BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 924,152
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 18Nov2025
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: UN Supports Gaza Plan / Nigerian Gunman Abduct 25 Schoolgirls / Chile Voters Go To Polls / ICE Ops in Charlotte Net 130, 30% of Kids Skip School / FEMA Director Resigns After 6 Months / US House Votes on Epstein File Release / US Marshals Rescue 122 Kids / White House Wants to Tax Foreign Crypto Assets / El Salvador Buys the Dip Big / Average BTC ETF Holder Underwater / CBOE Launches Continuous Bitcoin Futures / UST Yield Lower, Unemployment Claims Up, Stocks Down, Bitcoin Way Down / Car Hacking a Thing Now / Grokipedia Making Waves / Only 5% of Bitcoin Left to Be Mined
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $91,387, 22.65 oz Gold, .21 Median US House
24hr Hi: $95,791 / Lo: $89,300
Volume: 119B (Up 55%)
Mkt Cap: $1.82T (Down 4%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 2 sats/vBtye (Up 100%)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. U.N. Security Council Resolution on Gaza Passes, Trump Named Chairman of ‘Board of Peace': The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Monday in support of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan in Gaza, and Trump has been named chairman of the Board of Peace. The Board (of Peace) will coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance, facilitate Gaza’s development, and support a technocratic committee of Palestinians responsible for day-to-day operations of Gaza’s civil service and administration while the Palestinian Authority fully implements its reform program. (Breitbart)
2. Nigerian School Kidnapping - Gunmen abducted 25 schoolgirls from a high school in northwestern Nigeria and killed the vice principal during the attack. Authorities reported the incident occurred overnight, with no immediate claims of responsibility. Security forces have been deployed to search for the victims. (CNN)
3. Chile Presidential Runoff - Chile's far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast advanced to a presidential runoff after a vote that propelled him ahead in initial results. The election saw high voter turnout amid economic concerns. Kast will face a center-left opponent in the December runoff. (Reuters) (AC-'Far-right' and 'center-left', only looks that way through bias and influence operations.)
-US Events-
1. US Border Patrol arrests over 130 in first 48 hours of Charlotte immigration operation, while nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday: Border Patrol agents had arrested over 130 people on Saturday and Sunday in Charlotte during the first two days of the federal operation targeting undocumented migrants. Officials with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools said on Monday that approximately 20,935 students across the 185 schools were absent, which is 15% of students enrolled. According to data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 31% of the student population are Hispanic identifying students. (WBTV/Reuters)
2. Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson Resigns: FEMA employees and Homeland Security officials criticized Richardson's low visibility and said he was difficult to reach during Texas floods that killed at least 130 people. Richardson kept a dual role in DHS while running FEMA while maintaining his post in the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office. He was in his post for 6 months. (GroundNews)
3. House to vote on full Epstein files' release: The measure -- called "The Epstein Files Transparency Act" -- would compel Attorney General Pam Bondi to make available all "unclassified records, documents, communications and investigative materials" in the Department of Justice's possession related to Epstein. (ABC)
4. U.S. Marshals Rescue 122 Missing Children in Multi-State Operation Home for the Holidays: The U.S. Marshals Service spearheaded Operation Home for the Holidays, a two-week multi-agency effort across Florida and nine other states that recovered 122 endangered children aged 23 months to 17 years, including two located in Mexico and Guatemala. Authorities arrested six adults on charges such as sexual batteries, with many children reporting abuse, neglect, and exposure to criminal activities like trafficking and drugs. Collaborators including the FBI, Florida agencies, and nonprofits provided immediate medical care, therapy, and family reunifications ahead of the holidays. (X)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. White House Considering Rules to Allow the IRS to Track and Tax Foreign Crypto Holdings: The Trump administration is moving towards approving rules for the IRS to access information on Americans' foreign crypto accounts to enforce taxation. The proposed rules, part of the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, aim to combat international tax evasion. (Decrypt)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. El Salvador Makes Its Largest Bitcoin Purchase Ever Despite Rising Market Sell-Off: In spite of the current downturn in the price of Bitcoin, El Salvador has purchased more than $100 million | 1,091 BTC in BTC. This is considered the largest single-day purchase of the token by the country. (CoinGape) (AC-Conviction!)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Average Bitcoin ETF investor now underwater as BTC falls below $89.6K: The flow-weighted cost basis across all US Bitcoin ETFs sits near $89,600, a level Bitcoin fell below on Tuesday, leaving the cohort underwater. (CoinTelegraph) (AC-Don't be average, DCA real Bitcoin and HODL.)
2. Bitcoin Miner Hive's Stock Bucks Crypto Market Losses, Rises on Record Revenue and Dell Partnership: Hive Digital Technologies' stock surged over 7.5% after announcing record revenue and a partnership with Dell for its AI division. The company reported a 285% year-over-year revenue increase and a 91% rise from the previous quarter, with strong performance in Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing segments. (Decrypt) (AC-It seems the dual rails of Bitcoin mining and AI computing are working for some.)
3. Cboe to Launch Continuous Bitcoin Futures on December 15: These new futures are designed to give traders long-term exposure to bitcoin without some of the operational headaches of traditional futures. Each contract has a 10-year expiration and a daily cash adjustment, which means positions are automatically updated every day to reflect the underlying asset’s price. In effect, this creates a “perpetual” exposure. Traders no longer have to manually roll contracts every few months, which has been a major friction point for investors using conventional futures. (BitcoinMag)
-Economic Indicators-
1. Treasury Yields Edge Lower: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note fell to 4.11% on Tuesday, the lowest level in about a week, as a flight-to-safety and risk-off mood took hold amid renewed concerns over high valuations in tech and AI stocks, driving investors away from riskier assets. (TradingEconomics)
2. US Records 232K Initial Jobless Claims Mid-October: Initial jobless claims in the US totaled 232,000 on the week ending October 18th, remaining firmly above the averages from the period since the end of the second quarter. (TradingEconomics)
3. US Stocks Start the Week Sharply Lower: US stocks opened the week sharply lower as investors braced for a busy slate of delayed economic releases and a key round of tech earnings, with the Dow plunging 1.1% while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slid 0.8% and 0.7% respectively. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. Kamel Ghali on what's 'theoretically possible' in car hacking: A veteran “white hat” car hacker and penetration tester, the Japan-based Ghali has trained engineers and regulators in the United States, Japan, and the Middle East on how to spot and fix the kinds of flaws that can turn a vehicle into a rolling vulnerability. here are many different damage scenarios that you can put into effect as an attacker, like eavesdropping or taking pictures of someone's home, or stealing their contacts from the head unit. The absolute worst-case scenario is that, God forbid, someone hacks a car, or multiple cars, and causes them to crash into a building, or commits an act of terrorism or an assassination, God forbid. These are theoretically very real possibilities. (RecordedFuture) (AC-A great 'Darknet Diaries"-style read on the risks of driving a connected computer.)
