⛏️ This week, two solo Bitcoin miners each successfully validated a complete block and earned approximately 3.157 BTC (including fees), worth nearly $300,000. While almost the entire network is dominated by giant pools like Foundry and AntPool, finding a block solo is normally considered a miracle.

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🔥 BULLISH: ARK Invest says Bitcoin’s price volatility fell to record lows in 2025, strengthening the case for higher risk-adjusted returns in the years ahead.

🚨🇮🇱 ISRAELI HELICOPTER DROPS BLACK HAWK DURING TRANSPORT CH-53 Sea Stallion sling-load failure sends UH-60 crashing south of Jerusalem in West Bank. Significant damage likely means total loss for Israeli Air Force.

🇺🇸 26 VOTERS REGISTERED TO A PORTA-POTTY IN CALIFORNIA? Benny Johnson found records voter registrations tied to a random porta-potty in an empty parking lot. No homes, no buildings, not even a mailbox... just the toilet. California does let homeless people register using “descriptive locations,” but this one's raising a lot of eyebrows. Source: @bennyjohnson , PolitiFact, CA SOS, Newsweek

🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING: UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF TEXT MESSAGING RESTORED IN PARTS OF IRAN After 192 hours of total blackout, some connectivity may be returning. NetBlocks says this shutdown has now exceeded the 2019 blackout. Back then, the true scale of the massacre only became known after the internet came back on. If texts are returning, we may be about to find out what really happened over the last eight days. Source: NetBlocks, @sentdefender , TOI

🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING: IRAN REGIME SNIFFING OUT STARLINK VIA WIFI SCANNERS, HIDE YOUR SIGNALS ASAP! Activist Nariman Gharib's dropping urgent intel: The regime's rolling with handheld and vehicle scanners to spot WiFi signals from Starlink routers, zeroing in on default or flashy network names to bust users. Why WiFi? It's blasting in all directions from your spot, way easier to ping than Starlink's pinpoint satellite beams. If you've got pals in Iran on Starlink, hit 'em up: flip to Bypass Mode to shut off the built-in WiFi, or bare minimum, hide the SSID and swap the name to something low-key. Source: @NarimanGharib

🇸🇮🇳🇴 GROK APP DOMINATES CHARTS: #1 IN NORWAY & SLOVENIA Grok's hitting #1 overall and in Productivity on both App Store and Play Store in Norway and Slovenia. xAI's footprint in the EU and beyond is solidifying quick, despite the EU's politicians' efforts. Source: @XFreeze , @xAi , @grok

JUST IN: Odds that Bitcoin-friendly Kevin Warsh is nominated to be the new Fed Chair spikes to 59% 👀 Warsh said Bitcoin may “serve as a sustainable store of value, like gold.” 🚀

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: LARGE EXPLOSIONS AND MASSIVE FIRE HIT WILLOW RIVER, MINNESOTA People felt the blasts from miles away. The fire’s still going and no one knows what caused it yet. Officials are telling everyone to stay inside and be careful. Source: @RapidReport2025

🚨 ELON’S CHANCES OF BEATING SAM ALTMAN JUMP TO 72% ON POLYMARKET He says “the discovery and testimony will blow your mind.” Markets seem to believe him. Altman might want to lawyer up twice.

🇩🇰🇬🇱 2 DANISH JETS JUST DID ARCTIC DRILLS NEAR GREENLAND 2 Danish F-35s flew out to the icy Atlantic today with help from a French tanker plane. They were practicing how to operate in Arctic conditions off Greenland’s east coast. Source: @sentdefender