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  • Issue #485: AI Prefers Bitcoin, Miners Sell BTC, Price Breaks $71K

    Issue #485: AI Prefers Bitcoin, Miners Sell BTC, Price Breaks $71K
    Mar 4 2026
    AI models prefer Bitcoin over fiat by a wide margin in a 9,072-experiment study, public miners sell 15,096 BTC to fund AI pivots, and Bitcoin breaks $71,000 while gold retreats. Three stories, under five minutes. Full written edition with links and our weekly OPSEC feature: https://www.btcbreakdown.com/p/issue-485
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  • Issue #484: Iran Flees to Bitcoin, Cake Wallet Lights Up, SAA Takes Sats

    Issue #484: Iran Flees to Bitcoin, Cake Wallet Lights Up, SAA Takes Sats
    Mar 3 2026
    Iran's 700% spike in Bitcoin outflows after U.S.-Israel strikes exposes fiat's failure as a tool of civilian control, Cake Wallet brings Lightning to 1 million users via the Breez SDK, and South African Airways becomes the first major African airline to accept Bitcoin for flight bookings. Three stories, under five minutes. Full written edition: https://www.btcbreakdown.com/p/issue-484
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  • Issue #483: Mt. Gox CEO Wants a Fork, Senate Probes Binance, Dev Beats BIP-110

    Issue #483: Mt. Gox CEO Wants a Fork, Senate Probes Binance, Dev Beats BIP-110
    Mar 2 2026
    Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès proposes a $5B Bitcoin hard fork that gets rejected in 17 hours, nine Senate Democrats demand a DOJ probe into Binance over Iran sanctions and Trump ties, and a developer embeds a 66KB image on-chain to expose BIP-110's core flaw. Three stories, under five minutes. Full written edition with links and analysis: https://www.btcbreakdown.com/p/issue-483
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  • Issue #481: Block Cuts 4,000 Jobs, Wall St. Eyes Bitcoin, Indiana Bills Up

    Issue #481: Block Cuts 4,000 Jobs, Wall St. Eyes Bitcoin, Indiana Bills Up
    Feb 27 2026
    Block cuts 40% of its workforce (10,000 to under 6,000) as Dorsey bets on AI, Morgan Stanley and Citi both announce Bitcoin custody and trading services at Strategy World, and Indiana's HB 1042 codifies self-custody rights while banning crypto ATMs statewide. Three stories, under five minutes. Full written edition: https://www.btcbreakdown.com/p/issue-481
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  • Issue #480: UAE Bank Eyes Bitcoin, Mesh Net Kills DNS, ETF Manipulation Myth

    Issue #480: UAE Bank Eyes Bitcoin, Mesh Net Kills DNS, ETF Manipulation Myth
    Feb 26 2026
    Emirates NBD reviews a 1% Bitcoin allocation from its $16B book, a Nostr developer ships a DNS-free mesh network protocol, and the Jane Street manipulation theory falls apart under scrutiny. Three stories, under five minutes. Full written edition with links and premium analysis: https://www.btcbreakdown.com/p/issue-480
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  • Issue #479: Solo $200K Win, Bitcoin Depot KYC, Michigan Bitcoin Wages

    Issue #479: Solo $200K Win, Bitcoin Depot KYC, Michigan Bitcoin Wages
    Feb 25 2026
    A solo miner converts a $75 hashrate rental into a $200K block reward, Bitcoin Depot mandates per-transaction ID at 9,019 US ATMs under state regulatory pressure, and Michigan introduces a bill letting civil servants get paid in Bitcoin by 2027 -- with CBDCs explicitly banned. Three stories, under five minutes. Full written edition with analysis and links: https://www.btcbreakdown.com/p/issue-479
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  • Issue #478: BTC Dips to $63K, Engie Eyes Mining, Crypto.com Banks

    Issue #478: BTC Dips to $63K, Engie Eyes Mining, Crypto.com Banks
    Feb 24 2026
    Engie, France's state-backed energy giant, evaluates Bitcoin mining at its 895-MW Assu Sol solar plant in Brazil as BTC dips below $63K for a fourth straight session with Polymarket pricing 72% odds on $55K, and Crypto.com secures a conditional federal bank charter after eight-figure MAGA donations. Three stories in under five minutes. Full written edition with links and analysis: https://www.btcbreakdown.com/p/issue-478
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  • Issue #475: China's $436M IBIT Backdoor, Lightning Hits $1B, UAE Mining Profits

    Issue #475: China's $436M IBIT Backdoor, Lightning Hits $1B, UAE Mining Profits
    Feb 20 2026
    A mystery Hong Kong entity discloses a $436M BlackRock Bitcoin ETF position with no public identity, raising questions about Chinese capital routing around Beijing's ban, Lightning Network crosses $1B in monthly volume for the first time, and UAE's royal-linked miners hold $344M in unrealized profit. Three stories, under five minutes. Full written edition with links: https://www.btcbreakdown.com/p/issue-475
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