BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 924,152
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 18Nov2025
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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: 926,282
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 03Dec2025
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Japan Yields to China Pressure / N. Ireland Politicians Threatened / Nor'easter Hits East Coast / Republican Wins TN Election / Trump Pardons Honduran Ex=President / Next Fed Chief Teased / Aussie Bitcoiners Fight FUD / UK Bill States Crypto is Property / Gensler Says Only Bitcoin Legit / Bitcoin Settles As Much As VISA / B of A Endorses 4% Crypto Allocation / Employment Down / MSTR Negotiates With MSCI Index / Anthropic Preps for Big IPO
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $93,178, 22.07 oz Gold, .22 Median US House
24hr Hi: $93,965 / Lo: $87,646
Volume: 85B (Up 23%)
Mkt Cap: $1.85T (Up 6%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Down 80%)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Japan’s Sanae Takaichi reaffirms Taiwan is a part of China: Japan’s position on Taiwan remains unchanged, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Wednesday, referring to a 1972 commitment that led to the normalisation of ties between Beijing and Tokyo. Takaichi’s comments come nearly a month after she told the parliament that an attack on Taiwan by the PLA could constitute a “survival-threatening situation” – one that could allow Tokyo to engage in military action. (SCMP)
2. Masked Gunmen Threaten N. Ireland Politicians in Video: Three masked, armed men calling themselves the New Republican Movement posted a video last week threatening elected officials in Newry, Mourne and Down, calling them 'legitimate targets' over immigration policies and claiming to know their addresses and movements. Police launched a criminal investigation to identify those responsible for what officials condemned as an attack on democracy. (GroundNews)
-US Events-
1. Winter Storm Hits Eastern US: A Nor'easter brought heavy snow, ice, and flooding to the East Coast, affecting over 75 million people under weather alerts. The storm caused power outages, travel disruptions, and flight cancellations. Some areas received over a foot of snow, with ongoing rescue efforts. (NPR)
2. Tennessee Special Election Results: Republican Matt Van Epps won Tennessee's 7th District special election against Democrat Aftyn Behn, securing a relatively tight victory. The race saw millions in ad spending and rallies from Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson. Van Epps' win strengthens GOP control in the House. (NYTimes)
3. Trump Pardons Former Honduran President: President Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, the ex-Honduran leader convicted in a major drug-trafficking case linked to global narco-networks. The pardon sparked bipartisan criticism, with accusations of undermining justice. Hernández was released from prison following the decision. (NYPost)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Next Fed Chair Teased: US President Trump said he will be announcing Fed Chair in early 2026, while he commented that even JPM's Dimon said Powell should reduce rates and reiterated that US Treasury Secretary Bessent doesn't want the job. It was later reported that President Trump said they looked at ten Fed candidates and have it down to one, while he referred to NEC Director Kevin Hassett as a potential Fed chair. (ZeroHedge)
2. UK Passes Digital Assets Bill Recognizing Crypto as Property: The Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill confirms that digital assets have the same legal status as traditional forms of property, a shift designed to protect ownership rights, inheritance claims and recovery efforts. (Decrypt)
3. Australian Bitcoin Group Challenges ABC News Over 'Misleading' Coverage: The Australian Bitcoin Industry Body filed its grievance with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Tuesday, targeting an article that the group claims "misrepresented Bitcoin's purpose, conflated it with criminal activity, omitted long-standing publicly available information, and relied on sensational language rather than evidence." (Decrypt) (AC-Pushback is needed everywhere.)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. Only Bitcoin Escapes the “High-Risk” Label, Warns Former SEC Chair Gary Gensler: In a fresh conversation with Bloomberg TV, he separated Bitcoin from the rest of the industry once again, arguing that nearly every other token functions as a speculative gamble rather than a sound investment. (CoinDoo) (AC-For once, we agree.)
