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⁨📷⁩ ⁨BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)

Block: 927,133

DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 09Dec2025

Precedence: Routine (RR)

Controls: Public Release

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BLUF: Earthquake Hit Northern Japan / Zelenskyy Meets Pope / Nigerian Organ-Harvesting Ring Discovered / New Aid to US Farmers / Florida Designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood Terror Orgs / Palantir To Help ICE / CEOs Meet Lawmakers Over CLARITY Act / Islamic Bank Offers Bitcoin / Nunchuk Secures $1B BTC in Custody / All Eyes on Fed This Week / Crypto's 'Oceans 11' Team Convicted / Snapchat to Verify Age (and more) / Cloudfare Has 2nd Outage / ChatGPT Removed 'Share' Feature

Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $90,553, 21.52 oz Gold, .21 Median US House

24hr Hi: $92,099 / Lo: $89,586

Volume: 56B (Down 2%)

Mkt Cap: $1.8T (Down 1%)

HashRate: 1 ZH/s

Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Down 50%)

---Reports---

-International Events-

1. Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Strikes Northern Japan: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit northern Japan on December 09, 2025, injuring at least 23 people and triggering a 2-foot tsunami that affected coastal areas. Authorities issued warnings for potential aftershocks, advising residents to stay alert as stronger tremors could occur within the coming days. No fatalities were reported, but infrastructure assessments are ongoing in the affected regions. (BBC)

2. Zelenskyy Meets Pope Amid Ukraine Peace Preparations: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Francis yesterday to discuss ongoing peace efforts as Ukraine prepares to send updated proposals to the U.S. The meeting focused on humanitarian concerns and ceasefire violations in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with Zelenskyy emphasizing the need for international support. (NBC)

3. Nigeria Investigates Organ-Harvesting Ring After Discovering Mutilated Corpses: The horror is an especially grim example of Nigeria’s kidnapping epidemic, in which every sort of malevolent group — from Islamic State jihadis to huge bandit gangs and small groups of petty criminals — kidnaps vulnerable people. Over a hundred bodies were found at the “organ-harvesting slaughterhouse.” Both the hotel and mortuary were sealed by police while forensic teams examined the scene. (Breitbart)

-US Events-

1. Trump Announces $12 Billion Aid Package for Farmers: President Trump unveiled a $12 billion bailout for U.S. farmers yesterday, during a round-table meeting, aimed at offsetting losses from ongoing trade wars with China. The aid includes direct payments to affected producers, following China's boycott of American agricultural products. Farmers in key states like Iowa and Ohio are expected to receive the bulk of the funds through federal programs. (NYTimes)

2. Florida designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist groups: Florida has designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terrorist organizations, "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY," Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Monday evening — prompting CAIR to vow it'll sue his administration. (Axios)

3. Palantir Building ICE "ImmigrationOS" To Track Migrants: A contract first reviewed by Business Insider stated that ICE and Palantir are working to deploy the Immigration Lifecycle Operating System — or ImmigrationOS — to support ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in response to urgent deportation national security goals outlined in President Trump's Executive Orders. (ZeroHedge)

-Regulatory and Legal-

1. CEOs Of Leading Banks To Discuss Crypto Market Structure With US Senators This Week: In the wake of the GENIUS Act, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump in July, attention is now turning to the CLARITY Act, commonly known as the crypto market structure bill. This legislation has encountered substantial delays, exacerbated by the recent government shutdown and a lack of consensus in Congress. This week, the CEOs of Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America are scheduled to meet with both Republican and Democratic senators to discuss the evolving legislation. (Bitcoinist)

-CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves-

1. Bitcoin's Weakest November Since 2018: Bitcoin recorded its weakest November since 2018, with significant selling pressure originating from the European market. BTC and ETH declined 20-25%. (CoinGecko)

-Institutional Concerns-

1. UAE Islamic Bank Makes History With Bitcoin Access: An Islamic bank is now letting clients buy and sell Bitcoin inside its mobile app. The bank partnered with Fuze to ensure security and Sharia compliance. Crypto inflows to the UAE have surged, encouraging regulated institutions to participate. (CoinDoo)

2. Nunchuk: The Open-Source Mobile Multi-Sig Wallet Now Securing Over $1 Billion | 11,073 BTC in Bitcoin: Nunchuk Inc. is an open source, multi-signature mobile wallet for advanced bitcoin security, self-custody, and inheritance. Launched in 2020, the app offers users a feature-rich toolkit to set up high-security bitcoin wallets, with little competition on the mobile app market, as most other mobile wallets do not support multi-signature functionality at all. (BitcoinMag)

