Hantavirus and Ivermectin, Big Pharma's SSRI Crisis, Iran Deal Framework, and the AI Energy Arms Race

Your daily bitcoin and macro intelligence briefing. AI-generated audio from the TFTC Bitcoin Brief newsletter, written and curated by Marty Bent. • Three dead on the MV Hondius from hantavirus — don't panic, but ivermectin deserves serious study as an RNA antiviral and should be made OTC • 16.6% of American adults on antidepressants with no exit plan — pharma profits from lifelong prescriptions while castrating a generation • US and Iran closing in on a framework to end the war — oil would dump, risk assets rip if a deal materializes • Fed expected to hold at 3.5-3.75% — watch Powell's presser for forward guidance, BTC moves on tone not decisions • Anthropic locks up SpaceX's entire Colossus data center — 300+ MW, 220K GPUs, AI projected to hit 12% of national electricity demand • Maple AI: giving an AI agent full computer access is functionally installing a virus — building local AI with Bitcoin payments instead • Bitcoin Optech #403: binary fuse filters (6-80x speedups) and post-quantum HD wallets with SPHINCS fallback keys • C.S. Lewis on what you really lose when you lose a friend Get the full written brief with all links, sources, and on-chain data — subscribe free at tftc.io/bitcoin-brief