BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 915,238 DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 18SEP2025 Precedence: Routine (RR) Controls: Public Release QQQQ __________________________ BLUF: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Sign Mutual Defense Pact / Venezuela Holds Caribbean Military Exercises / ANTIFA May be Designated Terrorist Org / Shootout In PA Kills 3 Officers / DHS, ICE Start Funding Local LEAs / MoneyGram To Use Stablecoins / BTC ETFs Outflow / Metaplanet Expands into USA / Fed Drops Rate 25 bps, Markets Sideways / Ark and Spark To Supercharge Lightning Network / Google DeepMind Solves Difficult Problem / BTC Whale Exchanges $136M Worth Into Fiat / Italian Tram Adverts Bitcoin Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $117,058, 31.93 oz Gold, .27 Median US House 24hr Hi: $117,906 / Lo: $114,794 Volume: 65B (Up 31%) Mkt Cap: $2.33T (Even) HashRate: 977 EH/s Avg Fee Rate: 1 sats/vBtye (Down 50%) ---Reports--- -International Events- 1. Saudi Arabia signs a mutual defense pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan after Israel’s attack on Qatar: While not specifically discussing nuclear weapons, the agreement states “any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both,” according to statements issued by both Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry. “Pakistan has nuclear weapons and delivery systems that can hit targets across the Middle East, including Israel. It also is developing systems that can reach targets in the U.S.. (AP) 2. With Eye On US Threat, Venezuela Holds Caribbean Military Exercises: Venezuela said Wednesday it had begun three days of military exercises on its Caribbean island of La Orchila as tensions soar amid US military activity in the region. "There will be air defense deployments with armed drones, surveillance drones, submarine drones... We are going to implement electronic warfare actions," he added, citing the "threatening, vulgar voice" of the United States, said the Defense Minister. (IBTimes) -US Events- 1. Trump designates anti-fascist Antifa movement as a terrorist organization: Trump characterized Antifa as a harmful and extreme left-wing threat and announced he intends to push for comprehensive investigations into those financially supporting the group, adhering to the strictest legal standards. (GroundNews) 2. Rural Pennsylvania community shaken after shooting leaves 3 officers killed, 2 wounded: When officers in rural Pennsylvania approached a farmhouse to serve a warrant Wednesday afternoon, they had no idea of the danger they would face as an armed man dressed in camouflage lurked in nearby cornfields. The shooter began opening fire, striking and killing three officers. (CNN) 3. DHS, ICE Secures 1,000 Partnerships with State, Local Law Enforcement: The 287(g) program gives states and local law enforcement agencies the tools and authority to arrest murderers, gang members, rapists, pedophiles, and terrorists from American communities. ICE will fully reimburse agencies for the annual salary and benefits of each eligible trained 287(g) officer, including overtime coverage up to 25 percent of the officer’s annual salary. Law enforcement agencies will be eligible for quarterly monetary performance awards based on the successful location of illegal aliens provided by ICE. (Breitbart) (AC-This is kind of a 'federalization' of local police officers-dangerous ground.) -Regulatory and Legal- NSTR -CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves- 1. MoneyGram Introduces Stablecoin-Backed App in Colombia: MoneyGram has launched a new mobile app in Colombia using USD-pegged stablecoins on the Stellar blockchain to modernize cross-border remittances. The app allows instant money transfers into a US dollar balance backed by Circle’s USDC stablecoin, addressing the volatility of local currencies like the Colombian peso. (Decrypt)

Watching people argue knots vs core

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Farming sheep & sats in the DMV/Bitcoin district 🐑🐑🐑

We're happy to have @Rob1Ham from @AnchorWatch join us next Thursday to present about their use of Miniscript in their insurance and inheritance products!

Ham Radio’s 430MHz Band at Risk!! FCC to Decide? youtu.be/QtuzJsbZTHU

ecash is apex paper bitcoin

Yosh, this is markstr, a POC for Nostr-based oracle resolution for prediction markets on Bitcoin, showcased on Mutinynet signet with CTV and CSFS activated. The outcome resolution script looks like this: <outcome_message_hash> <oracle_pubkey> OP_CHECKSIGFROMSTACK The oracle needs to sign a particular Nostr event (with a content like: PredictionMarketId:SJ1IPWRX Outcome:Yes - Bitcoin above $100k Timestamp:175284641) and the outcome resolution is then verified onchain using CSFS opcode. The witness for the taproot script path will then be: signature (of the outcome hash / Nostr event id), script (resolution script shown above), control_block.

Privacy is paradise.

If you’ve attended a DC BitDevs this year please thank @ejuline when you can. He got the ball rerolling for this BitDevs and we’re eternally thankful. 🙏 Seriously, @ him and thank him. Please.

What’re you yo to, anon? Studying #bitcoin?

If you're a skilled developer, and building open-source mining infrastructure and our projects excites you, you can get a grant to work full time on SV2 and FOSS mining. x.com/StratumV2/status/19324…

Why adopt Stratum V2? 🚄Super-efficient (70% less bandwidth) 🔐Secure (no hashrate stealing) 💵More profitable ⛏️Miners select tx & run nodes 💰Payout method agnostic 🔙Firmware upgrade not necessary 📔Well-defined specification 🫂Maintained by an independent FOSS community

I was chatting with the @getAlby team about their Lightning MCP server using Nostr Wallet Connect. Forked it to integrate Lightning <> Starknet atomic swaps via @atomiqlabs SDK. In the demo, I fired up Claude Code and asked it to handle an end-to-end swap: "swap 311 sats to STRK". It executed perfectly, pulling from my @primal_app wallet via NWC connection string and performing the . Fully trustless (HTLC reverse submarine swap). Exciting times for building Bitcoin apps with AI. 🧡

after a year and a half with multiple implementations deployed, my ecash discovery nip finally got merged github.com/nostr-protocol/ni…

Your exchange knows your balance. Your IP. Your withdrawals. Your habits. Your risk. That’s not custody. That’s surveillance. COLDCARD fixes this.

Some stuff we’ve been cooking up this summer: - Watchtower support - Circular rebalance tool - Peer management - BOLT 12 withdrawal requests - Core Lightning routing history - Clover integration with the ZEUS POS - Swap recovery keys - Cashu multi-mint sends Coming soon. 👨‍🍳☀️

If you love #BitDevs and can't get enough of the technical aspects of #Bitcoin, you won't want to miss @tabconf, Oct 13-16 at Georgia Tech University. 7.tabconf.com/ @miketwenty1 @corptostartups

Confirmed. Pies ordered.

Chain code delegation. Anyone else covering it at a BitDevs?