in sectors such as construction and leisure, partially fueled by a recent surge in immigration. The full report is due today. (TradingEconomics) (

2. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Falls Further: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury yield pared its mid-session rebound and fell to 4.6% on Thursday, extending the drop from the prior session as markets continued to assess the outlook of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Sen. Lindsey Graham's phone being investigated for potential hack: Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday that the FBI was in possession of his phone after he received a message from someone impersonating Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. "I get a message, I think, from Schumer," Graham, R-S.C., said during a panel discussion about artificial intelligence regulations at The Hill and Valley Forum. "It ain't from Schumer." (NBC)

-Technology-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
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-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 48/100 (Up 5 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): With Block's announcement of their new DCA program into Bitcoin, visibiliy is rising on the corporate practice pioneered to by Microstrategy. The nugget, however, is the free blueprint they shared that allows other companies to replicate the strategy successfully. The document can be downloaded by anyone, and of course it is self-serving for block, whose business it is to buy and sell bitcoin. There will be adherents to the practice, and soon the government will come for thier due. At some point, this is the type of event that will eventually lead to a bitcoin standard.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 841,779 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-05-02T12:26:21Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 841,779
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 02May24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Columbia (Country) Breaks Diplomatic Relations with Israel / US Announces New Sanctions on Russian Enablers / US Says Russia Using Chemical Weps / Police Cracking Down on Campus Protests / New Video Shows CIA Withheld Intel From Trump / BTC ETFs Outflows Hit High Mark / FOMC Stays Steady / UnitedHealth Hack May Affect 1/3 Of All Americans / Saylor Announces New Digital ID on BTC Blockchain

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $58,602, 25.45 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $59,389 / Lo: $56,592
Vol: $40B (Down 11%)
Mkt Cap: $1.15T (Up 2%)
HashRate: 620 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 21 sats/vBtye (Down 11%)
Nodes: 19,909

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Colombia’s president says country will break diplomatic relations with Israel over war in Gaza: Colombian President Gustavo Petro described Israel’s siege of Gaza as “genocide.” He previously suspended purchases of weapons from Israel and compared that country’s actions in Gaza to those of Nazi Germany. Historically, Colombia had been one of Israel’s closest partners in Latin America. But relations between the two nations have cooled since Petro was elected as Colombia’s first leftist president in 2022. (AP)

2. Ukraine war: US hits China with sanctions over war supplies to Russia: US officials on Wednesday announced a sweeping package targeting nearly 300 entities in Russia, China and other countries. Other than China, targeted non-Russian entities were located in Azerbaijan, Belgium, Slovakia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (Guardian)

3. US says Russia used choking agents against Ukrainian troops, breaching chemical weapons ban: In a statement on Wednesday, the US State Department said it had “made a determination … that Russia has used the chemical weapon chloropicrin against Ukrainian forces in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).” The Kremlin dismissed the US accusations. (CNN)

-US Events-
1. Police move in and begin dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment at UCLA: The law enforcement action comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loud speakers if people did not disperse. Hundreds of people had gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside of it in support. As police helicopters hovered overhead. The sound of flash-bangs, which produce a bright light and a loud noise to disorient and stun people, could be heard as police moved in, and chants of “where were you last night” could be heard. Meanwhile, protest encampments elsewhere were cleared by the police, resulting in arrests, or closed up voluntarily at schools across the U.S., including The City College of New York, Fordham University, Portland State, Northern Arizona University and Tulane University. (AP)

2. Rep. Gaetz Demands Congressional Investigation of Intelligence Community After Undercover Footage Shows CIA Official Boasting Feds Spied on, Withheld Information From President Trump: Gaetz’s message was delivered almost immediately after O’Keefe’s Wednesday exposé revealed Amjad Fseisi, a program manager working in Cyber Operations for the CIA, admitting intel agencies “kept information” from Trump during his presidency. (TheParadise/X)

-Regulatory and Legal-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. 17% more of asset managers consider adding digital assets: According to a survey from Northern Trust, almost a third are already invested in the asset class. Another 32% plan to support new asset classes. Of that group 54% are eyeing digital assets, translating to 17% overall. In other words, if the investment managers follow through on their plans, the proportion of asset managers invested in the asset class would increase from 32% to 49%. Of the 300 survey respondents, 90% manage more than $10 billion, with half managing north of $100 billion. (LedgerInsights)

2. U.S. Bitcoin ETFs Bleed Record $563M Even as Fed's Powell Rules Out Rate Hike: The 11 ETFs saw a cumulative net outflow of $563.7 million, the largest since the funds began trading on January 11, extending a five-day losing streak, according to data source Farside Investors and CoinGlass. Investors have pulled out nearly $1.2 billion from the ETFs since April 24. (CoinDesk)

3. VanEck says about $175 billion in bitcoin held by ETFs, nations and companies: "Bitcoin interest among institutional investors has also increased. Hedge funds, asset management firms, and endowments are increasingly recognizing bitcoin’s potential as a store of value," VanEck said in the report. That accounts for roughly 15% of the entire bitcoin supply, according to CoinGecko. As of Wednesday, bitcoin's total market capitalization was about $1.2 trillion. (TheBlock)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
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-Economic Indicators-
1. Fed Chair Jerome Powell Projects Optimism, But Inflation Data Are in the Driver’s Seat: Powell tried to keep the central bank’s options open Wednesday by sticking with his view that interest rates are restrictive and that inflation was likely to resume its decline. For now, the Fed’s view that a rate cut is more likely than an increase “is a reasonable one,” said one economist. (WSJ)

2. US Job Cuts Fall in April: US-based employers announced 64,789 cuts in April 2024, a 28% decrease from March's 14-month high of 90,309 cuts and compared with the 66,995 cuts announced in the same month last year. (TradingEconomics)

3. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Falls Further: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note fell toward 4.6% from the over-five-month high of 4.7% (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. UnitedHealth says hackers potentially stole a third of Americans' data: On Wednesday, during a House hearing, when pushed to give a more definitive answer, Andrew Witty, the CEO of Change Healthcare’s parent company UnitedHealth Group, testified that the breach impacted “I think, maybe a third [of Americans] or somewhere of that level.” (TechCrunch)

-Technology-
1. MicroStrategy Is Building ‘Decentralized ID’ on Bitcoin Using Ordinals-Like Inscriptions: “Michael Saylor presented a very compelling case for why we need decentralized identity and DID decentralized identifiers,” MicroStrategy executive vice president of engineering Cezary Raczko told the audience. “He made an even more compelling case why it makes sense to anchor digital identity into the Bitcoin blockchain, protected by the strength and the security of the Bitcoin network.” Alongside the announcement, MicroStrategy published an unofficial draft of the MicroStrategy Orange specification to Github. (Decrypt)

-Bitcoin Community-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 43/100 (Down 11 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): Saylor's announcement on 'Orange' is drawing reaction from the Bitcoin community, both negative and positive. Some see the need for a digital ID (DID) as a necessity in this digital age and would be best hardened on the immutable bitcoin blockchain. Others see the attachment of inscription-like DIDs on the blockchain as a corruption of the bitcoin philosophical purpose of an unassailable currency. The debate will certainly bring out the pros/cons of the proposal and already has drawn fire on Saylor as the leading proponent of Bitcoin as a store of value. The question will center around the other qualities of money, specifically as a medium or exchange and unit of account, which Saylor may seem to be abandoning.

