🛰️ OSINT Update for 8 July 2025 (CET) 🛰️ 🇺🇸 United States — Crypto Regulation • AI Regulation → FinCEN and Fed working group advanced subpoenas toward non‑KYC Bitcoin node operators; actions likely by late July. → Legislative draft surfaced calling for generative‑AI platform audits based on compute scale; public consultation anticipated this week. 🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — MiCA • Digital‑Euro • Privacy → ECB digital‑euro framework published; public Q&A slated for 10 July. → MiCA enforcement timeline for zero‑knowledge rollup audits pushed into H2 2025. → BaFin extended KYC‑wallet anonymisation consultation to November. 🇷🇺 Russia — Drone Warfare • De‑dollarisation → OSINT confirms Ukrainian “Operation Spiderweb” impact: 13+ Russian strategic aircraft struck at Olenya, Belaya, Dyagilevo. Verification ongoing. → No fresh developments on de‑dollarisation or capital controls today. 🇵🇸 Palestine / 🇮🇱 Israel — Cyberattack • Drones • Humanitarian Aid → Academia reports continued low‑level DDoS/defacement in Israeli cyber infrastructure; activity stable. → No update on IDF spectrum‑jamming drone operations in Gaza. → UN humanitarian airdrops ongoing; Khan Younis field hospital remains solar‑powered. 🇺🇦 Ukraine — Drones • Cyber Resilience • OSINT → “Operation Spiderweb” intel confirmed via commercial satellite imagery analysis; further site-level verification awaited. → No new cyber resilience incidents detected today. 🇨🇳 China — Censorship • Digital ID → No new activity reported today. 🇯🇵 Japan — Encryption Regulation → No new activity reported today. 🇨🇦 Canada — Crypto Regulation • Surveillance → Ontario extended drone‑AI border surveillance feedback period to October due to elevated public interest. → MiCA‑style stablecoin draft framework reportedly nearing publication this month. 🇦🇺 Australia — Facial Recognition • Encryption → No new activity reported today. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Biometric Visa Trial • Domestic Terrorism → MI5 continues to monitor anti‑immigrant protest networks; threat level unchanged. → Biometric visa pilot rollout status remains pending; update expected by October. 🇩🇪 Germany — Palantir • Encryption Ban → Palantir Gotham court date pending after data‑protection review. → Encryption export control appeal hearing scheduled next month. 🇰🇵 North Korea — Military Posture → No new activity reported today. 🏦 ECB — Digital‑Euro → Digital‑euro framework live; stakeholder Q&A on 10 July remains key milestone. 🛰️ Intelligence Agencies — CIA • NSA • BND • MSS • FSB • Mossad → No new actionable intelligence reported today. 🔍 Cyberattack → No new major cyberincident; low‑level pro‑Palestinian DDoS/defacement trends observed based on academic report. 📌 Forward Triggers → FinCEN/Fed subpoenas on non‑KYC Bitcoin nodes → AI‑audit public consultation draft release (US) → ECB digital‑euro Q&A public reaction and pilot timeline → MiCA roll‑out enforcement of ZK‑audit regime → Stablecoin framework publication (Canada) → Palantir Gotham court ruling notification → Significant cyberattack wave on Israeli infrastructure → New drone/humanitarian incident verified at Russian airbases (Operation Spiderweb) 🛰️ End of report.