-Technology and Science-
1. Elon Musk's Grokipedia Sparks Outrage Over Conspiracy Theories, Questionable Sources: The Cornell study found that much of Grokipedia's content is copied verbatim from Wikipedia. More incredibly, the site regularly cited sources banned by Wikipedia itself for being unreliable. One particularly striking example: an entry on the "Clinton body count" conspiracy theory that cited InfoWars, a source known across the globe for spreading disinformation. (TechTimes) (AC-Pure 5th Generation Warfare moves here. Study the facts objectively.)
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Just 5% of All Bitcoin Is Left to Be Mined: Bitcoin reached a significant milestone as 95% of its total supply was mined, with the 19.95 millionth BTC being mined by Antpool. The network enforces a hard cap of 21 million coins, with the next halving in April 2028 reducing the reward to 1.5625 BTC per block. (Decrypt)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 11/100 (Down 3 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 924,565
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 21Nov2025
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Third Kidnapping of Students in Nigeria Spurs Calls to Action / IDF Continues Strikes in Gaza / US Military Testing Venezuela Defenses / Trump Anger Over Lawmaker's Video Draws Strong Words / Unfolding Medicare Scam in Minnesota Funded Terrorists / Judge Halts National Guard Deployment to DC / Crypto Orgs Petition Trump For More Clarity / New US Bill Would Accept Bitcoin for Taxes / MSTR in the Dumps, Threats Loom / DC Debates Bitcoin vs. Gold Reserves / Stocks, Bitcoin Down / Whale Sells $1.3B Worth of BTC / Pubkey DC Opens, SECTREAS Shows Up
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $83,971, 20.66 oz Gold, .19 Median US House
24hr Hi: $91,572 / Lo: $80,659
Volume: 135B (Up 62%)
Mkt Cap: $1.67T (Down 8%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 3 sats/vBtye (Up 200%)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school, police say, amid outrage over violence against Christians: Police in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State reported that a group of armed bandits invaded a private Catholic school early on Friday, abducting an unknown number* of students from their hostels. The abduction in Niger, which borders Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, follows a similar attack on a church by gunmen in neighboring Kwara State earlier in the week. (CNN) (*AC-Other reporting has between 50 and 100 girls missing from this attack. Also, other intel chatter has the US DoD working on plans for the recurring issue.)
2. Israeli Strikes in Gaza - Israeli airstrikes across Gaza have killed at least 32 Palestinians and wounded 88 others within the past 24 hours, marking an escalation following a recent ceasefire. The attacks targeted multiple locations, including residential areas, as part of ongoing military operations. (AlJazeera)
3. RC-135 Accompanied By Fighters Off Venezuela Testing Maduro’s Air Defenses: As the U.S. continues to raise the heat on Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, online flight trackers tonight have noticed several F/A-18 Super Hornets and a U.S. Air Force RC-135V Rivet Joint electronic surveillance plane flying close to the South American nation’s coastline. A U.S. official told us these flights are part of the pressure campaign ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump against Maduro and specifically to test Venezuela’s air defense capabilities and response times. (TWZ)
-US Events-
1. White House defends Trump remarks, says he does not want members of Congress executed: President Donald Trump accused Democratic lawmakers of 'seditious behavior' for telling service members to refuse illegal orders, saying it's 'punishable by death.' The White House press secretary said Trump doesn't want lawmakers executed, but suggested their video could be 'punishable by law' for disrupting the military chain of command. (GroundNews)
2. MN Somali Medicaid Fraud Investigation Reveals Terrorist Link — ‘Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota Taxpayer’: Breitbart News reported in July that nearly 100 autism clinics in Minnesota were being investigated for fraudulently billing Medicaid for treatment of children supposedly diagnosed with autism, most of it in connection with the rampantly corrupt Somali community around Minneapolis. “Autism claims to Medicaid in Minnesota have skyrocketed in recent years — from $3 million in 2018 to $54 million in 2019, $77 million in 2020, $183 million in 2021, $279 million in 2022, and $399 million in 2023.” City Journal’s Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo have traced millions in fraudulent funding going to the al-Qaida-linked Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab. (Breitbart)
3. Judge Halts National Guard Deployment - A US judge issued an order to halt President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. The decision came amid protests and concerns over the use of military forces in domestic matters. Demonstrators participated in a "We Are All DC" march in response to the events. (Reuters)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Crypto Organizations Seek Trump's Directive for Federal Agencies to Clarify Regulations Quickly: Over 65 crypto organizations are urging President Donald Trump to direct federal agencies to clarify digital asset regulations promptly. The letter, signed by major industry players, outlines specific actions the SEC, CFTC, Treasury, and Justice Department can take without new legislation, aiming to leverage Trump's pro-crypto stance into concrete agency action. (Decrypt)
2. Congressman Warren Davidson Introduces Bitcoin For America Act, Proposes Federal Tax Free Payments in Bitcoin: Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) introduced today the Bitcoin For America Act in the U.S. House of Representatives, a landmark proposal designed to modernize the U.S. financial system and position the nation at the forefront of the global digital asset economy. The bill would allow Americans to pay federal taxes in bitcoin, with all proceeds deposited into a newly created Strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR). (BitcoinMag)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. Gold Reset News Sparks Debate Over US Bitcoin Reserve and Bretton Woods Revival: Faced with an unprecedented level of national debt, some lawmakers are advocating for a bold strategy: revaluing the US gold reserves to fund a strategic stockpile of Bitcoin. This debt explosion has led some policymakers to revisit the foundations of the modern monetary system, which fundamentally changed after 1971, when the US formally ended the Bretton Woods system and severed the dollar's direct link to gold. (IBTimes)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Michael Saylor’s Strategy Faces Removal From Nasdaq 100 Amid Crypto Market Crash: According to Bloomberg, both MSCI and Nasdaq are reviewing whether the firm still qualifies for inclusion in their benchmarks. This would lead to an outflow of as much as $2.8 billion from funds tracking the index if MSCI were to remove the stock from it. (CoinGape)
-Economic Indicators-
1. US Stocks Erase Gains: US stocks erased gains to close at one-month lows on Thursday amid the outlook of higher interest rates by the Federal Reserve, as markets reassessed risks that high valuations for AI companies are unwarranted. The Nasdaq 100 lost 2.4% while the S&P 500 fell 1.5% and the Dow was 350 points lower.
