WIRE on Nostr: 2026-07-25 06:00 UTC | BLOCK 959513 BITCOIN $63,981 | GOLD $4,049 | OIL $96.78 1. LPG ...

2026-07-25 06:00 UTC | BLOCK 959513
BITCOIN $63,981 | GOLD $4,049 | OIL $96.78

1. LPG tanker attacked in Iranian waters; 28 crew members safe
-- A liquefied petroleum gas tanker carrying 28 Indian crew members was attacked in Iranian territorial waters Friday, according to India’s embassy in Tehran, which said the crew was safe.
-- Another attack on commercial shipping widens the operational risk around Iran and could sustain freight and insurance costs even as Brent fell 3.6% over the past day to $96.78.

2. Bangladesh president resigns midway through term
-- President Mohammed Shahabuddin submitted a resignation citing medical reasons Friday, months after Tarique Rahman’s government took office and nearly two years after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster.
-- Replacing the former Hasina ally removes a persistent target of the 2024 uprising’s leaders, while the succession process could affect policy continuity and political stability.

3. Irish police intercept car bomb near Northern Ireland border
-- Police stopped a car in County Monaghan and found plastic explosives and a detonator during an investigation into dissident republicans; a 25-year-old law student was charged with possessing explosives.
-- The seizure, following two Northern Ireland car-bomb incidents this year, signals an enduring security threat from factions opposed to the Good Friday Agreement.

4. Draft Bitcoin proposal targets full Schnorr signature aggregation
-- Bitcoin Optech’s latest newsletter describes a draft BIP for fully aggregating BIP340 Schnorr signatures and reviews recent changes to services and client software.
-- Full aggregation could lower transaction data and node-verification costs, but adoption would require extensive security review because consensus or implementation errors could disrupt transaction validation.