BTC Daily Intelligence Bulletin (DIB)
Block: 833,107
DTG/ICOD: 0800EST 04Mar24
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BLUF: Haiti in Danger of Toppled Gov After Prison Break / NATO to Conduct Largest Drill With Nordic Members / Haley Wins DC Primary, Super Tuesday Tomorrow / BTC Topples Silver AUM / Turkish Lira 67% Inflation Last Month / Swiss Vote Higher Pensions / BTC ETFs Opened in Brazil, Peru / BTC Approaching ATH in Dollars
Market Data: Price: 1 BTC= $65,185, 31.26 oz Gold, .15 Median US House
24hr Hi: $65,565 / Lo: $62,048
Vol: $44B (Up 90%)
Mkt Cap: $1.28T (Up 5%)
HashRate: 517 EH/s
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Nodes: 18,365
---Reports---
-International Events-
1. Haiti declares a state of emergency after a massive prison break in the capital: After thousands of inmates have escaped, the curfew will be enforced from 6 pm to 5 am in the Ouest region, which includes the capital, through Wednesday, the government said in a statement, adding that both the curfew and the state of emergency can be extended. About a dozen people died as gang members attacked the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince overnight Saturday into Sunday, an AFP reporter observed. The attack came as part of a new spate of extreme violence in the Haitian capital, where well-armed gangs who control much of the city have wreaked havoc since Thursday. (France24)
2. Hard-liners dominate Iran parliamentary vote that saw boycott calls and apparently low turnout: Authorities still have not released turnout figures for Friday’s vote, nor given any reason for the delay. Turnout is suspected to be low after polling stations in the capital, Tehran, saw few voters. It remains unclear whether turnout was depressed by voter apathy or an active desire to send a message to Iran’s theocracy, though some in the country pushed for a boycott, including imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi. (AP)
3. Newly enlarged NATO starts drill in Finland, Norway and Sweden in defense of its Nordic turf: NATO kicked off an exercise on Monday to defend its newly expanded Nordic territory when more than 20,000 soldiers from 13 nations take part in drills lasting nearly two weeks in the northern regions of Finland, Norway and Sweden. With over 4,000 Finnish soldiers taking part, the Norway-led Nordic Response 2024 represents the NATO newcomer’s largest ever participation in a foreign exercise, according to Finland’s military. “For the first time, Finland will participate as a NATO member nation in exercising collective defense of the alliance’s regions,” the Finnish Defense Forces said in a statement. (AP)