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2024-04-27T15:36:27Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 840,513 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-04-23T12:32:36Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 840,513
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 23Apr24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Israel-Hamas War Draws Sides / China's Economic Reports Suspect, Says US Commander / Senate to Take Up Ukraine, Israel Funding Today / Venezuela Using USDT for Oil / Binance Under Scrutiny / BTC Fees Coming Back Down

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $66,150, 28.69 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $67,233/ Lo: $65,705
Vol: $25B (Even)
Mkt Cap: $1.3T (Up 1%)
HashRate: 810 EH/s (Up 30%)
Avg Fees: 26,879 sats/tx (Down 26%)
Nodes: 19,544

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. IDF strikes vehicle in southern Lebanon, kills two senior Hezbollah officials: The IDF killed Hassin Ali Ezkol, a terrorist and central member of Hezbollah's aerial defense unit during a targeted strike on a vehicle he was riding in, the IDF confirmed on Tuesday. Another unnamed senior Hezbollah terrorist was killed in the strike as well. (JPost)

2. Israel’s war on Gaza live: Death toll climbs after 200 days of attacks: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says “processes” are under way to look into allegations of rights abuses by the Israeli military but doesn’t confirm reports of imminent sanctions against an IDF army unit. At least 34,183 Palestinians have been killed and 77,143 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s October 7 attacks stands at 1,139 with dozens still held captive in Gaza. (AlJazeera)

3. China’s Economy Is ‘Failing,’ U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Says: The U.S. military commander in the Indo-Pacific said he didn’t believe the economic growth figures reported by China and described the country’s economy as failing.According to Beijing’s official numbers released last week, the economy grew 5.3% in the first quarter compared with the same period a year earlier. Aquilino described the figure as “not real.” “You go ask any economist if the Chinese are going to deliver 5.3% growth, and they will tell you, ‘No way,’ ” Aquilino said. (WSJ)

-US Events-
1. Universities Struggle as Pro-Palestinian Demonstrations Grow: Dozens were arrested Monday at N.Y.U. and Yale, but officials there and at campuses across the country are running out of options to corral protests that are expected to last the rest of the school year. (NYT)

2. Senate returns to take up $95B foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan: The bills also include a proposal to force a sale of TikTok sale or face a ban. The legislation, which includes four bills, passed the House over the weekend with bipartisan support. President Joe Biden urged the Senate to quickly advance the measures to his desk. The package provides roughly $26 billion for Israel, currently at war with Hamas in Gaza; as well as $61 billion for Ukraine and $8 billion for allies in the Indo-Pacific. A fourth bill would force a U.S. ban of TikTok if its Chinese parent company doesn't sell it; impose sanctions on Russia, China and Iran; and seize Russian assets to help Ukraine rebuild from the war's damage. (ABC)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Venezuela plans to speed up USDT adoption following US sanctions: Venezuela’s state-run oil firm PDVSA is gearing up to increase the use of the Tether stablecoin for exporting crude and fuel oil, as the U.S. has recently decided to reimpose sanctions on the country. By the end of the first quarter, PDVSA had already moved many non-swap spot oil deals to a kind of contract that requires prepayment in USDT. The Venezuelan oil company is also asking new customers seeking to conduct oil transactions to hold crypto in a digital wallet. (Reuters) (AC-Why not Bitcoin?)

2. Binance sued in Canada for securities law violations: Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice published a certification motion on April 19 for a class-action lawsuit against Binance alleging that it sold crypto derivative products to retail investors without registration. The latest class action against Binance comes a few years after the crypto exchange announced in June 2021 plans to cease operations in Ontario after the OSC approached the firm with a warning. (CoinTelegraph)

3. Philippines SEC Urges Filipino Investors To Exit Binance, Requests App Removal From Google And Apple Stores: As part of its rising scrutiny on the popular cryptocurrency trading platform, the SEC has not only advised users to close their positions but has also reached out to tech giants Google and Apple. This included a request to remove the Binance app from their respective digital stores. Earlier this year, the Indian government also blocked Binance and several other crypto exchanges on play store and App store. (BlockchainReporter) (AC-India, Nigeria, Philippines and Canada are all focused on shutting down Binance in their countries due to registration issues. Meanwhile, Binance is newly registered in the UAE.)

-Institutional Concerns-
NSTR

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Chile Edging Closer to CBDC Launch: a digital peso rollout is looking increasingly likely, with the BCCh announcing it is set to commence Proof-of-Concept (PoC) testing. The central bank also conducted a survey. It said that it asked “the general public and representatives of the public and private sectors” for their CBDC-related opinions. The BCCh said almost 90% of survey respondents had “a favorable attitude toward CBDC” pilots. (CryptoNews)

-Economic Indicators-
NSTR

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Trezor CEO: Phishing Attack Highlights Need for Crypto User Education: Trezor, a provider of cryptocurrency hardware wallets, recently faced a security breach when its official Twitter account was compromised. The attackers used the platform to disseminate fraudulent messages about presale token offerings. This misled followers and put them at risk of financial scams. Now, the company’s CEO says that user education is vital when it comes to avoiding attacks. (CCN)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin's Fees Spike To All-Time High After 4th Halving Block: The fee spike has little to nothing to do with the halving itself. It has to do with a new token protocol that launched on top of Bitcoin at block height 840,000, called Runes. It uses Bitcoin's OP_RETURN data, which allows users to attach up to 80 bytes of extra data to a Bitcoin transaction output. Anybody can mint a rune by specifying a name, ID, symbol, quantity, and other data. Users can then sign with their private key and broadcast the transaction to the Bitcoin network. A massive influx of users minting Runes in block 840,000 and blocks over the subsequent 24 hours drove fees as a % of the total block reward to a record-high level of 74%. (ZeroHedge) (AC- Read the complete article at ZeroHedge for an in-depth understanding of the Runes/Fees issues)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 71/100 (Up 14 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): All eyes are on the repercussions of the Israel-Hamas war globally. In the US, college campus (mostly Ivy League) protests are shutting down campuses and more than 60 people have been arrested. Many videos are surfacing of students yelling antisemitic slogans while one Jewish girl was stabbed in the eye with a pole. In Congress, military aid was approved by the House for Israel (and Ukraine) while the conflict in the Levant continues with reports from both sides seemingly full of propaganda (see the reports above). The issue is certainly reaching a boiling point and the world is taking sides while rhetoric and violence increase. The conflict is probably the longest running on Earth even if the names of the participants change over millennia. What does change is the methods and tactics of warfare and the speed of information traveling globally.

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2024-04-22T12:51:10Z

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2024-04-20T00:28:57Z

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2024-04-18T18:45:42Z

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2024-04-18T11:15:05Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 839,334 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-04-15T12:33:38Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 839,334
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 15Apr24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Iran Send Missiles and a Message / Two Separate Knife Attacks in Sydney / Shootouts in Upper NY and Chicago Kill and Injure Police, Kids / MidEast Tension Affect BTC, Markets / BTC ETFs Approved in Hong Kong

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $66,138, 28.03 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $66,878/ Lo: $62,661
Vol: $43B (Down 30%)
Mkt Cap: $1.3T (Up 3%)
HashRate: 547 EH/s
Avg Fees: 14,473 sats/tx (Down 42%)
Nodes: 18,770

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Israel weighs response after Iran fires missile barrage: Israel's military said 99% of more than 300 projectiles were intercepted by Israel and its partners, including the US military. Israel's war cabinet will meet today to discuss the size and scope of Israel's response, an Israeli official has told CNN. Israeli President Isaac Herzog has said that the country is not seeking war. (CNN)

2. Sydney Mall attack victims include a mother who saved her baby, a Chinese grad student and an architect: A police officer shot and killed the man who attacked people with a knife at the busy Westfield Bondi Junction mall, and his family said he had a long history of schizophrenia, lacked social skills and had a fascination with knives. Police said their investigation would include why he targeted women and avoided men during his attack. Those killed were five women and one man. Twelve people were wounded, and police said they mostly were female. (AP)

3. Sydney church stabbing: Bishop stabbed during sermon: A bishop and several other people have been stabbed during a sermon in Sydney that was being streamed online, local media report.The incident reportedly happened on Monday night in the suburb of Wakeley. Police responded to reports that a number of people had been stabbed but said none of their injuries were life-threatening. (BBC)

