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Welcome to Issue #374 of Bitcoin Breakdown, where it’s OPSEC Wednesday special, followed by the latest Quick Bits snippets.

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Now for today’s Top Stories:

• 🇪🇺 Lagarde Throws Shade at BTC as Euro Sinks

• ⚰️ Bitcoin Life Insurer Scores $82M to Go Global

• 🛠️ Time2Build Contest Puts Bitcoin in Everyday Apps

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TODAY’S TOP STORIES

🇪🇺 Lagarde Throws Shade at BTC as Euro Sinks

Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, made another gaffe while answering a question, saying that Bitcoin has ‘no underlying value’, sticking to the ECB’s anti-Bitcoin script – even as the Euro has lost over 40% of its purchasing power since 2002. Her remarks highlight central banks’ deeper fear of losing monetary control in a world gravitating toward sound money. With Europe’s economy slowing and confidence in fiat waning, Bitcoin’s fixed supply and independence are seen by many as a lifeboat. Coinfomania

⚰️ Bitcoin Life Insurer Scores $82M to Go Global

Meanwhile, the Bitcoin-denominated life insurer backed by Sam Altman, has bagged $82M in fresh funding co-led by Haun Ventures and Bain Capital Crypto, with Pantera and Apollo joining the party. The dollar raise will be converted into BTC for its balance sheet, boosting its flagship policy with coverage from 0.25 to 50 BTC. With over 200% growth in BTC assets under management, Meanwhile plans global expansion, positioning Bitcoin at the heart of long-duration financial products worldwide. The Block

🛠️ Time2Build Contest Puts Bitcoin in Everyday Apps

Breez, alongside Tether, Lightspark, and other Bitcoin heavyweights, has launched Time2Build – a $25K BTC contest to weave Bitcoin payments into the world’s most popular open-source software. Developers must integrate Breez’s Nodeless SDK into projects with real users, and only merged code wins. With over 45 global dev communities onboard, judges like Jeff Booth and Giacomo Zucco will reward projects that bring peer-to-peer money mainstream, turning open-source apps into Bitcoin-powered tools for millions. Atlas21

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OPSEC FEATURE ARTICLE

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ESET recently found two fresh Android spyware campaigns in the UAE that dress up as Signal and ToTok, then loot your device.

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QUICK BITS

• BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF rockets to become its highest-earning ETF, overtaking the 25-year-old Core S&P 500 fund in less than 2 years.

• ESET cybersecurity researchers warn Android users about fake Signal and ToTok apps distributing ProSpy and ToSpy spyware that steal contacts, messages, and chat backups through social engineering attacks.

• Lava, a bitcoin fintech company backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, secures angel investment from Alex Crognale, the first USL soccer player to receive bitcoin salary payments.

• US SEC moves to codify an ‘innovation exemption’ that could let Bitcoin and fintech projects operate under supervised conditions without facing crippling legal costs.

• Polymarket, a prediction market platform founded in 2020, introduces bitcoin deposits to expand funding options.

• Polymarket also raises $2B at a $9B valuation from Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, as it prepares for a US relaunch.

• Strategy's $78B Bitcoin treasury approaches tech giants Amazon, Google and Microsoft's cash positions.

• US spot Bitcoin ETFs record $1.18B inflows on Monday, marking their second-highest day since launch as Bitcoin hits new all-time highs.

• Lib Work, a Tokyo-listed real estate technology firm, acquires $3.3M worth of bitcoin.

• India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal unveils RBI-backed digital currency plans while criticizing 'unbacked crypto' like Bitcoin, stating that the government neither encourages nor discourages Bitcoin and crypto trading but only taxes it.

• European Securities and Markets Authority chair Verena Ross advocates for centralized EU oversight of Bitcoin and crypto firms and stock exchanges, arguing fragmented MiCA supervision creates inefficiencies despite resistance from smaller member states.

• Gemini exchange reveals Bitcoin credit card holders who earned BTC rewards for at least one year experienced average appreciation of 277%.

• Russian police seize over 2,700 bitcoin mining machines from an illegal St. Petersburg operation that stole electricity for seven years through meter tampering.

• OranjeBTC, a Brazilian Bitcoin treasury company backed by Itaú Bank, debuts on B3 exchange with 3,675 BTC worth $444M in its treasury, becoming Latin America's largest corporate Bitcoin holder.

• Lightspark CEO David Marcus calls Bitcoin severely undervalued at $126K, projecting $1.3M at gold parity as tokenized gold hits $3B market cap with physical gold topping $4K per ounce.

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