https://blossom.primal.net/f83f8a11a5eb0c2dbd42f0c1a289aa6673ef2129db86075c647f58dc158b358a.png ⁨📷⁩ ⁨BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB) Block: 934,847 DTG/ICOD: 1200Z 03Feb2026 Precedence: Routine (RR) Controls: Public Release QQQQ __________________________ BLUF: START to Expire / Iran Wants to Negotiate / US-India Agree to Trade Deal/ French Police Raid X Office in Paris / Clintons to Testify / DHS Officers to Wear Cameras / Deal in Sight to End Shutdown / Tether, Warsh, the Fed and Stablecoin Connections / USG Seizes Crypto From Helix Mixer / Binance $1B Mea Culpa / Stocks Boom / Notepad++ Hijacked / SpaceX Buys xAI / OpenClaw Innovates With Persistent AI / Tether Open Sources Bitcoin Mining Code / Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $78,372, 15.94 oz Gold, 4.162 BTC/Median US House 24hr Hi: $79,258/ Lo: $77,547 Volume: 53B (Down 29%) Mkt Cap: $1.5T (Even) HashRate: .882 ZH/s Avg Fee Rate: 3.0 sats/vBtye (Up .2 sats) ---Reports--- -International Events- 1. Russia is ready for new world with no nuclear limits, senior diplomat says: Unless the two sides reach a last-minute understanding, they will be left without any constraints on their long-range strategic nuclear arsenals for the first time in more than half a century when New START expires on Thursday. "This is a new moment, a new reality - we are ready for it," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. The U.S. has suggested China, the world's third largest nuclear power by warheads, should join arms control talks. Beijing has shown no willingness to do so. (Reuters) 2. Iran’s president seeks ‘fair and equitable negotiations’ with the United States: Iran’s president said Tuesday he instructed the country’s foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the United States, the first clear sign from Tehran it wants to try to negotiate as tensions remain high with Washington after the Mideast country’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests last month. (AP) 3. Trump: India Agrees to Stop Buying Russian Oil, Enter Trade Deal with U.S: President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States and India have reached a trade agreement and that India has committed to stop buying Russian oil. “We spoke about many things, including Trade, and ending the War with Russia and Ukraine. He agreed to stop buying Russian Oil, and to buy much more from the United States and, potentially, Venezuela,” Trump wrote. Tariff reductions for both countries were also agreed upon. (Breitbart) 4. French offices of Elon Musk’s X platform raided by Paris cybercrime unit: Both X chairman Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April, while X employees will be questioned as witnesses, according to the Paris prosecutor. Last week the European Commission launched a probe into X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, following criticism of its ability to generate sexually explicit pictures. (CNN) -US Events- 1. Clintons agree to testify in House Epstein investigation: Bill Clinton, former President, and Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, agreed to appear for depositions before the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee, averting an immediate contempt showdown later this week. Historically, no former U.S. president has testified before Congress since 1983, with the Clintons' potential appearance in the Epstein probe being nearly unprecedented. (GroundNews) 2. Federal officers in Minneapolis to get body cameras 'effective immediately': "Effective immediately we are deploying body cameras to every officer in the field in Minneapolis," DHS Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X on Monday. (BBC) 3. The U.S. House is set to vote on a funding bill to end a brief government shutdown, with President Trump urging no changes to secure passage. Key conservatives aligned with Trump after initial resistance, signaling a swift resolution. The deal includes extensions for ICE funding and other priorities. (NBC) -Regulatory and Legal- 1. The Link Between Trump's Fed Pick and Tether's 'Made in America' Stablecoin: Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, helped shape Anchorage Digital, a key player in Tether’s efforts to gain a regulated foothold in U.S. markets. Warsh served as an advisor to Anchorage Digital for years. (decrypt) 2. U.S. Government Takes Control of $400M | 5,113 BTC in Bitcoin, Assets Tied to Helix Mixer: The U.S. government has finalized the forfeiture of over $400 million in cryptocurrency, cash, and property linked to Helix, a major darknet bitcoin mixer, following the conviction of its operator, Larry Dean Harmon. (BitcoinMag) -CBDCs/World Currencies/Strategic Reserves- NSTR -Institutional Concerns- 1. Binance commits to $1B | 12,777 BTC Bitcoin purchase as an implicit apology for October liquidation meltdown: The move comes wrapped in the language of trust-building: “we hold ourselves to elevated standards,” “we continually improve based on feedback,” and “we're taking another step forward.” The subtext is clear: the world's largest crypto exchange is trying to re-anchor credibility by aligning its most symbolic user-protection pool with Bitcoin, the asset it calls “the foundational asset of this ecosystem and the premier long-term store of value.” (CryptoSlate) -Economic Indicators- 1. Dollar Steadies After 2-Day Rally: The dollar index was little changed at 97.6 on Tuesday, after surging about 1.2% over the previous two sessions, as President Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair and a strong ISM Manufacturing PMI pushed back expectations for swift cuts in the federal funds rate. (TradingEconomics) 2. S&P Rebounds to Record High: The S&P 500 rose 0.6% rebounding to a fresh record high on Monday, while the Dow gained 1.1% and the Nasdaq 100 advanced 0.7% as US stocks extended gains as pressure from last week’s sharp selloff in precious metals and cryptocurrencies continued to ease, allowing investors to refocus on earnings momentum and large-cap leadership. (TradingEconomics) -Security Concerns- 1. Notepad++ hijacked by suspected state-sponsored hackers: A software update mechanism for the popular text editor Notepad++ was hijacked by suspected Chinese state-sponsored hackers, allowing them to silently redirect some users to malicious update servers, the project’s developers announced on Monday. (RecordedFuture) -Technology and Science- 1. SpaceX acquired xAI in a deal merging Elon Musk's companies, valued at $1.25 trillion, to build orbital data centers. The merger combines space and AI capabilities for advanced infrastructure. (Reuters) 2. OpenClaw Opens the Gates for AI Agents: OpenClaw’s rise this year has been swift and unusually broad, propelling the open-source AI agent framework to roughly 147,000 GitHub stars in a matter of weeks and igniting a wave of speculation about autonomous systems, copycat projects, and early scrutiny from both scammers and security researchers. Unlike ChatGPT, which waits for prompts, OpenClaw agents persist. They wake on a schedule, store memory locally, and execute multi-step tasks autonomously. This persistence is the real innovation. (Decrypt) -Bitcoin Community- 1. Tether launches open-source Bitcoin mining OS to challenge proprietary software: The stablecoin issuer said Monday it has open-sourced MiningOS, or MOS, an operating system designed to manage, monitor, and automate bitcoin mining operations across deployments ranging from small home setups to large industrial sites. Per Tether, MOS is built around a modular, peer-to-peer architecture that allows operators to manage mining activity without relying on centralized services. (TheBlock) -Bitcoin Sentiment- 1. Fear(0)/Greed(100) Index: 17/100 (Up 3 pts) Analyst Comments (AC): NSTR Follow us on NOSTR: npub1qktts9naunvjdwsktq5xjdhwh539xt4x0mqj4yxq0q9dvm03ljvs6sms0r Listen to us daily on X discuss the DIB and more: X Spaces, Bitcoin Veterans, 10amEST/7amPST Watch us on YouTube and X Spaces: Tuesdays at 9pmEST/6pmPST ____________________ Analyst: BV2A END REPORT NNNN *NSTR-Nothing Significant To Report⁩