📷 BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 955,331
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 25Jun2026
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: Venezuela, Japan Hit By Earthquakes / China Law To Reach Across Oceans / EU Rearmament Restricted by Chinese Materials / Trump Holds Housing Bill Hostage Over SAVE Act / US Starts "Pax Silica" To Maintain Chip Materials / DOJ Warns CA Over Glock Ban / Massive Fraud Investigation Nets 90 US Doctors / MSTR Below $100, BTC Below $60K / Blackrock Tells Investors To Buy 1-2% Bitcoin / American Bitcoin Reverse Stock Split / US Dollar High / Stocks Mixed / Mythos Reveals USG Vulnerabilities / Hackers Scooping Data Now for Q-Day / OpenAI-Broadcom Build AI Chip
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $61,130, 15.35 oz Gold/1 BTC, 7.03 BTC/Median US House
24hr Hi: $62,886 / Lo: $59,029
Volume: $45B (Up 82%)
Mkt Cap: $1.22T (Down 2.5%)
Hashrate: .968 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1.0 sats/byte (Even)
Daily Total ETF Inflow (last 24 hrs): - $469M
Relative Strength Index: 34
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Venezuela Hit by Twin Major Earthquakes (Global): Two powerful earthquakes, magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5, struck western Venezuela near Caracas on June 24, within seconds of each other—the strongest in over a century. They toppled dozens of buildings, killed at least 164 people, injured over 971, caused widespread power outages, and prompted a state of emergency with ongoing rescues. Tsunami warnings were issued for parts of Venezuela and nearby Caribbean islands. (NYTimes/AP)
2. Magnitude 7.2 quake hits northern Japan: At least 10 people were injured after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit northern Japan on Thursday morning, registering a rare upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the town of Hashikami, Aomori Prefecture. No tsunami warning has been issued. (JapanTimes)
3.China Defends Right to Target People Abroad Under New Ethnic Unity Law: China's National People's Congress adopted a 65-article Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress Law on March 12, set to take effect July 1. Article 63 allows legal liability for people and organizations abroad accused of undermining ethnic unity or promoting separatism. The law's vague extraterritorial provisions could expose academics, journalists, businesses, and diaspora communities abroad to legal and political risks for speech or activities China deems threatening. (GroundNews)
4. European Rearmament Efforts Snuffed By Chinese Control Of Critical Materials: The European Union's aggressive plans to boost defense capabilities are hampered by China's export controls and sales restrictions on critical raw materials, with the bloc's leaders now calling on countries to accelerate the diversification of their supply chains. For 17 of the 34 materials classified as critical by the EU, China accounts for at least 70% of global mining or refining. (ZeroHedge)
-US Events-
1. Trump cancels signing of bipartisan US housing bill: President Donald Trump canceled the signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill until Congress passes the SAVE America Act, which he considers a national emergency and prioritizes over the housing bill. The SAVE America Act requires proof of citizenship for voter registration and a photo ID for voting but has stalled in the Senate due to opposition from Democrats and some Republicans, with no Democratic support and some Republican resistance. (GroundNews)
2. US Aims to Reduce AI Supply Chain Reliance on China via Pax Silica Accord: The US is advancing an international agreement ("Pax Silica") to secure supplies of critical chip components for advanced AI, reducing dependence on Chinese supply chains. Details involve allied coordination on high-end semiconductors. (CBS)
3. Trump DOJ to California: Drop the Glock Ban or Get Sued: Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon advised Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and California AG Rob Bonta on Wednesday to drop their Glock ban or face a lawsuit. Newsom signed California’s Glock ban into law on October 10, 2025. It is set to take effect on July 1, 2026. (Breitbart) (AC- Based on precident, a ban like this will be struck down in the courts, eventually.)
4. 455 people including doctors charged in historic $6.5B health care schemes: The alleged fraud and opioid abuse schemes involved 455 people who submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs and "caused significant patient harm, including death." Of the group charged in the schemes, prosecutors said at least 90 were doctors and other licensed medical professionals. (USAToday)
-Regulatory and Legal-
NSTR
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
NSTR
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Strategy Shares Crash Below $100 as Bitcoin Sinks Below $60K: MSTR shares fell as low as $97.30 on Wednesday, about 30 minutes after the opening bell, and were recently trading at $98.05 per data from Yahoo Finance—a nearly 5.5% drop so far on the day. (Decrypt)
2. BlackRock Tells Investors to Put Bitcoin in Their Portfolios: BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, recommends a 1–2% Bitcoin allocation in diversified portfolios, arguing it can enhance returns while maintaining manageable risk. (BitcoinMag)
3. Trump Family’s American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC) Approves 1-for-15 Reverse Stock Split: American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC), the Bitcoin mining and treasury company backed by President Donald Trump’s sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., has plans to consolidate its shares following shareholder approval. ABTC stock has jumped more than 2% in premarket on Thursday. (CoinGape)
-Economic Indicators-
1. Dollar Stands Tall on Hawkish Fed Bets: The dollar index traded near 101.5 on Thursday, holding around its highest levels in more than a year as investors continued to price in Federal Reserve interest rate hikes later this year, while awaiting a key inflation report for further direction. (TradingEconomics)
2. Wall Street Closes Mixed Ahead of Micron Earnings: US equities closed mixed on Wednesday amid losses for heavyweight tech companies. The S&P 500 inched down 0.1% and the Nasdaq 100 lost 0.4%. Micron dropped 0.3% ahead of its earnings report due after the close, with its guidance set as the latest bellwether for memory demand. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. Anthropic AI Model Uncovers Vulnerabilities In Classified U.S. Govt Systems During Testing: Anthropic's Mythos model discovered weaknesses in classified systems within hours during tests carried out under Project Glasswing, an initiative aimed at strengthening critical software infrastructure. Anthropic said it disabled access to the models for all customers in order to comply with a government directive aimed at preventing foreign nationals from using them. (IBTimes)
2. Quantum Hackers Are Collecting Your Data Right Now: 5 Defenses You Can Deploy Today: The threat model has a technical name — harvest now, decrypt later, abbreviated HNDL — and it changes the meaning of "your data is encrypted." When quantum computers eventually reach the computational threshold needed to run Shor's algorithm against RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography, that archived data becomes readable. Step 1: Switch to Signal and Keep It Updated. Step 2: Enable Passkeys Wherever You Can — and Not Just to Stop Phishing. Step 3: Use Longer Passwords and a Reputable Password Manager. Step 4: Audit Your Long-Term Cloud Storage. Step 5: Ask Your Bank, Hospital, and ISP What Their Post-Quantum Plan Is. (TechTimes)
-Technology and Science-
1. OpenAI Turns Up the Heat With Jalapeño, Its First Custom AI Chip: OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom artificial intelligence chip, giving a spicy name to a project that could reshape how the company powers ChatGPT and future AI products. Developed with Broadcom, Jalapeño was built specifically to run chatbots and other AI systems powered by large language models. (Decrypt)
-Bitcoin Community
NSTR
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 12/100 (Down 5 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
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