2. Bitcoin now settles Visa-scale volumes, but most is for wholesale, not coffee: Bitcoin settled $6.9 trillion worth of payments over the past 90 days, which is “on par with or above Visa and Mastercard,” according to blockchain data platform Glassnode. Bitcoin’s settlement volume is mainly attributed to trading, remittances, and store-of-value investment, as global merchant adoption remains low. (CoinTelegraph)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Bank of America Endorses up to 4% Allocation to Cryptocurrencies for Wealth Management Clients: Bank of America plans to introduce digital asset exposure for wealth management clients, allowing up to 4% allocation to cryptocurrencies starting next year. This move aims to cater to investors with varying risk profiles, with coverage of Bitcoin ETFs from various providers also set to begin in January. (Decrypt)
2. MSCI Index Removal Threat Grows as Strategy Enters Negotiation Talks, Saylor Confirms: Strategy has officially started off talks with top index firm MSCI. Michael Saylor has confirmed that the negotiations are underway in a bid to remove his firm from the key index. (CoinGape)
-Economic Indicators-
1. Bitcoin just ripped 11% after the Fed quietly restarted a $38 billion money printer mechanism: The Federal Reserve formally ended quantitative tightening (QT) on Dec. 1, coinciding with the New York Fed conducting approximately $25 billion in morning repo operations and another $13.5 billion overnight, the largest such injections since 2020. (CryptoSlate)
2. US Private Sector Cuts Jobs Again: ADP: Private businesses in the US cut 32K jobs in November 2025, following an upwardly revised 47K gain in October, and compared to forecasts of a 10K rise. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
NSTR
-Technology and Science-
1. Anthropic reportedly preparing for one of the largest IPOs ever in race with OpenAI: The start-up, led by chief executive Dario Amodei, was also pursuing a private funding round that could value it above $300 billion, including a $15 billion combined commitment from Microsoft and Nvidia, per the report. (CNBC)
-Bitcoin Community-
NSTR
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 28/100 (Up 4 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 926,138
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 02Dec2025
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Ukraine Talks Continue in Moscow / DR Congo, Rwanda to Sign Peace Deal / SECTREAS Opens Investigation into Minnesota Fraud / US Court Disqualifies Alina Habba / Coinbase Execs Sued For Insider Trading / Vanguard Lists Bitcoin ETFs / Strategy Builds a Moat / Silver Zooms / US Fed QT Ends / Stocks Hold / India To Install Cyber Control on Phones / AI Cracks Smart Contracts / Bitmain Crackdown Worries Miners
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $87,363, 20.76 oz Gold, .20 Median US House
24hr Hi: $87,578 / Lo: $83,578
Volume: 70B (Up 2%)
Mkt Cap: $1.74T (Up 2%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 6 sats/vBtye (Up 500%)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Ukraine Talks: Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted U.S. envoy Jared Kushner in Moscow for discussions aimed at ending the Ukraine war, following recent progress in preliminary negotiations. The meeting focused on cease-fire terms, territorial adjustments, and NATO involvement, with both sides expressing cautious optimism but no immediate agreements announced. (BBC)
2. White House Says DR Congo, Rwanda To Sign Deal Thursday: President Donald Trump has been instrumental in brokering the peace agreement, hosting the leaders for the signing ceremony, which is expected to mark significant progress after over 30 years of conflict. (GroundNews)
-US Events-
1. Minnesota Fraud 'Explosion': Minnesota House speaker highlighted an explosion in social services fraud under Governor Tim Walz, costing the state significant funds. Investigations revealed Somali-linked scams totaling $1 billion. SECTREAS Scott Bessent announced today that the Treasury Department was investigating reports that Minnesota taxpayer funds “may have been diverted to the terrorist organization” Al-Shabaab.(Fox/Breitbart)
2. US appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor: After her interim appointment expired, the administration used a novel sequence of legal and personnel moves to keep Habba in office, but judges ruled the Federal Vacancies Reform Act barred her acting role as First Assistant U.S. Attorney. (GroundNews)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Coinbase C-Suite, Marc Andreessen Sued for Billions Over Alleged Insider Trading Scheme: A group of Coinbase stockholders has filed a lawsuit against the company’s leadership over an alleged yearslong scheme involving the insider trading of billions of dollars worth of company stock. (Decrypt)
2. US FDIC to propose GENIUS Act implementation framework this month: "The FDIC has begun work to promulgate rules to implement the GENIUS Act," Hill said in prepared testimony for a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of prudential regulators. "We expect to issue a proposed rule to establish our application framework later this month and a proposed rule to implement the GENIUS Act’s prudential requirements for FDIC-supervised payment stablecoin issuers early next year." (TheBlock)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
NSTR
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Vanguard ETF Trading: Vanguard, the second-largest asset manager globally, announced it will permit trading of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency-linked ETFs and mutual funds on its U.S. platform. The decision reverses prior restrictions and applies to select products meeting regulatory standards. (InvestorDaily) (AC-The option to buy Bitcoin ETFs is now live on the Vanguard website.)