-Economic Indicators-

1. US Stocks Start the Week in the Red: US stocks extended losses to close lower on Monday, with the S&P 500 down 0.3%, the Dow Jones off 0.4% and the Nasdaq slipping 0.2% as investors reassessed the 2026 Fed policy path. A Wednesday cut remains priced in at roughly 90% yet firmer inflation signals have kept expectations tethered to a cautious stance. (TradingEconomics)

-Security Concerns-

1. Ninth Defendant Pleads Guilty in $263M | 2,909 BTC Crypto Social-Engineering Scheme: A 22-year-old California man has become the ninth defendant to plead guilty in a RICO-style crypto theft ring that drained roughly $263 million in Bitcoin from a single Washington, D.C. victim, and hundreds of millions more from other targets across the U.S. Prosecutors say the crew laundered the stolen crypto by first converting portions into privacy coin Monero, then routing funds through opaque exchanges and “crypto-to-cash” brokers, all while spending the proceeds on opulence. (Decrypt) (AC-This crew built a 'Oceans 11' style system to go after known crypto holders, but didn't have the same genius of movie crew to not stay out of jail. It certainly worked though.)

2. Snapchat Introduces Age Verification Amid Social Media Ban Concerns: Snapchat announced on December 09, 2025, that users under 16 can verify age via selfies for account access, raising privacy issues as Australia's social media ban for minors takes effect. The process involves facial analysis without storing images long-term, according to company statements. (ABC)

-Technology and Science-

1. Banks, Shopify, Zoom Hit Again as Cloudflare's Second December Outage Reveals The Internet's Fragility: A wave of 500 Internal Server Errors swept across the internet on 5 December 2025, knocking offline major banks, stock trading platforms, e-commerce giants, and video conferencing tools — marking Cloudflare's second significant outage within three weeks. (IBTimes)

2. OpenAI Removes ChatGPT Share Tool Due to Privacy Risks: OpenAI discontinued the ChatGPT conversation-sharing feature on December 05, 2025, after reports of privacy vulnerabilities, including Google indexing shared links. The tool allowed users to export chats but exposed sensitive data without adequate safeguards. Company engineers are reviewing alternatives to prevent future breaches. (BusinessStandard)

-Bitcoin Community-

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-Bitcoin Sentiment-

1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 22/100 (Up 2 pts)

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Great report!

Replying to Avatar Schmidt

I think Bitcoin is on the right.

Huh. I think you’re right about the thinker. How did you guess? I looked into it and I’m pretty sure I’m a P.

When we were kids sprinting was fun. Not exercise. Maybe regressing will help.

Seems hard for any L1 with really good privacy to scale to VISA levels due to the encryption overhead. I’m thinking that practically you need either a solution where you use a high provacy chain for important transactions and you pay more and a low privacy chain for cheap transactions (what do I care what people know about my grocery purchases.) Either in a single Tech or mix and match chains per use case. Would love it if some amazing solution were to emerge that makes it possible all in one L1 like Monero or ZCash though.

Interesting. Does LN have the same issues with centralization and usability that LN for Bitcoin does?

He forgot, “The enemy will do horrible things if we don’t attack them.”

Sell Treasuries. Buy Bitcoin. End war.

It would make me a lot more willing to spend it. It isn’t the capital gain so much the hassle of tracking and accounting for it.

Monero indeed blows away every privacy coin in terms of real world utility which generates a powerful network effect. nostr:note1vkxfsdw6lmu2222r7yrv96agga3m5ggyv9dttz73whx9ca9upxjs0d7558

Replying to Avatar Nick Slaney

Hi Nostr,

Launching soon— https://moneydevkit.com

Stripe is the de facto payment solution for developers but theres entire swaths of the globe that aren’t served by it.

Similarly, everyday people with legitimate businesses get their payments turned off by stripe because the traditional financial system doesn’t want to serve them.

Money Dev Kit is the easiest way to get started taking payments online. Easier than stripe. No onboarding or approvals. 170 countries. Your payments are yours.

Under the hood, it’s self-custody and lightning. None of the headache, nodes channels etc. The interface will be truly stripe level and better.

After working in lightning for the past few years, the hidden alpha on the network is there are plenty of people sending and able to send payments, but there’s a shortage of people receiving them.

Underserved devs are using AI to make the future of the internet, and this will be by far the easiest way for them to receive those payments.

Sign up for the mailing list for early access when we launch

I see $ in the UI. How does that work? User pays with dollars and vendor gets dollars?