📷 BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 933,847
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 26Jan2026
Precedence: Routine (RR)
Controls: Public Release
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BLUF: China Purges Military Leaders / Iran Protester Crackdown Unprecedented / Ferry in Philippines Sinks / Snow, Ice Storm Affects Half of US / Shooting in MN Ignites / Insurgency Tactics Used in MN / Tax Exemptions for Bitcoin in Other Countries / Fed May Intervene in Yen / BTC ETFs Outflow / Silver Market Cap 3.5x Bitcoin /Social Media AI Swarms Next Truth Threat / Gmail Accounts Leaked / BIP-110 Picks Up / Hashrate Down Due to Storm
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $87,656, 20.30 oz Gold, .21 Median US House
24hr Hi: $88,839/ Lo: $86,003
Volume: 48B (Up 167%)
Mkt Cap: $1.75T (Down 1%)
HashRate: .8 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 2.8 sats/vBtye (Up 1 sats)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Why China’s swift ousting of Zhang Youxia is a sharp warning on party purity from Xi: The sudden removal of China’s two most senior generals is believed to be a stark warning underscoring President Xi Jinping’s zero-tolerance focus on Communist Party discipline and political purity. Zhang Youxia, first-ranked vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and China’s top uniformed officer, was under investigation for serious disciplinary violations, as was Liu Zhenli, chief of the CMC’s Joint Staff Department. (SCMP) (AC-Military leadership in China has only one exit path, and it's not retirement.)
2. Iran Crackdown Among Deadliest in Modern Times; 36,000+ Dead, Hospital Executions, Stuffed Alive in Body Bags: A two-day crackdown that new reporting says killed as many as 36,500 Iranians — a death toll placing it among the deadliest short-term mass killings documented in modern history — followed an order by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to mercilessly crush nationwide protests “by any means necessary,” including accounts of wounded civilians executed inside hospitals, living victims stuffed in body bags, and a surgeon who described the scenes as a “nightmare” unlike anything he had seen. (Breitbart)
3. Philippines Ferry Sinking: The MV Trisha Kerstin ferry sank in the Philippines, carrying approximately 300 passengers. Eighteen people were confirmed dead, and 24 passengers remain missing as the local coast guard continues its search. (BBC)
-US Events-
1. Snow, Sleet, Ice and Power Down as Monster Winter Storm Smashes 180M+ Americans: AP reports widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people — more than half the U.S. population — in a path stretching from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England. Nearly a million customers across the South were without power on Sunday evening, as the effects of the weekend's massive weather system began to take hold. Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas were among the hardest hit. (Various)
2. Minneapolis Fatal Shooting: A fatal shooting occurred in Minneapolis involving Alex Pretti, a nurse, who was killed by federal agents. The incident followed clashes between anti-ICE agitators and federal agents at a hotel, where agents deployed tear gas and flashbangs. Trump confirmed that his administration would conduct a federal review of the shooting, including examining all aspects of the event. (Fox)
3. Left-Wing Activists Run Shadow Police Force On Signal To Target ICE In Minneapolis: New reports from citizen journalists suggest the alleged ICE obstruction may have extended well beyond just rhetoric at press conferences and on social media. Each area of the city has a Signal group, or in some cases multiple groups. According to Higby, the group's core operations include organizing mobile patrols that continuously search for suspected federal vehicles. When a vehicle is flagged, its details are shared with designated "plate checkers," who cross-reference the information against a database of known federal assets and update the records if a match is confirmed. "Dispatch runs a maxed-out call all day, telling protesters where ICE has been spotted and how they can best be impeded," he said.(ZeroHedge) (AC-The insurgency in Minneapolis is being run very efficiently, even including SALUTE reporting, standard cell structures, effective doxxing, training manuals, and impeding operations.)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Dubai and other countries offer tax exemptions for Bitcoin; US taxation will weaken plans to become a "Bitcoin superpower": Pierre Rochard, a director at the Bitcoin treasury firm Strive, stated that Dubai, El Salvador, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and Germany (after holding for a full year) have not taxed Bitcoin, making a US tax on Bitcoin "unjustified." Rochard called the proposed policy a poor choice, undermining Trump's "Bitcoin superpower" plan. (PANews)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. Fed Plans Dollar-Yen Moves: The U.S. Federal Reserve is reportedly preparing to sell dollars and buy Japanese yen, marking a rare move not seen this century. The New York Fed has conducted rate checks, a key step that typically precedes currency intervention. Analysts note that historical instances of joint interventions often lead to a surge in global asset prices, including cryptocurrencies. (Blockonomi)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Global crypto ETPs log $1.7 billion in weekly outflows as bearish macro sentiment spurs largest withdrawal since November: The reversal almost fully unwound the $2.2 billion of inflows recorded a week earlier, a signal of the speed at which institutional positioning turned amid a deteriorating macro and price backdrop. (CoinShares)
-Economic Indicators-
1. Bitcoin Market Cap was ahead of Silver six months ago, now only 28% of it: Silver spot prices surged past $110 per ounce on Wednesday, pushing the commodity’s total market capitalization to $6.149 trillion. That marks a 257% year-over-year jump, lifting silver to the world’s second-largest mainstream asset by market cap. Meanwhile, Bitcoin fell 14%, with its market cap now at $1.754 trillion making silver’s value 3.5x that of Bitcoin. (Lookonchain)
2. US 10-Year Yield Slips Ahead of Fed: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note fell to around 4.22% on Monday, marking a one-week low as investors positioned ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy decision, where rates are widely expected to remain unchanged. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. AI 'Swarms' Could Escalate Online Misinformation and Manipulation: The era of easily detectable botnets is coming to an end, according to a new report published in Science on Thursday. In the study, researchers warned that misinformation campaigns are shifting toward autonomous AI swarms that can imitate human behavior, adapt in real time, and require little human oversight, complicating efforts to detect and stop them. (Decrypt)
2. 48 Million Gmail Usernames And Passwords Leaked Online: A database of 149 million compromised credentials, including those for an estimated 48 million Gmail accounts, has been leaked online. “The publicly exposed database was not password-protected or encrypted,” (Forbes)
-Technology and Science-
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-Bitcoin Community-
1. Bitcoin nodes running BIP-110 crosses 2% as spam wars heat up: Nodes signaling support for BIP-110, a temporary soft fork limiting the amount of data included in each transaction at the consensus level, rose to 2.38%. 583 out of 24,481 nodes are running BIP-110, and the primary node software implementation for running the soft fork proposal is Bitcoin Knots. (CoinTelegraph)
2. Storm Halves Bitcoin Hashrate: US winter storm "Fernan" caused Foundry USA's Bitcoin mining hashrate to drop 60%, taking 200 EH/s offline and slowing block production. (CoinGecko)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 20/100 (Down 4 pts)
Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR
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