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BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 849,295
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 24Jun24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
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BLUF: Coordinated Terror Attack in Dagestan Kills 19 / IDF to Shift from Hamas to Hezbollah / US Military Looks for Re-Entrance in Africa / Senseless Shooting in Arkansas / Hiker in CA Found After 10 Days / MiCa Regs in UK Affecting Stablecoins / Mt Gox to Return BTC in July / IMF Stumping for CBDCs / Apple, Meta Meet Over AI Integration /
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $61,370, 26.23 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $64,382 / Lo: $60,675
Vol: $25B (Up 216%)
Mkt Cap: $1.21T (Down 5%)
HashRate: 614 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 17 sats/vBtye (Up 51%)
Nodes: 19,501
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Nineteen reported killed in synagogue, church attacks in Russia’s Dagestan: The death toll from the attacks in the restive Russian region has risen to 19 people, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Monday. At least 15 police officers died alongside several civilians, including an Orthodox priest. Five attackers were also reported to have been “liquidated”. At least 12 people were also injured in the attacks, which took place in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on Sunday, the festival of Pentecost for the Russian Orthodox Church. (ALJazeera)
2. ‘Intense phase of war with Hamas about to end,’ focus to shift to Lebanon border, Netanyahu says: Netanyahu, however, vowed that Israel would continue operating in Gaza until the militant group Hamas was eliminated. Israeli officials have told the US they were planning to shift resources from southern Gaza to northern Israel in preparation for a possible offensive against the group, US officials told CNN on Wednesday. The implications of a wider war between Israel and Hezbollah could be devastating, a senior US official previously told CNN. (CNN)
3. US military looks for West Africa 'Plan B' after Niger ousting: Air Force General C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters before landing in Botswana on Monday for a gathering of African chiefs of defense that he was going to speak with several partners in the region. "I do see some opportunities. And there's countries that we're already working with in West Africa," Brown told reporters. (Reuters)
-US Events-
1. Arkansas grocery store shooter was armed with pistol, 12-gauge shotgun and dozens of extra rounds, authorities say: The man, identified by police as 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey, opened fire at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce on Friday, killing four people ranging in age from 23 to 81 years old and wounding nine others. Authorities believe the suspect “immediately began engaging victims in the parking lot after exiting his truck and then proceeded into the store,” according to Hagar. Once inside the Mad Butcher, the suspect “was firing indiscriminately at both customers and employees,” Hagar said. Posey was “treated for non-life-threatening injuries after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement” and arrested. (CNN)
2. Hiker lost for 10 days found alive in Northern California mountains: Lukas McClish, 34, disappeared on June 11 after setting off on a hike in Boulder Creek, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said. He was found yelling for help 10 days later in a remote canyon in Big Basin State Park. McClish said that he had left his home in Boulder Creek with few supplies, believing he was only going for a three-hour hike before getting lost in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I left with just a pair of pants, and my pair of hiking shoes, and a hat. I had a flashlight, and a pair of folding scissors, like a Leatherman tool. And that was about it," McClish told KGO-TV. (Fox)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Uphold to delist USDT and 5 stablecoins by July 1, citing EU's MiCA Regulation: Apart from Uphold, other major crypto exchanges, including Binance, Kraken and OKX, also tweaked their stablecoin listing policies to comply with MiCA regulations. Stablecoin issuers in the EU must hold licenses as credit institutions or Electronic Money Institutions under the MiCA framework.(CoinTelegraph)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Mt. Gox to Begin Repayments in July: The defunct crypto exchange is supposed to return over 140,000 bitcoin to victims of the 2014 hack. (CoinDesk)
