Admiral Samuel Paparo appeared earlier than the Senate Armed Services Committee on Apr. 21 for a posture assessment for the US Indo-Pacific Command forward of the fiscal yr 2027 protection request. Paparo reportedly disclosed that INDOPACOM is running a Bitcoin node and treating the protocol’s structure as operationally related for securing networks and projecting power….
When Customs launched the CAPE refund portal, it put administrative certainty behind an asset class that Wall Street had already begun pricing. As of Apr. 9, 56,497 importers had registered for digital refunds totaling $127 billion, out of roughly $166 billion the authorities expects to be returned after the Supreme Court dominated in February that…
Bitcoin’s debate about quantum computer systems produced a broadcast draft with actual political penalties on Apr. 14. Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 361 (BIP 361), titled “Post Quantum Migration and Legacy Signature Sunset,” landed in Bitcoin’s official proposal repository with a three-phase plan to part out ECDSA and Schnorr signature spends totally as soon as a quantum-resistant…
The stablecoin yield fight has as soon as once more consumed the CLARITY Act debate on Capitol Hill, and the price of that consumption is now measurable. The invoice stalled in January when Coinbase objected to its phrases, a White House assembly in February failed to interrupt the impasse, and by March, the calendar itself…
This month, Kentucky lawmakers superior one other bill that critics say might make self-custody not possible for {hardware} pockets producers to ship with out constructing a backdoor into their merchandise. It comes after passing a bill final yr defending residents’ proper to use crypto wallets. The car is HB 380, a consumer-protection measure geared toward cryptocurrency…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent advised Congress he has no authority to bail out Bitcoin. The change got here throughout a Senate Banking Committee listening to, when Senator Brad Sherman requested whether or not the Treasury might intervene to help cryptocurrency costs. Bessent’s reply was direct: he can’t use taxpayer {dollars} to purchase Bitcoin, and the…
White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks has pushed again sharply towards a New York Times investigation questioning whether or not his policymaking position within the Trump administration overlaps along with his personal investments. In a put up on X, Sacks accused the outlet of pursuing a predetermined narrative and ignoring months of proof…
Washington has lengthy wrestled with who ought to police digital belongings. The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 handed the House this summer season, however the Senate had not acted. Now, two Senate committees have launched competing drafts, every promising regulatory order. These drafts create a brand new jurisdictional map poised to reshape all…
Previously on The Big Bitcoin Short: a dealer shorted Bitcoin minutes earlier than President Trump’s tariff put up and booked about $160 – $200 million. Eye, a crypto investigator who helped body the story by tracing wallets and proposing that Garrett Jin could possibly be a entrance for a broader community, has now stepped again,…
The likelihood of a US authorities shutdown has climbed to ranges not seen in years, with prediction market Kalshi pricing a 73% probability that lawmakers fail to move a funding invoice earlier than the Oct. 1 fiscal deadline. The sharp improve displays weeks of gridlock in Congress and President Donald Trump’s choice to cancel finances…