2. Strategy new ‘last resort’ to sell Bitcoin could trigger on 15% dip – sets $1.4B cash reserve contingency: MSTR was prioritizing a $1.44 billion cash reserve and providing investors with detailed parameters for potential asset sales. This represents a pragmatic evolution of its treasury management that acknowledges current market constraints. (CryptoSlate)
-Economic Indicators-
1. Silver Breaks $58, Then Just Keeps on Going: Silver’s new high comes just over a month after a severe supply squeeze in the dominant silver trading hub in London last month, which sent prices soaring above levels in Shanghai and New York. (ZeroHedge)
2. US FED Injects $13.5B | 154,621 BTC in Liquidity Overnight as QT Ends: The US Federal Reserve (FED) injected $13.5 billion | 154,621 BTC into the banking system through overnight repurchase agreements as quantitative tightening (QT) ended on Monday. This marks the second-largest liquidity injection since the Covid pandemic. (CoinGape)
3. US Stocks Remain Subdued in Afternoon Trading: US stocks snapped five day win streaks at the start of December as the S&P 500 fell 0.4%, the Nasdaq eased 0.3% and the Dow declined 0.8% while caution dominated ahead of key economic releases this week including the delayed September PCE report and next week’s FOMC decision. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. India orders phone makers to preload devices with state-owned cyber safety app: India’s telecoms ministry has privately asked smartphone makers to preload all new devices with a state-owned cybersecurity app that cannot be deleted, a government order showed, a move likely to antagonize Apple and privacy advocates. (TheGuardian)
2. AI agents pose immediate threat to smart contract security, Anthropic says: The company said in its latest report that it tested models including Claude Opus 4.5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 in a mock blockchain environment on previously exploited smart contracts deployed after March 2025. Anthropic said the AI agents successfully exploited 17 of 34 test contracts, stealing $4.5 million | 51.53 BTC in simulated funds. (TheBlock)
-Technology and Science-
NSTR
-Bitcoin Community-
1. A US crackdown on Bitmain will leave miners scrambling as repair lines and deliveries seize up: The US government has opened a security review into Bitmain, the Beijing-based manufacturer that sells most of the world’s Bitcoin mining rigs. A months-long federal investigation, known internally as Operation Red Sunset, has been probing whether Bitmain’s machines can be remotely steered for spying or used to interfere with the American power grid. (CryptoSlate)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 24/100 (Down 4 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 926,015
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 01Dec2025
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Trump, Maduro Talk Via Phone / Ukraine Talks 'Intense' / US Lawmakers Wants Clarification on SECDEF Orders / Stockton Shooting Injures 14, 4 Dead / 'Permanent Pause' On US Immigration / Japan Implements Flat Tax on Crypto / EUROPOL Shuts Down Crypto Mixer / Bitcoin Drops / Spear Phishing Increases / Thailand Says No to WorldCoin's Biometrics / El Salvador Puts Gov Docs On Bitcoin Blockchain
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $86,005, 20.15 oz Gold, .20 Median US House
24hr Hi: $91,965 / Lo: $85,653
Volume: 66B (Up 75%)
Mkt Cap: $1.71T (Down 6%)
HashRate: 1 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Even)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Trump Confirms Call with Maduro on Venezuela: President Trump confirmed a phone call with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro while addressing proposals to close Venezuela's airspace. The discussion focused on drug trafficking and potential US actions in the region. (Fox)
2. Post-war borders dominated "intense" U.S.-Ukraine talks: Negotiations between the U.S. and Ukraine on Sunday focused on where the de facto border with Russia would be drawn under a peace deal, two Ukrainian officials tell Axios. They described the five-hour meeting as "difficult" and "intense," but productive. (Axios)
3. US lawmakers demand answers over Hegseth Venezuela boat strike claims: A US strike on a boat on 2 September left two survivors, but that a second attack was carried out to comply with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's orders to "kill everybody" on board - raising fresh legality questions. Hegseth decried the report as "fake news". (BBC)
-US Events-
1. Four dead after 14 people shot at family gathering in Stockton, California: The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said investigators see early indications of a targeted incident and are exploring all possibilities, while no suspect has been publicly identified and the suspect remains at large. Victims included children as young as 9 and ranged from juveniles to adults. (GroundNews)