2. Billionaire Tech CEO Michael Dell Signals Bitcoin Interest Via Michael Saylor Retweet: It started Thursday when Dell posted, "Scarcity creates value." That prompted a reply from Saylor, the executive chairman of MicroStrategy (MSTR), saying, "Bitcoin is Digital Scarcity," which Dell then reposted. (CoinDesk)
-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. BRICS: CBDC’s Will Boost Financial Inclusion in the Middle East, Says IMF: The IMF confirmed in the latest blog that CBDCs can boost financial inclusion and payment efficiency among BRICS countries. Even countries in the Middle East can benefit from the development and usher robust growth in the financial sector. “19 countries, including Bahrain, Georgia, Saudi Arabia, and (BRICS member) UAE, are in the advanced ‘proof-of concept’ stage, with Kazakhstan leading after two pilot programs,” said IMF. (BusinessInsider)
-Economic Indicators-
1. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Little Changed: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note was little changed around 4.26% to kick off the last week of June, as traders brace for key PCE inflation data and comments from several Fed officials due this week to assess the monetary policy outlook. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. A Catastrophic Hospital Hack Ends in a Leak of 300M Patient Records: The rolling series of breaches targeting customers of cloud platform Snowflake appears to be a supply chain attack wrapped in another supply chain attack. Ultimately, the breach of the Snowflake customer accounts, which include Ticketmaster, banking firm Santander, and potentially more than 160 other companies, was possible because their Snowflake accounts did not have multifactor authentication enabled. (Wired)
-Technology-
1. Apple, Meta in Talks for AI Partnership, Models Coming to iOS 18's Apple Intelligence: It would be the first time Apple and Meta would collaborate after facing tumultuous years of tech rivalry. (TechTimes)
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Japan’s Metaplanet plans 1B yen bond sale to buy more Bitcoin: The planned purchase would add to its current crypto stack, which hit 141.07 BTC after Metaplanet said on June 11 that it scooped 23.25 BTC. (CoinTelegraph)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 51/100 (Down 4 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
Follow us on NOSTR: npub1qktts9naunvjdwsktq5xjdhwh539xt4x0mqj4yxq0q9dvm03ljvs6sms0r
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Analyst: BV2A
END REPORT
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*NSTR-Nothing Significant To Report
Block: 849,295
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 24Jun24
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
QQQQ
__________________________
BLUF: Coordinated Terror Attack in Dagestan Kills 19 / IDF to Shift from Hamas to Hezbollah / US Military Looks for Re-Entrance in Africa / Senseless Shooting in Arkansas / Hiker in CA Found After 10 Days / MiCa Regs in UK Affecting Stablecoins / Mt Gox to Return BTC in July / IMF Stumping for CBDCs / Apple, Meta Meet Over AI Integration /
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $61,370, 26.23 oz Gold, .14 Median US House
24hr Hi: $64,382 / Lo: $60,675
Vol: $25B (Up 216%)
Mkt Cap: $1.21T (Down 5%)
HashRate: 614 EH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 17 sats/vBtye (Up 51%)
Nodes: 19,501
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Nineteen reported killed in synagogue, church attacks in Russia’s Dagestan: The death toll from the attacks in the restive Russian region has risen to 19 people, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Monday. At least 15 police officers died alongside several civilians, including an Orthodox priest. Five attackers were also reported to have been “liquidated”. At least 12 people were also injured in the attacks, which took place in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on Sunday, the festival of Pentecost for the Russian Orthodox Church. (ALJazeera)
2. ‘Intense phase of war with Hamas about to end,’ focus to shift to Lebanon border, Netanyahu says: Netanyahu, however, vowed that Israel would continue operating in Gaza until the militant group Hamas was eliminated. Israeli officials have told the US they were planning to shift resources from southern Gaza to northern Israel in preparation for a possible offensive against the group, US officials told CNN on Wednesday. The implications of a wider war between Israel and Hezbollah could be devastating, a senior US official previously told CNN. (CNN)
3. US military looks for West Africa 'Plan B' after Niger ousting: Air Force General C.Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters before landing in Botswana on Monday for a gathering of African chiefs of defense that he was going to speak with several partners in the region. "I do see some opportunities. And there's countries that we're already working with in West Africa," Brown told reporters. (Reuters)
