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US admiral who blasted crypto is now running a Bitcoin node for America’s security

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Admiral Samuel Paparo appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Apr. 21 for a posture review for the US Indo-Pacific Command ahead of the fiscal year 2027 defense request. Paparo reportedly disclosed that INDOPACOM is running a Bitcoin node and treating the protocol's architecture as operationally relevant for securing networks and projecting power. In […] The post US admiral who blasted crypto is now running a Bitcoin node for America’s security appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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