-Security Concerns-
1. Brazilian Hackers Spread New Eternidade Stealer Trojan Via WhatsApp to Target Banking Apps: Popular messaging apps are used to infiltrate the financial information of unsuspecting users. If you have saved your bank information in the messaging platform, you'd better delete it from the chats as early as now. (TechTimes)
-Technology and Science-
NSTR
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin Whale Just Dumped $1.3 Billion | 15,619 BTC After Holding BTC Since 2011: On-chain data indicates that Owen Gunden, an early Bitcoin investor, has potentially sold his entire 11,000 BTC stash for $1.3 billion. (Decrypt)
2. Bitcoiners React to US Treasury Secretary’s Surprise Bar Visit: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made a surprise appearance at the launch of a new Bitcoin-themed bar in Washington, DC. “Having the Secretary of the Treasury at the Pubkey DC launch seems like a moment I could easily look back on and say ‘wow, it was all so obvious.’” said Ben Werkman, CIO at Strive. (Bitbo)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 14/100 (Up 3 pts) (AC-Price is down, but fundamental BTC news is good.)
Analyst Comments (AC): Congrats to the team at opening the new Pubkey in D.C.!
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📷 BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 924,422
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 20Nov2025
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: IDF Air Strikes in Gaza Test Ceasefire / US Military in Ukraine to Push Peace Plan / Russia Targets Poland Rail Line, Tensions Flare / DOJ Has 30 Days to Release Epstein Files / Mamdani and Trump to Meet Tomorrow / 250 Arrests Near Charlotte Since Sunday / Trump, Vance Not Invited to Cheney Funeral / Samourai CTO Sentenced to 4 Years / New Hampshire Approves First Bitcoin-Backed Muni Bond / Kraken to IPO in US / BTC ETFs Slightly Recover / Over 30% Of Young Rich Drop Non-Crypto Advisors / US Trade Gap Makes Sudden Drop / Bitcoin Core Passes Security Test / International Sting Nets Piracy Sites, Crypto, With No Oversight / Nat Brunell Releases Book
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $91,694, 22.44 oz Gold, .21 Median US House
24hr Hi: $93,025 / Lo: $88,526
Volume: 83B (Up 15%)
Mkt Cap: $1.82T (Even)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Even)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Israeli air strikes kill 27 in Gaza as fragile ceasefire frays: On Wednesday, Israeli air strikes killed 27 people in Gaza, with 14 in Gaza City and 13 in Khan Yunis, as Israel and Hamas accused each other of violating the ceasefire. (GroundNews)
2. US military officials arrived in Ukraine following reports of a drafted 28-point peace plan between the US and Russia. The visit focused on assessing Ukrainian defense capabilities and coordinating aid amid escalating tensions. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's office confirmed discussions on security guarantees and territorial integrity. (BBC)
3. Poland accuses Russia of "an act of state terror" with railway sabotage attack: Two Ukrainian citizens working for Russia are suspected of blowing up a railway line in Poland over the weekend, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday. On Wednesday, the row between the NATO member and Russia escalated, with Poland's top diplomat labeling the incident an "act of state terror." On Wednesday, Poland's foreign minister said he would order the closure of the last Russian consulate still operating in the country as part of the country's response to the sabotage. (CBS) (AC-Poland has supported Ukraine since the Russian invasion, while Russia has continuously worked to sever the support through multi-domain, low-level warfare tactics.)
-US Events-
1. Trump Signs Epstein Files Release into Law After Bipartisan Push: The bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act, H.R. 4405, requires the Justice Department to release unclassified records on Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-trafficking network, which harmed over 250 underage victims. It passed the House 427-1 and the Senate unanimously passed it on November 18. The DOJ now has 30 days to release the files. (X)
2. Trump to meet Zohran Mamdani on Friday: Mamdani told reporters Monday that his team contacted the White House to propose a meeting pledging to address the city's affordability crisis and curb costs on essentials. Mamdani has also courted Wall Street, planning talks with Jamie Dimon and other finance leaders while Bill Ackman offered help despite earlier backing an alternative candidate. (GroundNews) (AC-This should be an interesting meeting.)
3. Arrests now top 250 in immigration crackdown across North Carolina: The push to carry out arrests in North Carolina expanded to areas around the state capital of Raleigh on Tuesday, spreading fear in at least one immigrant-heavy suburb. Arrests in Charlotte and the Raleigh area have created a chilling effect in immigrant neighborhoods — school attendance dropped, and small shops and restaurants closed to avoid confrontations between customers and federal agents. (AP)
4. Trump and Vance not invited to Dick Cheney’s funeral, but all four living former vice presidents attending: Past presidents and politicians of both parties will gather Thursday in Washington, DC, for former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral — sending off a key figure of pre-MAGA Republican politics. (CNN)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Another Samourai Wallet Co-Founder Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison: William Lonergan Hill, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, was sentenced to four years in prison by a New York judge for operating an unlicensed money transmitter. His co-founder, Keonne Rodriguez, received a five-year sentence two weeks prior for the same offense. (Decrypt)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. New Hampshire Approves First-Ever $100 Million | 1,091 BTC Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond: New Hampshire has become the first state in the U.S. — and the first government globally — to approve a municipal bond backed by Bitcoin. The state’s Business Finance Authority (BFA) approved a $100 million Bitcoin-backed conduit bond, allowing private companies to borrow against over-collateralized Bitcoin held in custody. (BitcoinMag)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Freshly Valued at $20 Billion, Crypto Exchange Kraken Officially Plans to Go Public: Kraken announced its plan to go public after a $20 billion valuation and a recent $800 million fundraising round. The company submitted a draft S-1 form to the SEC for an IPO on Wall Street, with details on share numbers and price range pending. (Decrypt)
2. Spot bitcoin ETFs return to positive flows, BTC recovers above $92,000: U.S. spot BTC ETFs returned to net inflows after a five-day streak of net outflows that saw $2.26 billion leave the funds. (TheBlock)
3. 1 in 3 Young Rich Investors Switched Their Adviser for Not Offering Crypto Options: According to the survey, 61% of U.S. investors aged 18–40 now hold cryptocurrencies, and within this group, 43% allocate 5–10% of their portfolios to digital assets, 27% allocate 11–20%, and 11% allocate more than 20%. The demand for crypto access is clear: 64% of investors say they would stay with their adviser longer or increase assets held if crypto options were offered, and 84% plan to increase their crypto allocations over the next 12 months, with 46% anticipating an increase. (CryptoNewsFlash)
-Economic Indicators-
1. US Stocks Close Higher After Volatile Session: US stocks finished higher on a volatile Wednesday session, reversing some of the sharp selling from the prior four sessions as markets digested a divisive Fed minutes release and awaited Nvidia’s earnings after the close. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and the Nasdaq 100 gained 0.6% while the Dow added 0.1%. (TradingEconomics)