-US Events-
1. New York police officer, sheriff's deputy killed in shooting; suspect also dead: Onondaga County Sheriff Tobias Shelley identified the two as a deputy at his department and a Syracuse police officer, according to WSYR-TV. Their names have not been released. (Fox)

2. Chicago mass shooting leaves 8-year-old girl dead, 10 others injured: The 7-year-old girl was shot in the head and died, while a 1-year-old boy and a 7-year-old boy were each shot multiple times and listed in critical condition. (NBC)

3. Donald Trump’s criminal trial over hush money to begin in New York: The proceedings mark a momentous day in US history, as Trump is the country’s first president – present or former – to face a criminal trial. They also play out against a presidential race in which Trump is the almost certain Republican nominee who regularly bests Joe Biden in head-to-head polls. (Guardian)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Cryptocurrencies Not Banned, Vietnam Requires Legal Framework for Regulation — Govt Official: A government official from Vietnam has stated that cryptocurrencies are not prohibited. However, the country urgently needs to establish a legal framework to regulate their use, the official said. The Finance Ministry has been tasked with drafting a framework to govern crypto assets, which is due for completion by May 2025. (BitcoinCom)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. BTC, ETH Rise as Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF Applicants Say They've Been Approved: China Asset Management, Bosera Capital and other applicants posted to social-media platform WeChat that they had been approved to list spot bitcoin and ether ETFs in Hong Kong. However, these announcements seem to have front-run an official statement from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), which has not posted a list of approved issuers. (CoinDesk)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
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-Economic Indicators-
1. US Dollar Towers Above Rivals on Fed Hold Bets: The dollar index held near 106 on Monday, hovering at its highest levels in over five months as sticky US inflation raised worries that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates higher for longer. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Crypto Markets Crash as Iranian Drone Attack on Israel Sparks Sell-Off: The cryptocurrency market experienced a significant downturn following an Iranian drone attack on Israel, leading to a widespread sell-off of digital assets. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, saw a 7.7% decline on Saturday, marking its most substantial retreat since March 2023. (CryptoNews)

2. FBI Investigates Bitcoin Developer Event Linked to Luke Dashjr’s Hack: In response to a subpoena, Mike Schmidt provided details of participants at a Bitcoin developer event linked to the investigation of Luke Dashjr’s Bitcoin theft. As revealed in a social media post by Schmidt, the co-founder of Brink received the subpoena from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that required him to submit personal information of attendees from the October 2022 CoreDev Atlanta event. (CryptoNews)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 74/100 (Down 5 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): The two stabbings in Sydney, only days apart, highlight the hate coursing through the world right now. The motives are not fully known, but weak and disturbed individuals are targeting 'soft' targets, in this case a mall full of moms and a church during services. It will be natural for people to begin to 'harden up' by carrying weapons of some sort, not attending mass gatherings, or beefing up security services. With global coverage of attacks like this, coupled with larger conflicts worldwide, look for security to be in high demand and self-protection efforts to increase across the globe.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 838,867 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-04-12T12:41:49Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 838,867
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 12Apr24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: US says Famine Begins in Gaza / Russia Re-Nationalization Rising / All Eyes on Iran Response / FISA Re-Emerges With GOP Support / UniSwap in SEC Crosshairs / Hard Assets Continue Rise

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $70,756, 29.62 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $71,222/ Lo: $69,571
Vol: $29B (Down 22%)
Mkt Cap: $1.39T (Up 1%)
HashRate: 497 EH/s
Avg Fees: 21,656 sats/tx (Up 98%)
Nodes: 18,078

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. U.S. aid official says famine has begun in northern Gaza: Famine conditions are present despite the U.S. and other western nations conducting airdrops of humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza. In addition to food, people in Gaza also lack access to clean water, medicine, medical care and other essentials due to damage from Israeli airstrikes and Israel's blockade of the enclave. (Axios)

2. Russia Seizes Country’s Largest Winemaker Amid Re-Nationalization Wave: Russia has nationalized the country’s largest winemaker linked to an arrested billionaire whose business assets were confiscated earlier this year. Russia’s top prosecutor boasted last month that the government had seized 15 defense companies valued at $3.6 billion since 2023. (MoscowTimes) (AC-Interesting developments as Russia increases nationalization of key companies in Russia. Since Russian leadership is well-versed in mafia style tactics, the nationalizations seem to point to a changing of control of these assets.)

3. US restricts travel for diplomats in Israel amid fears of Iran attack: The US embassy said staff had been told not to travel outside the greater Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or Beersheba areas "out of an abundance of caution". (BBC)

-US Events-
1. House panel tees up vote on revised FISA reauthorization: The House Rules Committee advanced a bill to reauthorize the U.S.’s warrantless surveillance authority late Thursday night, sending the measure to the floor one day after a band of Republicans blocked consideration of a previous version of the legislation. Yesterday, GOP holdouts said that leadership has committed to holding a vote on a bill that would require the government to get a warrant before purchasing information about U.S. citizens from data brokers. (TheHill)

2. O.J. Simpson dead at 76 after battle with cancer (Yahoo)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Uniswap in Regulatory Crosshairs: SEC Enforcement Notice and Industry Response: Uniswap, a leading decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX), has found itself in the crosshairs of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after receiving an enforcement notice on April 10, 2024. This development has sent shockwaves through the DeFi (Decentralized Finance) industry, raising questions about the future of regulation in this rapidly evolving space. (CoinPedia)

2. British Columbia cracks down on crypto miners, citing energy consumption: The Canadian government of British Columbia is advancing measures to regulate electricity consumption by cryptocurrency miners due to concerns about high energy use and limited economic benefits.(CryptoNews)

-Institutional Concerns-
NSTR

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Australians wouldn’t value retail CBDC for its privacy or safety, RBA finds: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) conducted a study of CBDCs and in short, the study finds little public support for a retail CBDC. The RBA has made numerous previous studies of CBDC, most of which reached positive conclusions. Those studies mainly looked at wholesale CBDC use cases. (CoinTelegraph)

-Economic Indicators-
1. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Rises to 5-Month High: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note rose past 4.57% in April, the highest in five months, as deeper concerns that the Federal Reserve will hold rates higher for longer triggered a sharper wave of Treasury selling across all durations. (TradingEconomics)

2. Costco Gold Business Booming: Estimates Put Monthly Sales Close to $200 Million: Consumer trust in the organization and its aggressive pricing have made Costco’s one-ounce bars of 24-karat gold a popular choice for investors, who take advantage of 2% over market spot prices. (BitcoinCom)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. U.S. says recent Microsoft breach exposed federal agencies to hacking: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security, on Tuesday issued a rare binding directive to an undisclosed number of agencies requiring them to change any log-ins that were taken and investigate what else might be at risk. (WaPo)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Miners Run Down Bitcoin Inventory to 3-Year Low in a Strategic Pre-Halving Move: Bitcoin miners are depleting their coin stashes, possibly to ensure the sustainability of operations in the face of the impending halving of per-block rewards from April 20. The number of bitcoin held by miners, which receive the coins in return for validating transactions in the blockchain block, declined to 1.794 million BTC this week, the lowest since early 2021, according to data source CoinMetrics. (CoinDesk)

2. Bitcoin whales in accumulation phase, with BTC halving just a week away: According to data shared by crypto analytic firm CryptoQuant, the growth in demand from Bitcoin whales has never been stronger. Demand from “permanent holders” has exceeded the market supply of new Bitcoin for the first time. (CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 79/100 (Up 3 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): Geopolitical watchers are focused on Iran's potential kinetics response to Israel's attack on Iranian forces in Syria. The expectation is a possible direct or proxy strike on Israel proper. This could easily lead to an expansion of warfare between Iran and Israel and the proxies and allies of both. The stakes are high if restraint is not held.

