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image ⁨📷⁩ ⁨BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 928,119 DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 23Dec2025 Precedence: Routine (RR) Controls: Public Release QQQQ __________________________ BLUF: Russian Strikes Put Ukraine in Dark / Bondi Beach Gunmen Trained for Attack / China Loads 100 ICBM Missile Silos / Trump Announces New Battleships / US Judge Orders 'Due Process' For Venezuelan Deportees / Pro-Bitcoin Leader Sworn into CFTC / Trump Bitcoin Treasury Over $1B / Dollar Down, Stocks Up / France Mail Target of DDOS Attack / RTS Games Good For You / Rumors of Apples Glasses for 2026 Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $87,764, 20.22 oz Gold, .20 Median US House 24hr Hi: $90,358 / Lo: $87,061 Volume: 42B (Up 46%) Mkt Cap: $1.75T (Down 3%) HashRate: 1 ZH/s Avg Fee Rate: 2 sats/vBtye (Even) ---Reports--- -International Events- 1. 'Massive' Russian strikes prompt power cuts across Ukraine: Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 635 drones and 38 missiles into the country overnight, of which 587 drones and 34 missiles were shot down or suppressed. The impacts of missiles and drones were reported across 21 locations, the air force said. Zelenskyy said Russia was "primarily targeting our energy sector, civilian infrastructure and literally all aspects of daily life." (ABC) 2. Bondi Beach gunmen got firearms training together, police say: A man accused of killing 15 people at Sydney's Bondi Beach obtained firearms training in New South Wales state outside Sydney with his father, according to Australian police documents released on Monday. The pair had rented a room in the Sydney suburb of Campsie for three weeks before they left at 2:16 a.m. on the day of the attack. CCTV recorded them carrying what police allege were two shotguns, a rifle, five IEDs and two homemade ISIS flags wrapped in blankets. (CBS) 3. China quietly loads 100+ ICBMs into new missile silos near Mongolia: China’s nuclear warhead stockpile remained in the low 600s in 2024, reflecting what the report described as a slower production rate compared to previous years. Still, Beijing is on track to exceed 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030. "We continue to see no appetite from Beijing for pursuing such measures or more comprehensive arms control discussions," the Pentagon report said. (Fox) -US Events- 1. Trump Announces U.S. Building World’s Largest Battleships for ‘Golden Fleet’: “As commander-in-chief, it’s my great honor to announce that I have approved a plan for the Navy to begin the construction of two brand new, very large–the largest we’ve ever built–battleships,” Trump said. The last U.S. battleship to complete initial construction was the Iowa-class USS Missouri in 1944, which was decommissioned in 1992. Trump stated that the ships will be armed with the “highest level” guns and missiles, and will feature “many hypersonic weapons, state-of-the-art electric rail guns, and even the high-powered lasers that you’ve been starting to read about.” (Breitbart) 2. Judge orders administration to submit plans for return of migrants deported to El Salvador prison under AEA: U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has certified a class representing all migrants sent to the prison and says the government must submit its plans to allow them to contest their designation under the Alien Enemies Act by Jan. 5. (ABC) -Regulatory and Legal- 1. Pro-Bitcoin Leader Sworn Into CFTC: Michael Selig, a pro-Bitcoin figure, was officially sworn in to lead the CFTC. This appointment may foster regulatory clarity for digital asset markets. (CoinGecko) -CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves- NSTR -Institutional Concerns- 1. Trump Media Aggressively Expands Bitcoin Treasury to Billion-Dollar Milestone: Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the operator of the Truth Social platform, has finalized the acquisition of an additional 451 Bitcoin, pushing its total holdings past 11,542 coins, or $1B. (FinanceFeeds) -Economic Indicators- 1. Dollar Index Hits 11-week Low: DXY decreased to 97.86, the lowest since October 2025. Over the past 4 weeks, Dollar Index lost 2.26%, and in the last 12 months, it decreased 9.54%. (TradingEconomics) 2. US Stocks Start the Week in the Green: The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, the Nasdaq gained 0.6%, and the Dow added 300 points, with technology stocks outperforming. (TradingEconomics) -Security Concerns- 1. DDoS incident disrupts France’s postal and banking services ahead of Christmas: France’s national postal service, La Poste, confirmed that a suspected cyberattack disrupted its websites and mobile applications days before Christmas, slowing deliveries and knocking some online services offline. (RecordedFuture) -Technology and Science- 1. The Fountain of Youth for Your Brain Might Be a Strategy Video Game: A 2025 Nature Communications study found that people engaged in demanding creative activities—especially complex video games—had brains that appeared 4–7 years younger. In controlled tests, non-gamers who trained on StarCraft II showed measurable improvements in brain efficiency; slower, turn-based games did not. The benefits seem tied to real-time complexity and cognitive load, not gaming per se, and don’t replace mental-health gains from exercise. (Decrypt) (AC-Who else has a hankering for strategy games?) 2. Tim Cook's Top Priority, Apple Glasses, Could Finally be Unveiled Next Year: It was revealed that the real vision of Tim Cook for the company is to deliver a legitimate, full-fledged augmented reality (AR) glasses that users may wear every day. The biggest feature it plans to deliver is the way to augment virtual elements to the real world via an overlay inside the glasses, as well as the sharing data, information, and more via the wearable. (TechTimes) (AC-Elon also forecasts that the days of the handheld phone are numbered.) -Bitcoin Community- NSTR -Bitcoin Sentiment- 1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 24/100 (Down 1 pts) Analyst Comments (AC): Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Love on your family and work to make this world just a little bit better. We will resume the DIB next week. 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