-US Events-
1. Arkansas grocery store shooter was armed with pistol, 12-gauge shotgun and dozens of extra rounds, authorities say: The man, identified by police as 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey, opened fire at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce on Friday, killing four people ranging in age from 23 to 81 years old and wounding nine others. Authorities believe the suspect “immediately began engaging victims in the parking lot after exiting his truck and then proceeded into the store,” according to Hagar. Once inside the Mad Butcher, the suspect “was firing indiscriminately at both customers and employees,” Hagar said. Posey was “treated for non-life-threatening injuries after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement” and arrested. (CNN)
2. Hiker lost for 10 days found alive in Northern California mountains: Lukas McClish, 34, disappeared on June 11 after setting off on a hike in Boulder Creek, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said. He was found yelling for help 10 days later in a remote canyon in Big Basin State Park. McClish said that he had left his home in Boulder Creek with few supplies, believing he was only going for a three-hour hike before getting lost in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I left with just a pair of pants, and my pair of hiking shoes, and a hat. I had a flashlight, and a pair of folding scissors, like a Leatherman tool. And that was about it," McClish told KGO-TV. (Fox)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Uphold to delist USDT and 5 stablecoins by July 1, citing EU's MiCA Regulation: Apart from Uphold, other major crypto exchanges, including Binance, Kraken and OKX, also tweaked their stablecoin listing policies to comply with MiCA regulations. Stablecoin issuers in the EU must hold licenses as credit institutions or Electronic Money Institutions under the MiCA framework.(CoinTelegraph)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Mt. Gox to Begin Repayments in July: The defunct crypto exchange is supposed to return over 140,000 bitcoin to victims of the 2014 hack. (CoinDesk)
2. Billionaire Tech CEO Michael Dell Signals Bitcoin Interest Via Michael Saylor Retweet: It started Thursday when Dell posted, "Scarcity creates value." That prompted a reply from Saylor, the executive chairman of MicroStrategy (MSTR), saying, "Bitcoin is Digital Scarcity," which Dell then reposted. (CoinDesk)
-Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)-
1. BRICS: CBDC’s Will Boost Financial Inclusion in the Middle East, Says IMF: The IMF confirmed in the latest blog that CBDCs can boost financial inclusion and payment efficiency among BRICS countries. Even countries in the Middle East can benefit from the development and usher robust growth in the financial sector. “19 countries, including Bahrain, Georgia, Saudi Arabia, and (BRICS member) UAE, are in the advanced ‘proof-of concept’ stage, with Kazakhstan leading after two pilot programs,” said IMF. (BusinessInsider)
-Economic Indicators-
1. US 10-Year Treasury Yield Little Changed: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note was little changed around 4.26% to kick off the last week of June, as traders brace for key PCE inflation data and comments from several Fed officials due this week to assess the monetary policy outlook. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Incidents and Concerns-
1. A Catastrophic Hospital Hack Ends in a Leak of 300M Patient Records: The rolling series of breaches targeting customers of cloud platform Snowflake appears to be a supply chain attack wrapped in another supply chain attack. Ultimately, the breach of the Snowflake customer accounts, which include Ticketmaster, banking firm Santander, and potentially more than 160 other companies, was possible because their Snowflake accounts did not have multifactor authentication enabled. (Wired)
-Technology-
1. Apple, Meta in Talks for AI Partnership, Models Coming to iOS 18's Apple Intelligence: It would be the first time Apple and Meta would collaborate after facing tumultuous years of tech rivalry. (TechTimes)
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Japan’s Metaplanet plans 1B yen bond sale to buy more Bitcoin: The planned purchase would add to its current crypto stack, which hit 141.07 BTC after Metaplanet said on June 11 that it scooped 23.25 BTC. (CoinTelegraph)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 51/100 (Down 4 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
Follow us on NOSTR: npub1qktts9naunvjdwsktq5xjdhwh539xt4x0mqj4yxq0q9dvm03ljvs6sms0r
____________________
Analyst: BV2A
END REPORT
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*NSTR-Nothing Significant To Report