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@npub1qny…95gx quickly explaining why Elon Musk bought Twitter. ...

2024-04-11T15:19:29Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 838,293 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-04-08T12:45:20Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 838,293
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 08Apr24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: IDF Withdraws from South Gaza / Ecuador Police Storm Mexican Embassy to Arrest Former VP / Elon Musk Attacks Brazil High Court Judge, Causes New Investigation of X / Eclipse Fever Hits US / Biden to Announce New College Loan Forgiveness / NJ 4.8 Earthquake / Coinbase Secures Dealer License in Canada /

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $72,435, 30.93 oz Gold, .17 Median US House
24hr Hi: $72,595/ Lo: $68,920
Vol: $31.5B (Up 59%)
Mkt Cap: $1.42T (Up 4%)
HashRate: 695 EH/s
Avg Fees: 4,677 sats/tx (Down 2%)
Nodes: 17,529

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. IDF withdraws all ground troops from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the enclave: Overnight, the IDF withdrew all ground troops from the southern Gaza Strip, after four straight months of fighting in the Khan Younis area. The Nahal Brigade is tasked with securing the so-called Netzarim Corridor, which enables the IDF to carry out raids in northern and central Gaza. (TimesOfIsrael)

2. Ecuador faces outrage after storming Mexican embassy to arrest former VP: Police stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, a controversial figure who had been seeking asylum there.

3. Ukraine denies a Russian claim that it launched drone strikes on a major nuclear power plant: Andrii Yusov, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency suggested there had been no attack, saying Russian forces routinely fabricate strikes on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. However, the strikes on this occasion were confirmed by U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency, though it didn’t attribute responsibility for the attack to either side. (TheHill)

4. Brazilian judge opens investigation into Elon Musk after billionaire calls for his ouster over censorship: Earlier Sunday, Musk wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Judge Alexandre de Moraes had "brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil" after he ordered that the social media platform block certain accounts. If X fails to comply with the order to block certain accounts, the company will be fined the equivalent of $19,740 a day, the judge said. (Fox)

-US Events-
1. Eclipse Fever Sweeps the U.S.: Experts estimate that more than a million people from inside and outside North America will travel towards the path of totality. Hotels, AirBnBs, rental car agencies and campgrounds are booked along the path of the eclipse. The eclipse will be viewable this afternoon from San Antonio, Texas to Montreal, Canada. Vehicle traffic throughout the US will be severely impacted. (Various)

2. Biden will announce new student loan forgiveness plan impacting tens of millions of Americans: Biden will share the details of the aid package at an event in Madison, Wisconsin. Although Biden’s Plan B for student loan forgiveness will be narrower than his initial effort (likely less than $20K for each student), tens of millions of borrowers may still see their balances erased or lowered if the program survives legal challenges this time. (CNBC)

3. N.J. earthquake aftershock tally climbs to 38 after Friday’s big tremor. More expected: More earthquake aftershocks continued to rattle New Jersey on Saturday afternoon and evening bringing the two-day total to 38 smaller tremors following the 4.8 magnitude earthquake on Friday. East Coast Earthquakes are rare. (NJNews)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Cathie Wood Praises Crypto Regulation in Hong Kong: During her address at Hong Kong’s Web3 carnival, Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, commended the regulatory efforts of institutions like the SFC to clarify the crypto industry. She emphasized the SFC’s role in establishing a robust framework for crypto trading under institutional supervision.

2. Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Says US an Outlier As Major Economies Adopt Clear Crypto Regulatory Frameworks: Faryar Shirzad, chief policy officer for the top US crypto exchange, says the majority of the Group of Twenty (G20) members are way ahead of the United States in helping the crypto industry flourish. (DailyHODL)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin ETF Inflows Bounce Back as Halving Excitement Intensifies: Half a Trillion Dollars up in April: Friday capped off a positive week with a substantial inflow, showing continued investor interest in BTC ETFs. Following an initial dip with $84.7 million in net outflows on April 1, the ETFs made a strong recovery, amassing $569.4 million in net inflows since then.

2. Coinbase Reaches 'Crucial Milestone' in Canada With Restricted Dealer Registration: Coinbase has officially been registered as a Restricted Dealer by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). This makes Coinbase the largest and first international cryptocurrency exchange registered in Canada. (BitcoinCom)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Zimbabwe switches to gold-backed ZiG currency: Last year Zimbabwe issued gold backed digital tokens, ZiG, and subsequently allowed them to be used as the official means of payment for local transactions. Now the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is using the ZiG brand as its new local currency to replace the Zimbabwean (Zim) dollar. It follows monthly inflation rates in the local currency surpassing 50% last month. After the previous notorious collapse of the Zimbabwean currency, the country switched to the U.S. dollar in 2009. It reintroduced the Zim dollar in 2019.(LedgerInsights)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Treasury Yields Higher, Inflation Awaited: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note was above 4.4% to kick off a busy week. Inflation rate (CPI), producer prices, the Michigan consumer confidence and FOMC minutes will be keenly watched for further insights on price pressures and the Fed's next steps. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. US Environmental Protection Agency hack exposes data of 8.5 million users: The leaked database has personal information of users including name, email, phone numbers, and address. The breach, which has reportedly exposed personal and sensitive information belonging to EPA’s customers and contractors, was claimed by a hacker operating under the alias "USDoD" on Sunday. (CSO)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Miners Offload Bitcoin in Anticipation of Reward Halving, Says Cryptoquant: Some miners are selling more [bitcoin] before the halving. Daily sales to OTC desks hit 1.6K bitcoin in late March, the most since August 2023. (BitcoinCom)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 76/100 (Up 5 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): The next few weeks will entail a lot of happenings. The Bitcoin Halving is only 12 days away, the eclipse in the US is on many minds, inflation data may trigger Fed responses, while the middle east continues in turmoil. This is a good time to review security protocols for businesses, families, and yourself. Create backups of key data and localize storage if possible. Research and utilize 'freedom technologies' if centralization concerns you. Maintain your connection to sources of sanity, such as family and friends, nature and grounding beliefs.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 837,675 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-04-04T12:16:59Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 837,675
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 04Apr24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Taiwan Earthquake Damage Revealed, Tremors Continue / Israel Using AI to Target Hamas / Jan 6th 'leader' gets 7 years / Race to Become 1st Bank to Offer BTC ETFs / BIS Starting CBDC for Cross-Border Payments / Private Key Comprimises Lead to Large Losses

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $66,363, 28.94 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $66,914/ Lo: $65,103
Vol: $29B (Down 31%)
Mkt Cap: $1.3T (Even)
HashRate: 557 EH/s
Avg Fees: 4,767 sats/tx (Down 13%)
Nodes: 18,103

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Taiwan earthquake – latest news: Death toll rises to 10 as island rocked by over 300 ‘terrifying’ aftershocks: More than 1,000 people have sustained injuries in the biggest earthquake recorded on the island in 25 years, while over 40 people remained trapped on Thursday. Over 300 aftershocks since Wednesday morning have forced “terrified” people on the island to sleep in tents outside their houses or in emergency shelters. (IndependentUK)

2. Taiwan condemns 'shameless' China's thanks for global sympathy on quake: China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.N., Geng Shuang told the UN, "We thank the international community for its expressions of sympathy and concern,", which immediately angered Taiwan. This shows China has no goodwill towards Taiwan, the Taiwan ministry added. (Reuters)

2. Israel is using artificial intelligence to help pick bombing targets in Gaza, report says: The Israeli military has been using artificial intelligence to help identify bombing targets in Gaza, according to an investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call, citing six Israeli intelligence officials involved in the alleged program – who also allege that human review of the suggested targets was cursory at best. The officials said that the AI-based tool was called “Lavender” and was known to have a 10% error rate. (CNN)