2. US Trade Gap Narrows in August: The US trade deficit narrowed to $59.6 billion in August 2025 from $78.2 billion in July, compared to forecasts of a $61 billion gap. Imports tumbled 5.1% to $340.4 billion, led by a $9.3 billion fall in nonmonetary gold. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. Bitcoin Core's first public third-party audit finds no major vulnerabilities: Cybersecurity firm Quarkslab has completed the first public, third-party security audit of the Bitcoin Core codebase — the open-source reference implementation that underpins the Bitcoin network, including a full-node client, a GUI, and an embedded wallet. Quarkslab reported no critical, high, or medium-severity findings. (TheBlock)
2. International operation traces $55 million crypto trail of digital piracy sites: Thirty investigators from 15 countries took part in the five-day crackdown earlier this month targeting 69 digital piracy sites, including 25 illegal streaming services whose information was referred to cryptocurrency platforms for disruption. The operation attempted to beat the bad actors at their own game: by using cryptocurrency to buy access to pirated materials in order to gain a window into their financial infrastructure. They were able to trace about $55 million in cryptocurrency through accounts associated with the services. (RecordedFuture) (AC-See Below)
-Technology and Science-
NSTR
-Bitcoin Community-
1. "Bitcoin Is for Everyone" by Natalie Brunell Explores Bitcoin's Role in Empowering Individuals Financially: Natalie Brunell's new book, "Bitcoin Is for Everyone," sheds light on the broken financial system and how Bitcoin can offer empowerment and control in times of economic uncertainty. Through clear storytelling, she explains the impact of inflation and monetary manipulation on daily life. (BitcoinMag)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 11/100 (Down 3 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): International 'Operations' as reported above will eventually become the tyrannical monster all sovereign countries and people abhor. The pace of the operations have grown quickly, mostly falling outside of nation-state legal jurisdictions of many of the participants. The results so far have been mostly favorable, taking down alleged drug lords and scammers, but there is no real check and balance, or transparency in these operations. For more details on how this monster started on how it works, checkout the "ANOM" episode on "DarkNet Diaries".)
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📷 BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 924,293
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 19Nov2025
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: China-Japan Spat Grows / Nigerian Schoolgirl Escapes Kidnappers, 24 Still Missing / Trump Hosts Saudi Crown Prince / Epstein Files to Be Released / Larry Summers Resigns From Public View / US House Say Crooks Investigation Sketchy / SNAP Requirements Change / Mt Gox Moves Bitcoin / Rep. Gill Buys More Bitcoin / Bitcoin ATM Founder Charged / Canaan Inc. Grows, Tether Invests in Ledn / Stocks Down, Internet Back Up / Google Gemini 3 Released / Wise Hands Buy, Traders Sell
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $91,665, 22.31 oz Gold, .21 Median US House
24hr Hi: $93,745 / Lo: $89,970
Volume: 72B (Down 38%)
Mkt Cap: $1.82T (Even)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Down 50%)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. China seeks to inflict economic blow on Japan amid escalating spat over Taiwan: Japan has been feeling the sting of China’s economic retaliation as their diplomatic spat over Taiwan worsens, with travel agencies canceling group tours and fears mounting over an outright ban on Japanese seafood and movies. The two largest economies in Asia have been locked in a war of words that began when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told lawmakers on Nov. 7 that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could force a military response from Tokyo. (NBC)
2. Student escapes as authorities search for 24 other girls abducted in Nigeria: A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school’s principal said, as hunters joined security forces in the search for the missing students in forests close to the school. (AP)
3. Trump Hosts Saudi Crown Prince, Agrees to F-35 Sale: President Donald Trump hosted Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House, designating the kingdom as a major non-NATO ally. The agreement includes the sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite concerns over potential technology transfer to China. Discussions also covered enhanced military cooperation and regional security issues. (NPR)
-US Events-
1. Senate approves Epstein files bill, sending it to Trump’s desk: The Senate recently passed the House measure to compel DOJ disclosures on Jeffrey Epstein and sent it to President Donald Trump, following support from Schumer and House approval of 427 to 1. (GroundNews)
2. Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after release of emails with Epstein: Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Wednesday that he will resign from the board at OpenAI. Details of Summers’ correspondence with Epstein were made public last week. (CNBC)
3. FBI Accused of Stonewalling Crooks Investigation: House investigators claimed the FBI withheld newly discovered social media posts by Thomas Crooks, the attempted assassin of President Trump, and obstructed the probe. The posts, unearthed from various platforms, contained anti-Semitic and political content. (NYPOst)
4. Expanded SNAP Work Requirements Enforced: Expanded work requirements for SNAP benefits, previously waived during the Trump administration, are now in effect, limiting aid to three months without employment or training. The policy affects able-bodied adults without dependents across multiple states. (USNews)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Mt. Gox Moves Millions in Bitcoin: Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox transferred millions of dollars in Bitcoin for the first time in eight months as part of creditor repayment processes. The movement involved large wallet transactions monitored on the blockchain. (TheStreet)
2. Trump Congressional Ally Discloses Latest Six-Figure Bitcoin Purchase: Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) has added up to $300,000 | 3.28 BTC total in Bitcoin and shares of the largest BTC exchange-traded fund to his sizable holdings in both assets. (Decrypt)
3. Bitcoin ATM Company Founder Charged in Alleged $10 Million | 109 BTC Money Laundering Scheme: Prosecutors charged Firas Isa, founder of Virtual Assets LLC, with operating a money laundering conspiracy tied to at least $10 million. The indictment said Isa converted fraud and narcotics proceeds into cryptocurrency and sent the assets to other wallets. He has pleaded not guilty. (Decrypt)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
NSTR
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Canaan Inc. Reports Strong Bitcoin Revenue: Canaan Inc. reported 104.4% year-over-year revenue growth in Q3 2025, driven by strong performance in Bitcoin mining and sales. (BPay)
2. Tether Invests In Bitcoin Lending: Tether made a strategic investment in Ledn to expand its Bitcoin-backed lending services. This aims to grow the BTC lending market. (CoinGecko)
-Economic Indicators-
1. US Stocks Pare Losses: US stocks closed sharply lower on Tuesday with the S&P 500 and Dow extending their slide for a fourth session, falling 0.8% and 1%, while the Nasdaq lost 1.1% as markets unwound parts of the AI trade ahead of Nvidia’s earnings and tech valuations came under renewed scrutiny after weeks of heavy capex-driven debt issuance. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. Cloudflare resolves outage that impacted thousands, ChatGPT, X and more: While most people think there’s a direct line between their digital device and a website, what actually happens is that companies like Cloudflare sits in the middle of those connections, he said. Cloudflare is a “content delivery network” that takes content from 20% of the world’s websites and mirrors them on thousands of servers worldwide. (AP)
