📷 BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 941,422
DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 20Mar2026
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BLUF: Bibi Says 'Mea Culpa' on Energy Strike / Six Countries Voice Support for Hormuz Duty / Denmark's Poison Pill on Greenland / DOJ Charges Three for Smuggling AI Chips to China / Judge Handslaps RFK Jr on Trans Statement / $1.7 Trillion in Student Loans to Go to Treasury Dept / Kentucky Lawmaker Try to Regulate Hardware Wallets / CLARITY Act still Being Negotiated / New NC Bill to Establish SBR / $2.2B in FTX Bitcoin to Hit Market / UST Yields Up, Stocks Down, New Home Sales Crash / US Intel Bosses Ask for FISA Continuance / AI is New Nuclear Race / Can Bitcoin Do DeFi?
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $70,365, 15.13 oz Gold, 6.12 BTC/Median US House
24hr Hi: $71,346 / Lo: $68,805
Volume: $42B (Down 14%)
Mkt Cap: $1.4T (Even)
Hashrate: .930 ZH/s
Avg Fee Rate: 1.0 sats/byte (Even)
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Netanyahu says Israel ‘acted alone’ in Iran energy strike, will heed Trump’s call not to repeat attack: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country will heed Trump’s call not to repeat attacks on key Iranian energy sites like the South Pars field. Iran continued to make retaliatory strikes around the region — including against Kuwait — as the Middle East conflict deepened energy supply fears. (CNN)
2. Five European nations and Japan ready to 'contribute' to securing Hormuz: In a joint statement, countries including Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan condemned attacks on commercial vessels and said they were prepared to "contribute to appropriate efforts" to help ensure safe passage through the waterway and support stability in global energy markets. (EuroNews)
3. 'Explosives And Extra Blood': Denmark Planned To Blow Up Greenland's Runways If US Invaded: In January 2026, amid escalating tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump over his renewed push to acquire control of Greenland, Denmark's military deployed explosives and blood supplies to the Arctic island as part of contingency plans to counter a potential American attack. Two European officials confirmed the DR reporting on Thursday, noting that Denmark aimed to dramatically increase the costs and risks of any forceful U.S. takeover. (ZeroHedge)
-US Events-
1. DOJ Charges 3 in $2.5B Scheme to Smuggle AI Servers to China: Federal prosecutors yesterday charged three people, including Super Micro co-founder Wally Liaw, with conspiring to smuggle $2.5 billion worth of AI servers containing restricted Nvidia chips to China between 2024 and 2025. The alleged scheme used shell companies, falsified documents, and dummy servers staged for inspections while real equipment was transshipped through Southeast Asia to conceal the final Chinese destination. (GroundNews)
2. Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration: A federal judge said the government overreached by issuing a declaration that called treatments like puberty blockers and surgeries unsafe and ineffective for young people experiencing gender dysphoria, according to a ruling Thursday in Oregon. “Today’s win breaks through the noise and gives some needed clarity to patients, families, and providers,” the Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James, who led the lawsuit. (AP) (AC-Lawfare continues.)
3. Student loans to go to Treasury Department as Trump continues to dismantle Education Department: The Treasury Department will take over management of student loans whose borrowers are in default, meaning they are months behind on payments. Those loans add up to about $180 billion, or 11% of the government’s $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio. Eventually, the Treasury Department is to take responsibility for all student loans, according to the agreement. (AP) (AC- $1.7 TRILLION in student loans!)