-US Events-
1. Deadly storms and tornadoes leave a path of destruction from Georgia to Illinois: At least three people were killed and several were injured after a powerful storm system spawned tornadoes and damaging storms from the South to the Ohio Valley. (CNN)

2. Man who used megaphone to lead attack on Capitol police sentenced to more than 7 years in prison: A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob's attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison. Johnatakis led other rioters on a charge against a police line, "barked commands" over his megaphone and shouted step-by-step directions for overpowering officers, the judge said. (CBS)

-Regulatory and Legal-
NSTR

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Morgan Stanley wants to beat UBS to become first Bitcoin ETF bank: Morgan Stanley is hoping to beat UBS in becoming the first wirehouse to fully approve the Bitcoin ETF. “Several sources confirm that Morgan Stanley is set to approve Bitcoin ETFs on its platform in the next two weeks,” an insider wrote on March 26. (Cointelegraph) (AC-Although this report is speculative, the groundwork is laid for such a move, and banks have publicly stated that it is their desire to offer BTC ETFs)

2. Hedge Funds Hold Record Bearish Bitcoin Bets, Data Show: Hedge funds boosted their net short positions in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) standard bitcoin futures contracts to 16,102. That's the most since the futures began trading in late 2017, according to CFTC figures published last week. The record buildup in short positions likely reflects hedge funds' renewed interest in the carry trade. (CoinDesk) (AC-Common among many investment funds, carry trade is a counter-trade to protect investments from downside action acting as a type of insurance)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Seven central banks in BIS Project Agora to tokenize cross border payments: Today, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub unveiled Project Agorá, to tokenize cross border payments. This is the first project in line with its concept of a Unified Ledger. It seeks to unite seven central banks and commercial banks on a shared, programmable infrastructure to facilitate cross-border transactions. The project will encompass most of the major currencies, including the USD, Euro, GBP, and Yen. Consequently, the participating central banks are the Bank of France, Bank of Japan, Bank of Korea, Bank of Mexico, Swiss National Bank, Bank of England, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (LedgerInsights)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Gold Hits Record High, Silver Sees Substantial Gains: The price of gold continues to hit unprecedented highs, with one troy ounce of .999 fine gold now trading at $2,298. Silver is also beginning to ride the wave of gold’s recent uptrend, with its value climbing 3.64% on Wednesday surpassing the $27 per ounce mark. (BitcoinCom)

2. US Companies Cut the Most Jobs in 14 Months: US-based employers announced plans to cut 90,309 jobs in March 2024, the most since January 2023, compared to 84,638 in February. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Private keys are a $239m security risk, CertiK report says: Private key compromises accounted for almost half of financial losses in onchain security breaches in Q1 2024. Private key compromises surged by a whopping 1,171% from the first quarter of 2023, when private key compromises amounted to about $19 million. (DLNews)

-Bitcoin Community-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 70/100 (Down 1 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): Manage your private keys well, keep them off digital plaforms, and don't lose them.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 837,391 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-04-02T12:25:20Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 837,391
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 02Apr24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: School Shooting in Finland / Iran Vows Revenge After Israeli Strike in Syria / Dali Owners Deny Responsibility / Man Crashes FBI Gate in Atlanta / GBTC Selling Strong / Open Source Software Hack Shakes Techies

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $65,469, 28.99 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $70,080/ Lo: $65,091
Vol: $45B (Up 72%)
Mkt Cap: $1.29T (Down 6%)
HashRate: 654 EH/s
Avg Fees: 7,492 sats/tx (Up 18%)
Nodes: 18,193

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Finland school shooting: one victim dies, 12-year-old suspect held: Three 12-year-old children were shot at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday and one of the victims later died, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody.

2. Iran has vowed to retaliate after it accused Israel of bombing its embassy complex in Syria on Monday: The airstrike destroyed the 'consulate' building in the capital Damascus, killing at least seven officials including Mohammed Reza Zahedi, a top commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and senior commander Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry. “According to our intelligence, this is no consulate and this is no embassy,” Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said Monday. (CNN)

-US Events-
1. Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: Dali ship owners deny responsibility for crash: Ship’s owner Grace Ocean Private Limited and operator Synergy Marine PTE denied any fault over the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse that claimed the lives of six construction workers. (IndependentUK)

2. FBI Atlanta gate crash: Man tries to breach FBI security by tailing employees: The man attempted to follow an authorized vehicle through the gate, but was stopped by a vehicle barrier. Two other agents who were leaving at the time got out of their vehicle and detained him. (Fox5)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Bank of Russia: Russians Transacted $51 Billion in Crypto During 2023: The institution’s recently published yearly report found that flows attributed to Russian nationals in large exchanges amounted to $51 billion in 2023, with most operations involving bitcoin and ether. (BitcoinCom)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Spot Bitcoin ETFs return to net daily outflows; Grayscale’s GBTC total outflows eclipse $15 billion: Inflows of $165.9 million from BlackRock’s dominant IBIT ETF were not enough to help overcome $302.6 million in outflows from Grayscale’s converted GBTC fund, leading to a total net outflow of $85.7 million yesterday. (BlockCryptoNews)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
NSTR

-Technology-
1. OpenAI will no longer require ChatGPT-3.5 users to create accounts to gain access to the tool: OpenAI announced on April 1 that it would no longer require ChatGPT users to sign up to make it “easier to experience the potential of AI.” However, users without accounts will not be able to store their history of previous interactions. (CoinTelegraph)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Upbeat U.S. Factory Data Powers Dollar Index to Nearly 5-Month High: The dollar index, which tracks the greenback’s value against major fiat currencies, topped the 105 mark for the first time over four months, taking the four-week gain to 2.58%. A stronger dollar makes dollar-denominated assets like bitcoin and gold expensive, potentially leading to lower demand. The PMI rose 2.5 points to 50.3 last month following February’s 47.8 reading. (CoinDesk)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Thwarted supply-chain hack sets off alarm bells across DC: Andres Freund, a software engineer at Microsoft, discovered fragments of malicious code expertly hidden inside two versions of an immensely popular open-source data compression tool, known as Xz, Friday March 29, which had by then been incorporated into two versions of the widely used Linux operating system. Some researchers said state involvement is likely given how skilled the Xz exploit code was.(Politico)

-Bitcoin Community-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 79/100 (Even)

Analyst Comments (AC): The majority of articles concerning bitcoin often focus on the technical analysis of price action or potential upsides or support levels. These articles are simply misleading when compared to the clear economic mechanics of supply and demand of the digital asset. Unlike securities which have derivative variables that may override supply/demand issues, bitcoin has less impact from such derivatives. Simply put, the most recent price action (~ 2-3 months) in BTC can be largely attributed to the buying of bitcoin from large institutional firms and the selling of the same, primarily from Grayscale Trust. In today's action for example, the price drop in BTC is most highly correlated to GBTC selling BTC as outlined in the article above. In other words, 'look for the signal through the noise'.