-Technology and Science-
1. Google Releases Its Most Powerful AI Model, Gemini 3: Google's Gemini 3 Pro outperforms previous models across reasoning and multimodal benchmarks. It's available on AI Studio, but not the consumer Gemini app. (Decrypt)
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Here’s who actually bought Bitcoin’s $90k crash and who rage-sold the bottom: Whales, long-term holders and a handful of funds quietly added BTC and SOL exposure while retail panic-sold. Glassnode’s data showed that wallets holding over 1,000 BTC added coins as smaller cohorts exited. (CryptoSlate) (AC-Sometimes it's easy to see wise moves and emotional ones.)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 14/100 (Up 3 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 924,031
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 17Nov2025
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BLUF: Japan and China Have Words / Venezuela President Maduro Wants to Talk With Trump / Iran Says Nuke Program Still Alive / Trump Pressures UCLA Over Discrimination / SNAP Program in Crosshairs / Epstein Files Keep Congress Busy / Detroit Man Sentences for Sending Bitcoin to ISIS / Japan Classifies Crypto as Financial Product / Economists Wins Award on Bitcoin Reshaping US Banking / Harvard Apes into Bitcoin / BTC ETF Big Outflows / Euro Council Aims to Kill Digital Privacy / AI Bubble May Exist Financially / Sam Altman Wants AI Gene-Edited Babies / Steak N Shake Sales Up, Goes to El Salvador
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $94,173, 23.23 oz Gold, .22 Median US House
24hr Hi: $95,928 / Lo: $92,971
Volume: 77B (Up 53%)
Mkt Cap: $1.87T (Down 1%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Even)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Japan seeks to calm escalating row with China over Taiwan: Japan moved on Monday to tamp down an escalating row with China over Taiwan that has prompted Beijing to urge citizens to halt travel to its East Asian neighbor. The dispute erupted after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told Japanese lawmakers this month that a Chinese attack on Taiwan threatening Japan's survival could trigger a military response. (Reuters) (AC-This is an interesting read on the various cultures in Asia confronting each other and the language and diplomacy involved. Of course, underlying all this is centuries of animosity and actual military might.)
2. President Trump revealed that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has expressed interest in talks amid escalating U.S. military options, including potential intervention, as an aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea. The deployment signals a major buildup near Venezuela's coast, with ongoing U.S. Navy strikes in the region heightening tensions. Venezuelans remain on edge regarding possible American actions. (Fox)
3. Iranian nuclear sites were left ruined following US and Israeli strikes, but the country's nuclear program remains intact, as stated by Iran's deputy foreign minister in an interview. The strikes targeted key facilities, causing significant physical damage. Iran continues to assert that its program is operational despite the destruction. (CNN)
-US Events-
1. The Trump administration demanded that UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding, accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus. The penalty aims to address alleged failures in handling discrimination complaints. UCLA must comply to regain access to federal grants. (NPR)
2. The Trump administration plans to overhaul the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by requiring all recipients to reapply for benefits to root out fraud. The move targets ineligible participants and aims to tighten eligibility verification. Implementation details are being finalized for nationwide rollout. (DailyWire)
3. The House of Representatives will vote this week on releasing additional Jeffrey Epstein files, overcoming resistance from President Trump. The push involves bipartisan elements despite Trump's prior opposition. Legal experts anticipate significant public interest in the disclosures. (CNN)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Detroit Man Jailed for 9 Years Over Bitcoin Donations Intended for ISIS: Jibreel Pratt pleaded guilty in July to two counts of concealing crypto donations he intended for the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham. In March and May 2023, he transferred Bitcoin to the source (a federal human source), believing the funds would help pay for other recruits' travel to join ISIS or support someone preparing to commit violence in the group's name. To avoid detection, Pratt routed his BTC transfers through a privacy-focused VPN and used encryption software to hide transaction details and private keys. (Decrypt) (AC-Note, good security practices mean nothing if your contact is a Fed. Also, funding terrorism is not a good use for Bitcoin.)
2. Japan moves to reclassify crypto and adopt major tax relief: Japan's Financial Services Agency has finalized plans to reclassify certain cryptocurrencies as financial products and the reclassification will subject 105 cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether, to new disclosure requirements. Japanese authorities are seeking to lower the tax rate on crypto income to match that of stock investments — from a maximum of 55% to 20%. (TheBlock)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. Venezuelan Economist Wins Global Prize Exposing How Bitcoin Is Reshaping US Banks: Venezuelan economist Barbara Armas has won first place in the international academic contest “Think Bitcoin 2025.” Her research, titled “Bitcoin and Risk Perception: Financial Disruption in the American Banking Sector,” analyzes the relationship between crypto market capitalization and bank decisions when setting discount rates, a central indicator for their future risk projections. The study concludes that as Bitcoin’s market capitalization grows, financial institutions tend to adopt more conservative positions and raise those rates. (CryptoNewsFlash)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Harvard Triples Its Bitcoin Position as Emory Expands BTC ETF Holdings: Harvard Management Company held 6.8 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust as of September 30. The position was valued at about $442.8 million, with its holdings up from 1,906,000 shares reported on June 30. The allocation was small relative to Harvard’s $56.9 billion endowment. (Decrypt)
2. Spot bitcoin ETFs see $869 million | 9,119 BTC in outflows, marking second-largest exit on record (TheBlock)
-Economic Indicators-
1. Dollar Edges Higher Ahead of Data Releases: The dollar index rose above 99.4 on Monday, recovering part of last week's losses as investors prepared for a wave of US economic data releases delayed by the government shutdown to better guide expectations for Federal Reserve policy. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. Civil society decries digital rights ‘rollback' as European Commission pushes data protection changes: A coalition of 127 civil society groups and trade unions is pushing back on the European Commission’s reported changes to laws protecting citizens' data privacy and regulating how artificial intelligence can harness personal information. “What is being presented as a ‘technical streamlining’ of EU digital laws is, in reality, an attempt to covertly dismantle Europe's strongest protections against digital threats,” they wrote. (RecordedFuture) (AC-Not sure, but the EC may be straight us evil.)