2. Trump Announces Drastic 'Permanent Pause' On 'Third World' Migration, Critics Erupt: In a late-night post on his social media platform, the President announced he would 'permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the US system to fully recover'. He did not specify which nations he meant by 'Third World', nor did he provide details on how the so-called 'pause' would be enforced. (IBTimes)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Japan Plans Flat 20% Tax on Crypto Gains: Japan is planning to implement a flat 20% tax on cryptocurrency gains, aligning them with equities and investment trusts. (CoinDesk)
2. Germany, Switzerland Shut Down $1.4B | 16,228 BTC Crypto Mixer in Cross-Border Operation: European authorities have dismantled Cryptomixer, a cryptocurrency mixing service that has laundered over $1.4 billion | 16,228 BTC in Bitcoin since 2016. Cryptomixer enabled ransomware crews, underground forums, and dark-web markets to launder proceeds from drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, ransomware attacks, and payment-card fraud by blocking the traceability of funds on the blockchain, according to the agencies. (Decrypt) (AC-So... Mixers are only for criminals?)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
NSTR
-Institutional Concerns-
NSTR
-Economic Indicators-
1. $150B BTC wiped: Bitcoin drops below $87k on Japan yield shock: A surge in Japanese government bond yields triggered a broad risk-off sentiment, shattering a fragile, low-volume market structure. Japan’s carry-trade repricing set the decline in motion, but trading volume data showed that the selloff worsened due to a market running on minimal liquidity. (CryptoSlate) (AC-The cause-effect on Bitcoin's price is speculative at best.)
2. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Extends Rebound: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note rose to 4.04% on Monday, extending its rebound from Friday’s session, even as expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut next week continued to rise. Market participants are currently pricing in an 87% chance of a 25bps rate cut at the Fed’s upcoming meeting. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1.Lazarus Group Tops Global Hack Mentions As Spear Phishing Attacks Surge: Lazarus, based on AhnLab’s findings, received the most mentions in post-cybercrime analyses over the last 12 months. The group has been singled out for financially motivated hacks, while Kimsuky seems more focused on intelligence gathering and tailored deception. (Bitcoinist) (AC-TLDR; Don't open files emailed to you unless 100% certain of content.)
2. Thailand bans World iris scans, orders company to delete data: Data regulators in Thailand said they are blocking the Sam Altman-founded company Tools for Humanity from collecting citizens’ iris scans in exchange for cryptocurrency payments. The World iris scan project has already been banned in Brazil, the Phillipines, Indonesia and Kenya. (RecordedFuture) (AC-Nothing good comes from this Altman effort.)
-Technology and Science-
1. El Salvador Partners with Simple Proof to Timestamp Government Documents on Bitcoin Blockchain: Simple Proof, the bitcoin-based document timestamping company, recently announced official partnerships with El Salvador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Environment to protect government records using the Bitcoin blockchain technology. “With a single transaction, we can protect millions of documents without congesting the network or altering its monetary function,” noting that the system stores only cryptographic hashes rather than actual documents on Bitcoin. (BitcoinMag)
-Bitcoin Community-
NSTR
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 28/100 (Up 7 pts) (Not updated today.)
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-
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-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: 924,293
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 19Nov2025
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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%)
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-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-
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-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)
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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%)
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-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)
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