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2024-04-01T19:07:59Z

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 837,242 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-04-01T12:19:43Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 837,242
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 01Apr24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Report Supports Russian Unit Behind 'Havana Syndrome' / Israel-Hamas Talks Resume / Baltimore to Open Alternate Shipping Channel / Transgender-Easter Celebration Divides Further / Millions of AT&T Customer Data Hacked, Released Online

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $69,554, 30.92 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $71,377/ Lo: $68,986
Vol: $26B (Up 53)
Mkt Cap: $1.37T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 547 EH/s
Avg Fees: 6,302 sats/tx (Down 14%)
Nodes: 18,234

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. ‘Havana Syndrome’ Linked to Russian Military Intelligence: A Russian GRU military intelligence unit behind attacks across Europe may have used acoustic weapons against scores of U.S. diplomats and spies around the world, according to a new investigation by The Insider, 60 Minutes and Der Spiegel, shedding light on unexplained health incidents known as “Havana Syndrome.” The new joint investigation, citing intercepted Russian intelligence documents, travel logs, call metadata and eyewitness testimony, suggests that Unit 29155 has been behind the mysterious attacks. (MoscowTImes)

2. Truce talks between Israel and Hamas resume in Cairo: Egypt, Qatar and the US are mediating the discussions, which Israel previously claimed have failed due to Hamas failing to show flexibility. Hamas has called for all northern Gazans to return and for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza to be dependent on IDF forces fully withdrawing from Gaza and the end of hostilities. Israel withdrew its negotiating team on Monday after Hamas refused to accept a collection of compromises drawn up by Egypt, Qatar and the U.S. (EuroNews)

3. Three seriously wounded in terror stabbing spree at Gan Yavne, Israel mall: Three people were seriously wounded in a terror knifing at a mall in the southern Israeli city of Gan Yavne late Sunday. The attacker, identified as a 19-year-old Palestinian, was shot dead by security officers who responded to the scene. (TimesOfIsrael)

-US Events-
1. A temporary channel to open next to Key Bridge for commercial boats, Baltimore port leader says: “This will mark an important first step along the road to reopening the port of Baltimore. By opening this alternate route, we will support the flow of marine traffic into Baltimore,” Capt. David O’Connell said. It is unknown when this channel will be operational. (WTOP)

2. White House, SECSTATE, Promote National Day of Transgender Visibility on Easter, Nation Divided: Although March 31st has been promoted as a national day of Transgender Visibility for the last 3 years, yesterday the US Government in whole promoted the "celebration" on social media while millions worldwide were celebrating the Chrisitian holiday of Easter. California and other left-leaning states also supported the government's promotion. Christians in the US were vitriolic in their responses, as were many centrist figures, including transgender Caitlyn Jenner. (BV2A- AC Taken from multiple sources)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Argentina introduces mandatory crypto exchange registry amid regulatory shift: The directive mandates that any entity involved in buying, selling, sending, receiving, lending, or trading cryptocurrencies must register with relevant authorities. The requirement applies both to companies based in Argentina and those operating within its market from abroad. (CryptoNews)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin ETFs Experience Turnaround With $859M Inflows After Previous Outflows: U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have enjoyed a streak of positive inflows for four consecutive days, according to the latest figures. This rise in interest comes after a previous week that witnessed five straight days of outflows, totaling a substantial $887.6 million. (BitcoinCom)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
NSTR

-Economic Indicators-
1. Treasury Yields Edge Lower to Kick Off Q2: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note was around 4.2% to kick off the second quarter of the year (TradingEconomics)

2. Gold Extends Rally to New All-Time Highs: Gold climbed above $2,250 an ounce on Monday. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. 73 million AT&T accounts were hacked: The carrier confirmed a massive data breach impacting “7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders.” AT&T reset the password of its existing subscribers, and started notifying all those impacted by the hack. More recently, data from the more than 70 million accounts made its way online again. It might include AT&T customer names, home addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. (BGR)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin Halving Inches Closer With Fewer Than 2,900 Blocks Remaining: The next Bitcoin halving is on the horizon, drawing closer with each passing block and anticipated to take place anywhere between April 18 to April 22, 2024, at the milestone of block 840,000. Following this event, the reward for mining a block will halve from 6.25 bitcoins to 3.125 bitcoins. (BitcoinCom)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 79/100 (Even)

Analyst Comments (AC): The AT&T hack is indicative of the information warfare being waged by non-state actors worldwide. With the information release of critical customer data, serious targeting can ensue for criminals and nation-state actors. The hack and many like them remind us that privacy and cyber defense are responsibilities that come with the access of the digital age. Without responsible defenses, bad actors can scam, steal identities, and steal assets of targets. Time, effort and money are required to set up these defenses and to protect oneself.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 836,792 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-03-29T12:14:52Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 836,792
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 29Mar24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Russia Strikes Ukraine Power Plants / SBF Get 25 Years / US to Restart Nuke Power Plant / Gold at ATH / Anti-CBDC Politics Increasing / Search BTC Wallet Balances, Transactions on Google

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $70,174, 31.46 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $71,546/ Lo: $69,605
Vol: $30B (Down 30%)
Mkt Cap: $1.38T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 560 EH/s
Avg Fees: 8,498 sats/tx (Down 67%)
Nodes: 18,308

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Russian attacks damage Ukraine’s power plants: Russia fires dozens of drones and missiles at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure overnight. At least six people are injured, and power is cut in several central and western regions of Ukraine. (AlJazerra)

2. Russia seriously considers opportunity to reinstate death penalty after Crocus City Hall attack: Russian officials believe that the moratorium on the death penalty that was introduced in Russia in 1996 in connection with the entry into the Council of Europe should be suspended. State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin believes that there is no need for any referendum here — it would only be enough for the Constitutional Court to lift it. (PravdaRU)

-US Events-
1. FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Gets 25 Years Prison Sentence: The sentence, though significant, represents only the opening chapter in a saga likely to continue through appeals and potential early release considerations. Federal good behavior credits and the First Step Act, a prison reform bill, could significantly reduce his sentence. (Bitcoinist)

2. In Historic Reversal, US To Restart A Shut Down Nuclear Power Plant For The First Time Ever: On Wednesday the federal government announced that it would provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan. NJ-based Holtec International acquired the 800-megawatt Palisades plant in 2022 with plans to dismantle it, but with support from the state of Michigan and the Biden administration, the emphasis has shifted to restarting the nuclear power plant by late 2025 instead. (ZeroHedge)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Crypto Advocate Challenges Warren in Senate Race: John Deaton’s entry into the Massachusetts Senate race, marked by a personal investment of $500,000 and an appeal for equal contributions from his followers, represents a significant challenge to the status quo, embodying his commitment to confronting established political elites and advocating for transformative change. (BlockchainReporter)

2. US PCE Inflation Data is to be released later today.

3. Gold Hovers Near All-Time Highs: Gold held above $2,230 an ounce in holiday-thinned trade on Friday. (TradingEconomics)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin ETF blowout wows even BlackRock's Larry Fink: the explosive growth of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, especially the firm’s, caught even the seasoned Wall Street executive off guard. mean, look, we're creating now a market that has more liquidity, more transparency. And I'm pleasantly surprised. And I would never have predicted it before we filed it, that we were going to see this type of retail demand," (FoxBusines)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. CBDC Prohibition Is Gaining Momentum in US: "CBDCs are a desperate reaction by governments to prevent decentralized currencies from threatening the monopoly of national currencies. They enable maximum government control over people’s lives through the direct provisioning of money and financial services." A group of House conservatives are trying to tie a vote on Rep. Tom Emmer’s (R-MN) central bank digital currency bill to a deal on broader cryptocurrency legislation. (Forbes)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Applications for U.S. Unemployment Benefits Dip to 210,000 in Sign Job Market Remains Strong: The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims dipped by 2,000 to 210,000. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week ups and downs, fell by 750 to 211,000. Overall, 1.8 million Americans were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended March 16, up 24,000 from the week before. (AP)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Bitcoin wallets drained as infostealer malware targets Call of Duty players: Unidentified cybercriminals have released an information stealer malware targeting gamers who cheat in Call of Duty, resulting in the theft of bitcoin (BTC) holdings from affected players. The malware has already compromised hundreds of thousands of accounts, with the numbers continuing to grow. (CryptoBriefing)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Google’s inclusion of Bitcoin wallet balances sparks privacy debate: Google has expanded its features to allow users to search wallet balances across multiple blockchains, such as Bitcoin, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Optimism, Polygon and Fantom. When entering the wallet address, search results display the token balance by network along with the last updated time. Users can search three Bitcoin address formats — P2PKH, P2SH and Bech32 — and view current balances and recent transactions. (CoinTelegraph)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 79/100 (Down 1 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): With BTC wallet balances and transactions now searchable on Google, it would be wise to keep wallet addresses as private as possible in the public domain.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 836,653 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-03-28T12:21:07Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 836,653
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 28Mar24
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Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Up to 100 Still Missing in Moscow / Haiti Chaos Continues / Baltimore Shipping Halts with Consequences / Four Killed in Illinois Stabbing Spree / SWIFT CBDC to Compete with BRICS / Facebook Sued Over Spying on Competitors Via Your Phone / BTC Whale Moves $6B