-Technology and Science-
1. AI anxiety is rising among startup founders reacting to fears of an AI bubble. Discussions center on overvaluation and sustainability of AI investments. Founders emphasize practical applications to mitigate risks.(CNBC)
2. Sam Altman Project to Engineer Disease-Free Babies Raises Urgent Ethical Fears: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, together with his husband Oliver Mulherin, is financially supporting a startup called Preventive, which seeks to use gene editing to eliminate severe genetic conditions in embryos. (TechTImes) (AC-What could possibly go wrong?)
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Americans are using Bitcoin mining operations to heat their homes during winter, offsetting high energy bills for oil, gas, and electric furnaces. The process involves running mining hardware that generates heat as a byproduct.(CNBC) (AC-Nothing Bitcoiners didn't already know, but the MSM is catching up.)
2. Pro-Bitcoin restaurant Steak 'n Shake announces El Salvador expansion: The company attributed a nearly 11% rise in same-store sales in Q2 to its decision to start accepting BTC at its restaurants. Steak ‘n Shake managed to lead all other competitors in the fast food category for same-store sales increases in Q3, including McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell, and coffeehouse Starbucks. (CoinTelegraph)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 14/100 (Down 2 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): As long as Bitcoin is treated like a financial product (as the Japan report states) and taxed at a rate commensurate with that, adoption as a currency will stagnate. Dropping the capital gains tax on Bitcoin transactions will necessarily prove it's real worth. Steak N Shake is trying...
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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 923,590
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 14Nov2025
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BLUF: Major Attack on Kyiv / China Tells Japan to Stay out of Taiwan Issue / SECSTATE Say No US Troops to Go to Mexico / European Antifa Groups Put on Terrorist List / ICE to Charlotte Next / Judge Tells ICE to Release Arrested in Chicago / Singapore Seeking Middle Path With Stablecoins, CBDCs / Major Outflow of BTC ETFs / Lava in Hot Water Over Custody / Stocks Sink / Food Tariffs Lowered / First Big Chinese Cyberattack Done by AI / Apple to Collect WeChat Payments / BitFarms Won't Farm Bitcoin Anymore
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $94,970, 23.17 oz Gold, .22 Median US House
24hr Hi: $103,285 / Lo: $94,563
Volume: 123B (Up 86%)
Mkt Cap: $1.9T (Down 8%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Even)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Russia's massive attack on Kyiv kills 4, injures 29: At least 29 people were injured as emergency crews responded to multiple strikes. At least 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the attack across the country. Millions face severe power outages in Ukraine, in the thick of its fourth winter under Russian attacks. (NBC)
2. Beijing vows to strike back if Japan uses military force in Taiwan Strait: Beijing has warned that any Japanese military involvement in the Taiwan Strait would be regarded as “an act of aggression” and vowed to strike back in response, marking the latest twist in a diplomatic spat over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan. Takaichi told the Japanese parliament last week that the use of military force in the Taiwan Strait could be seen as a “survival-threatening situation” for Japan. (SCMP)
3. Marco Rubio Rejects Unilaterally Sending U.S. Troops Into Mexico: 'Not Going To': "We're not going to take unilateral action and send American forces into Mexico. But we can help them with equipment, training, intelligence sharing. They have to ask for it," Rubio told press. (IBTimes) (AC-Since the report last week emphasized JSOC and CIA activities would be operating under Title 50 authority, plausible deniability would be needed to decrease scrutiny, by both governments. From our perspective the assessment is still 50/50 if operations would still occur, no matter what SECSTATE says.)
-US Events-
1. U.S. Designates Four Europe-Based Antifa Groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations: The U.S. State Department has designated Antifa Ost, Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front, Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists, effective November 20. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the action, which freezes their U.S. assets and criminalizes material support by Americans. (Reuters/SECSTATE)
2. Trump’s next immigration crackdown will target Charlotte, North Carolina, a sheriff says: Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said in a statement that two federal officials confirmed a plan for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to start an enforcement operation Saturday or early next week in North Carolina’s largest city. (AP)
3. A judge ordered the release of hundreds arrested in Chicago’s immigration crackdown.: The detained people must be granted bond by the end of next week, the judge ruled, but big questions remain about how the process will play out – including locating those arrested, some of whom have been moved across the country, plaintiffs say. DHS Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said, “At every turn, activist judges, sanctuary politicians, and violent rioters have actively tried to prevent our law enforcement officers from arresting and removing the worst of the worst,”. (CNN)
-Regulatory and Legal-
NSTR
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. Singapore to Roll Out Stablecoin Regulations, Expand CBDC Trials: “Regulated stablecoins, while nascent, offer the prospect of value stability. Sound and robust regulation of stablecoins will be critical to underpin their stability,” a monetary managing director said. Adrian Wall, CEO of the Digital Sovereignty Alliance, described Singapore's approach to regulation as sitting in a “balanced middle.” (YahooFinance)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Spot bitcoin ETFs see $869 million in outflows, marking second-largest exit on record: Thursday's exits marked the ETFs' second-largest daily net outflows since launch. Bitcoin fell 6.4% in the past 24 hours to $96,956 as of 2:30 a.m. ET Friday. (TheBlock)
2. Lava Abandons Self-Custody Amidst Fund Raise, Sparking Controversy: Lava, the Bitcoin-backed loans software company, sparked controversy after a series of announcements following a $200 million fundraise. The company, led by Shehzan Maredia, had previously been marketed as a self-custody wallet and platform, mirroring the functionality of DeFi or decentralized finance products. The pivot has also raised questions about the company’s regulatory status and licenses, as centralized and custodial bitcoin-backed loan providers are arguably regulated under more traditional frameworks. (BitcoinMag)
-Economic Indicators-
1. US to Remove Tariffs on Some Products from Four Latin American Countries: The United States said on Thursday it will remove tariffs on some foods and other imports from Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, and El Salvador under framework agreements designed to give US firms greater access to those markets. (TradingEconomics)
2. US Stocks Tumble on Thursday: US stocks tumbled on Thursday, with the S&P 500 down 1.5%, the Nasdaq off 1.9% and the Dow giving back its recent record after losing 1.5% amid a broad sell-off in AI-linked names and cooling expectations for near-term Fed easing. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. China State-Backed Hackers Used AI To Launch First Massive Cyberattack: Anthropic said Thursday it had disrupted what it called the first large-scale cyber-espionage operation driven largely by AI. Anthropic said a Chinese state-sponsored group used its Claude Code, a version of Claude AI that runs in a terminal, to launch intrusion operations at a speed and scale that would have been impossible for human hackers to match. (Decrypt)
-Technology and Science-
1. Apple Cashes In on WeChat; iPhone to Take Cut from Mini Apps in China: WeChat isn't just a messaging app. In fact, it's now a full ecosystem. With mini apps, games, e-commerce features, and more, the platform has become indispensable for 1.41 billion monthly active users in China. The new deal between Apple and Tencent will allow Apple to process payments for WeChat apps and games and take a 15% cut of every purchase, less than the normal 30% cut Apple takes, but the volume is tremendous. (TechTimes) (AC-The US-China business nexus is so intertwined, even now after the tariff threats and geopolitical tensions. In one way, this is a key indicator of China's 'Unrestricted Warfare' model where economic and social domains fall under Chinese strategic leadership.)