-Regulatory and Legal-
1. Kentucky Senate Urged to Strip Hardware Wallet Provision From Crypto Bill: A last-minute amendment requiring hardware wallet providers to help reset user credentials, tucked into Kentucky’s sweeping crypto ATM bill, is facing mounting backlash, with experts saying it is a fundamental misunderstanding of how crypto infrastructure works. Section 33 of House Bill 380, added as a last-minute floor amendment during House debate, would require hardware wallet providers to furnish customers with a mechanism to reset "any password, pin, seed phrase, or other similar information" needed to access a wallet. “Policymakers often struggle with the concept of self-custody,” (Decrypt)
2. CLARITY Act Negotiations Progress As Senators Meet With Trump’s Crypto Advisor: Senators met today in Washington for the CLARITY Act negotiations, engaging White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt on unresolved issues. The meeting included Senators Cynthia Lummis, Thom Tillis, and Tim Scott, focusing on stablecoin yield rules and legislative timing. Lawmakers aim for an April markup while targeting year-end passage through coordinated Senate and White House efforts. (CoinGape)
-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-
1. North Carolina Lawmakers Propose State Bitcoin Reserve: Senate Bill 327, titled the North Carolina Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act, would allow the Office of the State Treasurer to allocate up to 10% of public funds into BTC as part of the state’s long-term financial strategy. Under the proposal, the Treasurer would manage the reserve using cold storage wallets with multi-signature authentication. Texas, New Hampshire, and Arizona have enacted laws allowing portions of state funds to be allocated to Bitcoin, while Maryland, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, Michigan, South Dakota, Illinois, Tennessee and Missouri have introduced legislation proposing similar reserves. (BitcoinMag)
-Institutional Concerns-
1. Over $2B BTC in “lost” Bitcoin to hit markets this month creating sell pressure: FTX's fourth round of distributing bankruptcy recoveries arrives at a different moment. The estate will begin sending roughly $2.2 billion to eligible creditors on Mar. 31. FTX announced that eligible creditors are expected to receive funds via BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer within 1 to 3 business days. (CryptoSlate)
-Economic Indicators-
1. Treasury Yields Climb, 10-Year at Highest Since 2025: The yield on the US 10-year Treasury note rose about 5bps to 4.3% on Friday, reaching its highest level since August 2025, as investors continued to assess the impact of the war with Iran on inflation and brace for a more hawkish tone from the Federal Reserve. (TradingEconomics)
2. US Stocks Pare Losses: US equity indices pared significant session losses on Thursday as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended down just 0.2% while the Dow Jones declined 0.3% following a recovery from four-month lows. (TradingEconomics)
3. US New Home Sales Slump the Most in 13 Years: New home sales in the United States plunged by 17.6% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 587,000 units in January of 2026, contrasting sharply with an increase to 720,000. It was the sharpest decline since 2013 to the lowest rate since 2022. (TradingEconomics)
-Security Concerns-
1. US intel chiefs urge lawmakers to extend Section 702 surveillance power without changes: U.S. intelligence leaders on Thursday presented a united public front in favor of extending a key national security surveillance power without changes, providing momentum to backers of such an approach before a crucial week in Congress. The White House has privately asked its congressional allies for an 18-month “clean” extension of the spy law known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which enables broad electronic surveillance of the communications of overseas security threats. (RecordedFuture)
-Technology and Science-
1. ‘CODE RED:’ Autonomous AI Weapons Are the Nuclear Bomb of the 21st Century: Wynton Hall’s new book Code Red: The Left, The Right, and The Race to Control AI includes a sobering look at the rapidly evolving danger of autonomous weapons, which look to change warfare in the Twenty-First Century as profoundly as nuclear weapons did in the Twentieth — and it will be far more difficult to keep the AI genie bottled than it was to restrain the proliferation of nuclear bombs. (Breitbart)
-Bitcoin Community-
1. Can Bitcoin Really Do DeFi? A New Protocol Aims to Find Out: A new protocol called OP_NET has launched on the Bitcoin network, aiming to enable DeFi-style applications on the base layer. The system processes contract calls through standard Bitcoin transactions rather than sidechains or wrapped BTC. Founders say the design avoids Ordinals-related blockchain bloat and operates without issuing a new token. (Decrypt)
-Bitcoin Sentiment-
1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 11/100 (Down 12 pts)
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