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $70,694, 31.95 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $71,727/ Lo: $68,381
Vol: $43B (Up 27%)
Mkt Cap: $1.39T (Even)
HashRate: 652 EH/s
Avg Fees: 26,730 sats/tx (Up 224%)
Nodes: 18,395

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Nearly 100 people still missing after Moscow attack, Russian news site says: The official toll from the attack on Crocus City Hall now stands at 140 dead and 182 wounded, while 95 more people appeared in lists compiled by the emergency services as missing. (Reuters)

2. Haiti: US guns pour into Port-au-Prince, fueling surge in violence: "All the guns here are from the US, everybody knows it. If the US wants to stop this, they could easily do it one month!" He pleads: "We are asking the US to give us a chance to live, just give us a chance." The UN report said some estimates put it at half a million legal and illegal weapons here as of 2020. It reported that guns and ammunition were being smuggled in from land, air and sea from US states such as Florida, Texas and Georgia. (BBC) (AC-The UN report is dated, and guns "pouring" into Haiti is exaggerated, but it remains that most guns have been smuggled over years into Haiti. It is common for the UN to release reports concerning gun manufacture and shipping in an effort to curb violence.)

-US Events-
1. The Economic Consequences of the Baltimore Catastrophe: Baltimore is one of the largest ports on the eastern seaboard of the United States. It is the fourth largest port on the East Coast by total tons of cargo handled. It was the first in terms of the volume of automobiles and light trucks (including 847,158 cars and light trucks), heavy farm and construction machinery, imported sugar, and imported gypsum, the governor’s office said in a statement last year. The port is completely shut down in the wake of the collision of the Dali with the Key bridge and the near-total collapse of the bridge. Economists call this a “supply shock,” and it is likely to lead to a resurgence of goods inflation and possibly temporary shortages of some goods. (Breitbart)

2. 4 dead, 7 injured in stabbing rampage in Rockford, Illinois, residential area: A 15-year-old girl, a 63-year-old woman, a 49-year-old man, and a 22-year-old man were killed in the incident and five others who were injured were transported to local hospitals with “serious injuries,”. Police said a suspect is in custody and a motive is unknown. (CNN)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Australian Digital ID Bill passes Senate: The economy-wide digital identity scheme will now be up and running by midway through this year, a significant expansion of the existing government program which has now been running for nearly a decade.
“The final Digital ID Bill means people no longer have to share personal data and information like their birth certificate or passport every time they want to access a new service, and all in a far more secure, privacy-focused scheme with genuine protections. (ACSInformationAge)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. Cathie Wood’s Bitcoin ETF sets record with $243.5m daily inflow: On March 27, the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF witnessed an unprecedented $243.5 million in investments, marking a significant uptick over five times its usual daily intake, as Bitcoin neared the $72,000 threshold. (CryptoNews)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Currency Wars: SWIFT Network Directly Challenges BRICS: A CBDC connected to the SWIFT network is expected to be launched within a few months. The proposed 12-14 month timeline means that SWIFT’s CBDC threatens BRICS’ aspirations of dedollarization. Indeed, if it becomes a favored payment method, the dedollarization efforts of the BRICS risk encountering significant obstacles. (CoinTribune)

-Economic Indicators-
1. U.S. Debt To Reach $57 Trillion at Current Rate: As of today, the U.S. debt has crossed the $34.4 trillion mark and the unwanted growth is alarming. Data shows that the Federal government is adding an extra $1 trillion every 90 to 100 days. Going at the same pace, the U.S. debt can reach $57 trillion by the end of the decade in 2030. (WatcherGuru)

2. Gold Holds Gains as Traders Await US Data: Gold held just below $2,200 an ounce on Thursday, hovering near all-time highs as investors awaited a key US inflation (US PCE due Friday) reading that could influence the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Facebook may have exploited user devices to spy on competitors, documents show: In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project codenamed “Ghostbusters, to acquire, decrypt, transfer, and use private, encrypted in-app analytics from Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon, according to a new set of unsealed court documents. The Mark Zuckerberg-owned tech empire discussed paying teenagers to install “kits” on their devices, according to plaintiffs. Facebook was caught using a cyberattack method, “SSL man-in-the-middle,” to intercept and decrypt Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon encrypted analytics traffic. (CyberNews)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. $6B Moved as 5th Largest BTC Wallet Reactivates After Years of Dormancy: This week, blockchain observers noticed that the “37X” wallet, once holding the title of the fifth-largest bitcoin wallet, was activated for the first time since 2019. This significant move involved the transfer of 94,504.03 bitcoin into three distinct addresses. One of these recipient wallets has now risen to become the sixth-largest bitcoin holder. (BitcoinCom)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 80/100 (Down 3 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 836,513 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-03-27T12:14:12Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 836,513
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 27Mar24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: IDF Hit IRGC Targets in Syria / Gaza Air Drops Kill Again / Japan Pacifist No More / US Ship Crash Causes Speculation / EU Crypto AML Law Passes / HSBC New Token Backed by Gold /

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $70,214, 32.16 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $71,134/ Lo: $69,335
Vol: $34B (Down 24%)
Mkt Cap: $1.38T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 593 EH/s
Avg Fees: Unavailable-- sats/tx (%)
Nodes: 18,233

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Israeli Air Force responsible for overnight strikes on Iran-linked operatives in eastern Syria: The strikes in the Deir Ezzor and al-Bukamal area targeted assets belonging to Iran’s Unit 4000, the Special Operations Division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Intelligence Organization, and the special operations unit of the IRGC’s Quds Force in Syria, known as Unit 18840, according to Israeli defense sources. The US has denied involvement in the strikes. (TimesOfIsrael)

2. Gaza aid drop in sea leads to drownings: Gaza’s Hamas-run government media office says 18 Palestinians have been killed while trying to collect desperately-needed aid that was airdropped over northern Gaza. Twelve people drowned when they went into the sea to retrieve food packages, the other six were trampled to death in “stampedes” when other aid packages landed on the ground, a statement said. The US says two C-17 aircraft dropped 46,000 "meals ready to eat" (MREs) over the north on Monday, while the UK says one of its A400M aircraft dropped 10 tonnes of water, rice, cooking oil, flour, tinned goods and baby formula. (BBC)

3. Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations in latest break from pacifist principles: Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries. Japan has long restricted arms exports under the country’s pacifist constitution, but has rapidly taken steps to deregulate amid rising regional and global tensions, especially from nearby China. (AP)

-US Events-
1. Safety investigators to probe whether dirty fuel contributed to Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: The lights on the Dali began to flicker about an hour into the ship's trip early Tuesday. A harbor pilot and assistant reported power issues and a loss of propulsion prior to the collision, according to a Coast Guard briefing report. The ship did not have enough time to drop anchors to stop drifting, according to the officer, and crew members issued a mayday call before the crash happened. One body of the six presumed dead workers on the bridge has been recovered. (Fox)