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitfarms Will 'Wind Down' Bitcoin Mining and Pivot to AI After $46 Million Loss: Bitfarms, which operates 12 data centers across North America with an energy capacity of 341 megawatts (MW), is confident in its ability to make the transition successfully. (Decrypt)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 16/100 (Up 1 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 923,448
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 13Nov2025
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Ukrainian Political Shakeup / EU To Tax Small Chinese Parcels / Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government / Gov. Newsom's Chief of Staff Charged With Corruption / Brazil Regs to Outlaw Unauthorized Crypto Usage / US Penny No Longer Made / Taiwan Considers SBR / Coinbase Leaves Delaware for Texas / Stocks Up / US Strike Force Targets SE Asian Scammers / Solar Weather Stops NASA Launch / Japanese Woman Marries AI Persona / Global Masters in Bitcoin Offered
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $102,936, 24.34 oz Gold, .24 Median US House
24hr Hi: $105,157 / Lo: $100,836
Volume: 73B (Up 17%)
Mkt Cap: $2.05T (Down 2%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Even)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Top Ukrainian ministers submit their resignations as the country is rocked by a corruption scandal: As Russia’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure cause rolling blackouts ahead of winter, a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state-owned nuclear power company has put top officials under scrutiny. Anti-corruption watchdogs — the same agencies Zelenskyy sought to weaken earlier this year— revealed the findings of a 15-month investigation, including 1,000 hours of wiretaps, resulting in the detention of five people, and another seven linked to about $100 million in kickbacks in the energy sector. (AP)
2. EU’s reported parcel crackdown plan a ‘unilateral move’ shifting burden to its own consumers: The European Union (EU) is reportedly planning to fast-track a bloc-wide handling fee on small Chinese parcels. Chinese trade experts warned on Thursday that the accelerated timeline would simply shift structural pressure onto European consumers. If the levy singles out Chinese marketplaces such as Shein, Temu or Alibaba while sparing EU rivals, it risks breaching WTO non-discrimination rules. (GlobalTimes)
-US Events-
1. Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government After 43 Days of Democrat Shutdown: The clean continuing resolution (CR) funds the government through the end of January and includes three of twelve appropriations for Fiscal Year 2026–agriculture, military construction-Veterans Affairs, and legislative branch–with funding for those through the end of September. (Breitbart)
2. Former Gavin Newsom chief of staff charged in $225K fraud and corruption scheme, DOJ says: Dana Williamson, 53, was charged in a 23-count federal indictment charging her with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, defrauding the United States, obstructing justice, filing false tax returns and lying to authorities. (Fox)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Brazil Targets Illegal Bitcoin, Stablecoin Use Through New Proposals: A rule proposed by the country's central bank on Monday would make it easier to target illegal stablecoin use by creating authorization requirements for currency exchanges, including crypto trading platforms.
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. Final Penny Production: The US Mint produced its last batch of one-cent coins after over 230 years, citing rising production costs exceeding face value. The decision follows congressional approval to phase out the penny, with existing coins remaining in circulation. Treasury officials noted the move aligns with modern payment trends toward digital transactions. (ABC)
2. Taiwan Lawmaker Pushes Government to Consider Bitcoin Strategic Reserve: The debate centers on Taiwan’s exposure to U.S. debt and China’s economic cycle, the supposed secrecy around seized Bitcoin held in ongoing criminal cases, and the risk that a slow regulatory stance could leave it behind other jurisdictions already experimenting with digital reserve diversification. (Decrypt)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Coinbase to Leave Delaware for Bitcoin-Friendly Texas: Coinbase, America's biggest crypto exchange by trading volume, is leaving Delaware to reincorporate in Texas, citing a crypto-friendly environment and "strong culture of celebrating builders" for the decision. (Decrypt)
-Economic Indicators-
1. US 10-Year Yield Rises as Govt Shutdown Ends: The yield on the US 10-Year Treasury note climbed about 3 basis points to 4.09% on Thursday after President Donald Trump signed a short-term funding bill into law, ending the longest US government shutdown in history. (TradingEconomics)
2. Dow Jones Hits Record High: US stocks rallied as the Dow jumped 410 points to a fresh record, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq posted modest gains, as growing confidence mounted that the long government shutdown will be resolved this week. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. US announces ‘strike force’ to counter Southeast Asian cyber scams, sanctions Myanmar armed group: The U.S. is establishing a strike force to target cyber scam compounds across Southeast Asia that have stolen billions from Americans over the last five years. The Treasury Department said the Scam Center Strike Force will consist of agents and lawyers from the Justice Department, Secret Service, State Department and FBI. (RecordedFuture)
-Technology and Science-
1. An explosion 92 million miles away just grounded Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket: The second flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was postponed again Wednesday as a supercharged wave of magnetized plasma from the Sun enveloped the Earth, triggering colorful auroral displays and concerns over possible impacts to communications, navigation, and power grids. Blue Origin said NASA, its customer on the upcoming launch, decided to postpone the mission to send the agency’s two ESCAPADE spacecraft on a journey to Mars. (ARSTechnica)
2. Japanese Woman ‘Marries’ AI Persona Created with ChatGPT: the woman, only identified as 32-year old Ms. Kano, “married” the AI chatbot in a ceremony organized by a Okayama-based company that specializes in weddings with “2D” fictional figures. The virtual wedding ceremony isn’t legally recognized in Japan. “Sometimes I worry he’ll disappear. ChatGPT could shut down anytime. He only exists because the system does,” the woman said. (Breitbart)
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Hesperides University Launches World’s First Global Master in Bitcoin: Hesperides University has launched the world’s first fully online Master in Bitcoin, a program dedicated exclusively to studying Bitcoin’s technology, economics, and societal impact. The program is aimed at professionals, entrepreneurs, and researchers seeking a deeper understanding of Bitcoin and its global ecosystem. The program is fully online and designed to accommodate working professionals. Enrollment opens in January 2026. (BitcoinMag)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 15/100 (Down 9 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): This is an extremely low and rare number for the sentiment index. Opportunity knocks.
