Belfast, UK Surveillance State, Milei's AI Framework, SpaceX Hyperscaler

Your daily bitcoin and macro intelligence briefing. AI-generated audio from the TFTC Bitcoin Brief newsletter, written and curated by Marty Bent. • Belfast erupts after attempted beheading. UK government threatens rioters, blames Musk, fast-tracks device surveillance. Protestants and Catholics unite for the first time. • Signal publishes "Surveillance Is Not Safety" opposing UK mandatory device scanning. Mullvad calls it "government spyware on every mobile device." • The surveillance infrastructure came first. The riots came on schedule. The UK government read the tea leaves and tried to lock down the internet before the unrest arrived. • Why bitcoin matters: separating money from the state stops governments from funding their own citizens' subjugation. • Milei submits zero-regulation AI framework to Argentina's Congress with "non-human corporation" category. The opposite of Dario Amodei's regulatory capture play. • SpaceX became the fourth-largest AI hyperscaler in 30 days. Google paying $50B/gigawatt/year. Monetization per gigawatt increasing, not decreasing. • BitGo launches Lightning Earn for institutional bitcoin treasuries via Amboss rails. • Ulendo: global phone calls via bitcoin + Nostr identity. No SIM card required. • Fertility collapse is a monetary crisis. Two incomes to survive = parenthood priced out. Get the full written brief with all links, sources, and on-chain data at tftc.io/bitcoin-brief