2. Gov. Youngkin Vetoes Virginia Democrats’ ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed Democrat lawmakers’ “assault weapons” ban on Tuesday, along with a number of other Democrat-backed gun controls. (Breitbart)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. EU Anti-Money Laundering Laws Ban Provision of Services for Anonymous Cryptocurrency Accounts: A new set of anti-money laundering laws passed by the EU has banned crypto asset service providers from servicing and providing custody to anonymous cryptocurrency accounts. The approved proposal for the “prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing” alleges these assets present “risks of misuse for criminal purposes.” (BitcoinCom)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. HSBC’s Gold Token Goes Live for Retail Investors in Hong Kong: HSBC is claiming bragging rights for being the first bank to create a blockchain-based real world asset aimed at retail investors. The HSBC Gold Token, minted on the bank’s Orion digital assets platform, is available via HSBC Online Banking and HSBC HK Mobile App. (CoinDesk)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
NSTR

-Economic Indicators-
1. US Mortgage Applications Fall for 2nd Week: Mortgage applications in the US fell by 0.7% on the week ending March 22nd, extending the 1.6% drop in the previous week to further trim the sharp mortgage demand from earlier in the month. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. Munchables Insider Steals $62.5 Million, Then Returns It in Bizarre Web3 Heist: The web3 game Munchables is hosted on the Blast layer-2 platform. According to blockchain researcher ZachXBT, the attack resulted in the disappearance of 17,400 ETH, worth $62.5 million. The developer responsible for the theft has since returned the funds without any conditions. (CoinPedia)

2. Hackers Are Targeting Bitcoin Hot Wallets—Here's How: The founder of the Ordinal Rugs project said hackers targeted members of the Bitcoin Rock Discord server on Tuesday, stealing $1.47 BTC, around $103,003, and 4 BTC, around $208,196, worth of Ordinal inscriptions from their wallet. (Decrypt)

-Bitcoin Community-
NSTR

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 83/100 (Up 2 pts)

Analyst Comments (AC): There is a lot of speculation concerning the container ship "Dali" running into the Francis Scott Key Bridge yesterday. The MSM has already said that speculation is dangerous (CNN), while Fox is hinting that 'dirty fuel' is the culprit. There are innumerable possible explanations for the incident, and it is prudent to not discard any of them. This could be an intentional act, an act of incompetence, or simply an accident beyond control. What is known are the facts of the crash and the consequences, which are significant. The infrastructure in the US has been host to an increase of safety incidents from planes falling apart, train derailments, and now a critical ship/bridge disaster. It is evident that if the US is being targeted via its infrastructure, it is not obviously attributable, meaning skillful actors. If the US is not being targeted, then incompetence in US government management has increased. Neither conclusion should be withheld from the populace that is subject to the dangers involved.

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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 836,241 DTG/ICOD: ...

2024-03-25T12:21:11Z

BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 836,241
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 25Mar24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Moscow Terror Attack Shocks World, What's Next? / Ukraine, Russia Trade Missile Volleys / Trump Must Pay Court Judgement Today / US DOJ Sets Up New Federal Firearm Red Flag Center / On-Chain Data show HODLers Still HODLing / Is China Hoarding Gold?

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $66,832, 30.8 oz Gold, .16 Median US House
24hr Hi: $67,744/ Lo: $64,669
Vol: $30B (Up 31%)
Mkt Cap: $1.31T (Up 2%)
HashRate: 589 EH/s
Avg Fees: 5,294 sats/tx (Down 31%)
Nodes: 18,403

---Reports---
-International Events-
1. As Russia mourns victims of Crocus concert hall shooting, how will Putin react?: Friday's bloodbath turned a Moscow concert hall into hell. The attackers killed not only with bullets, but with fire. They set the building alight and created an inferno. There is no final death toll. The search for bodies continues. Four suspects have been charged with committing acts of terrorism and the Islamic State group has claimed it was behind the mass shooting at Crocus City Hall. It has released graphic images of the attackers on the rampage. US officials have said they have no reason to doubt that claim of responsibility. Meanwhile, Russian officials have been promoting the idea that Ukraine was behind the brutal attack. At least 137 people have been confirmed dead. (BBC/CNN)

2. Ukraine says it hit two Russian naval vessels in major attack on Crimea: Ukraine says it hit two Russian amphibious landing ships, the Yamal and the Azov, along with a communications center and several other facilities belonging to the Black Sea Fleet, in a huge overnight attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol. (CNN) (AC-Russia and Ukraine traded a large amount of missiles over the weekend, with Russia targeting Kyiv and other targets while Ukraine targeted Sevastopol, losses were seen on both sides (OSINT))

-US Events-
1. Trump has hours to cover $454 million judgment or risk property seizure: Donald Trump must either pay the money out of his own pocket or post a bond while he appeals Justice Arthur Engoron's Feb. 16 judgment against him for manipulating his net worth and his family real estate company's property values to dupe lenders and insurers. (Reuters)

2. Biden DOJ Celebrates $750 Million in Funding for More Red Flag Laws: On Saturday: President Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ), celebrated the launch of the National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center and the administration’s subsequent pledge of $750 million the Center can use to pursue more red flag laws. (Breitbart)

-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Nigeria Charges Binance, Detained Executives With Tax Evasion: Nigeria's tax authority charged Binance with tax evasion, local news outlets reported Monday. The charges come after a tense few weeks during which two senior executives of the crypto exchange were detained by authorities. Local media reported that one of the two executives escaped and may have left the country. (CoinDesk)

-Institutional Concerns-
1. China Could Be Hoarding Over 5,300 Tonnes of Gold: A recent report from Jan Nieuwenhuijs, an expert in the Chinese gold market, has found that the actual gold reserves held by the People’s Bank of China might comprise over 5,300 tonnes, dwarfing official numbers. Nieuwenhuijs explains China might be a driving force behind increasing gold prices, as the country moves to hoarding gold to protect its economy from an impending dollar debasement. (BitcoinCom)

-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. Chile to Keep Advancing CBDC Tests: A report from the Chile Central Bank stated the bank would advance in the “design and implementation of concept tests, in controlled environments, to improve understanding of the challenges and implications in technological and operational terms that the issuance of a CBDC could have.” (BitcoinCom)

-Economic Indicators-
1. Oil Rises on Supply Concerns: Brent crude futures rose toward $86 per barrel on Monday, recouping some losses from last week as various supply-side disruptions continued to upend oil markets. WTI crude futures rose above $81 per barrel. Analysts pointed to disrupted oil refinery activities in Russia due to Ukrainian drone attacks, which impacted about 12% of the country’s oil processing capacity.(TradingEconomics)

-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. China accused of ‘malign’ cyberattack on UK Electoral Commission ‘after hacking data of 40million voters’: Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden is expected to tell parliament that Beijing is behind a wave of cyberattacks on the Electoral Commission as well as against 43 MPs and peers, in a major hack which is reported to have begun in August 2021 but was not identified until October 2022. (Independent)

-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin Holders Show Reluctance to Sell Despite Record Highs: Crypto data platform Glassnode‘s tracked data reveals that the average on-chain transfers in Bitcoin‘s Blockchain in terms of US dollar value remain significantly below the peak seen in 2021. According to analysts, this trend could be interpreted as a sign that investors prefer to hold their BTC without selling in anticipation of higher prices, indicating a strong HODL trend in the market. (CoinTurk)

-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 75/100 (Even)

Analyst Comments (AC): The big geopolitical news is the terrorist attack in Moscow. As media streamed video and pictures of the brazen attack, Russians and the world were shocked. The quick announcement by ISIS-K (?) for responsibility is suspect by Russians, while Russia's blame of Ukraine is suspect by the West. In the world of 5th Gen Warfare, it is difficult to ascertain facts and motives of this attack. What is known is that Putin now has a new dilemma on his hands. Does he wrap up operations in Ukraine to focus on ISIS? Ignore the attack for now? Or does he try to target both at the same time? Deeper questions remain, such as what is/was the role of the US in this situation? This certainly has hallmarks of intelligence-type operations, but the ambiguity of this world masks the potential instigators, which could range from ISIS, Ukraine, USA, Israel, to even Russia itself. The incident will certainly drive new geopolitical directions for Russian efforts and its relationships.

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