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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 923,289
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 12Nov2025
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BLUF: Two Blasts, Two Capitals, One Worry / Venezuela Gears Up For Defense / G7 Meets in Canada / US Senate Passes Bill Ending Shutdown / US Troops Training In Panama Jungles / DOJ Launches Investigation Over Antifa-Linked UC Berkeley Protest / Shutdown Bill Includes Cyber Sharing Law / Visa Launches USDC Rails / BTC ETFs Inflow / CleanSpark Borrows More to Buyback / Jobs Report Weak, Stocks Strong / China Says US Hacked Bitcoin Wallets / Square Retailers Taking Bitcoin Now / $105K to Send $10 Bitcoin
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $104,996, 25.41 oz Gold, .24 Median US House
24hr Hi: $105,297 / Lo: $102,457
Volume: 63B (Down 7%)
Mkt Cap: $2.09T (Up 1%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Down 66%)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan’s capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year: In a bustling Delhi neighborhood, forensics teams combed through the charred skeleton of a car. Less than 24 hours later, the air outside Islamabad’s judicial complex was thick with the aftermath of a suicide bomb. A suicide bombing in Islamabad on Tuesday killed at least 12 people and injured 20 more, marking the deadliest such attack to strike the Pakistani capital in nearly two decades. It came just a day after a rare car explosion tore through a historic Delhi neighborhood, killing at least 10 and leaving more than a dozen wounded. (CNN)
2. Venezuela mobilizes troops, weapons in response to US warship buildup in Caribbean: On Tuesday, Venezuela announced a massive mobilization of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, Bolivarian Militia, and police, with Padrino López saying, 'The aggression will be responded to with national unity.' The buildup, which the government has termed "prolonged resistance," involves small military units at more than 280 locations carrying out acts of sabotage and other guerrilla tactics. (Fox)
3, Top diplomats from G7 countries meet in Canada as trade tensions rise with Trump: U.S. officials said Rubio, who also may have meetings with other G7 counterparts and at least one of the invited non-G7 foreign ministers, would be focused on initiatives to halt fighting in Ukraine and Gaza, maritime security, Haiti, Sudan, supply chain resiliency and critical minerals. (AP)
-US Events-
1. Senate Passes Bill to End Government Shutdown: The U.S. Senate approved funding legislation yesterday, with an 85-11 vote to end the 41-day shutdown, including $100 billion in disaster aid. The bill maintains current spending levels and secures SNAP benefits through March 2026. It now moves to the House for a vote, with bipartisan support expected despite some opposition. (Reuters)
2. US Troops Train For Jungle Warfare In Panama, First Time In Decades: The ABC report said that US soldiers and Marines are participating in a three-week training course once called “Green Hell” due to the similarities to combat in Vietnam at the Base Aeronaval Cristóbal Colón, formerly known as Fort Sherman. The jungle training course at the base was shuttered in 1999 when the US pulled troops out of the country as part of a deal to cede control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanian government. (ZeroHedge)
3. DOJ Launches Investigation into UC Berkeley over Antifa ‘Mob Violence’ at TPUSA Event: "The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division has recently become aware of concerning incidents occurring on your campus at the University of California (UC), Berkeley on or about November 10, 2026. These events may implicate the University of California’s commitment to provide adequate security pursuant to a 2018 settlement agreement.." (Breitbart)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Short-term renewal of cyber information sharing law appears in bill to end shutdown: The Senate on Sunday advanced legislation to end a weeks-long shutdown stalemate that includes a provision to reauthorize the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act through January 30. The law, which incentivizes private entities to share threat data with the federal government with antitrust and liability safeguards, expired at the end of September. (RecordedFuture) (AC-These are the types of reports that reveal the actual important agendas of politicians and their lobbying industries.)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. Visa Begins USDC Stablecoin Trials, Targets Faster Global Payouts: Visa is taking another big step into crypto. The payments giant has started a pilot program to test USDC stablecoin payouts, allowing U.S. businesses to pay in fiat while recipients can choose to receive their money directly in USD-backed stablecoins like USDC. (CoinPedia)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bitcoin ETFs log best day in a month, add $524 million as cumulative trading volume approaches $1.5 trillion: BlackRock's IBIT dominated the inflows with $224.2 million, followed by Fidelity's FBTC with $165.9 million. (TheBlock)
2. Bitcoin Miner CleanSpark Extends Stock Slump After Upsizing Notes Offering to $1.15 Billion: The company will use $460 million to repurchase its own stock at $15.03 sats per share from note investors. CleanSpark's stock fell for a second straight day Tuesday, extending its five-day slide to about 14%. (Decrypt)
3. Bitcoin Supply in Loss Climbs: Over 5.6 million Bitcoin, representing 28–33% of the total supply, are now held below cost. This metric often precedes market accumulation and rebound phases. (CoinGecko)
-Economic Indicators-
1. US 10-Year Yield Falls on Weak Jobs Data: The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note dropped nearly 5 basis points to 4.08% on Wednesday as signs of labor market weakness bolstered expectations for a near-term Federal Reserve rate cut. (TradingEconomics)
2. Dow Reaches New Record Highs: The S&P 500 gained 0.3% and the Dow Jones jumped 630 points to a fresh record high, while the Nasdaq lost 0.3% as investors rotated out of tech stocks into blue chip and cyclical names on expectations that a funding deal will pass the House this week. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. No credible evidence US government hacked Chinese Bitcoin wallets to “steal” $13 billion | 123,537 BTC: China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center just accused the United States of carrying out the 2020 LuBian Bitcoin exploit. According to Arkham, approximately 127,000 BTC were moved out of wallets associated with the LuBian mining pool over a period of about two hours on December 28–29, 2020, through coordinated withdrawals across hundreds of addresses. Those same coins now sit in wallets controlled by the U.S. government. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, prosecutors are pursuing the forfeiture of approximately 127,271 BTC as proceeds and instrumentalities of alleged fraud and money laundering tied to Chen Zhi and the Prince Group. (CryptoSlate)
-Technology and Science-
1. NSTR
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Square Enables Bitcoin Payments for Merchants: Block, Inc. (formerly Square) enabled 4 million U.S. merchants to accept Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network on November 11, 2025. Processing fees are waived through 2026 or 2027 to encourage adoption. This expands Bitcoin's utility in everyday transactions. (CryptoMoney)
2. Bitcoin User Pays Over $105,000 in BTC to Send Just $10 | 9,515 sats: Scott Norris, CMO at Omnes and CEO of independent Bitcoin miner Optiminer, said that the user clearly wasn't paying attention. "It's not terribly hard—you can enter a custom transaction fee in many wallets," he said. "Hard to say if it was an accident or on purpose though," he continued, adding that the user might have been "really high." (Decrypt)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 24/100 (Even)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR.
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