The $13 Billion Bitcoin Dispute: Decoding China's State-Hacking Accusation Against the US
China's cybersecurity agency has accused the United States of orchestrating a 2020 hack that stole 127,000 Bitcoin, now worth $13 billion, then seizing the coins under law enforcement pretenses. The US maintains it lawfully confiscated criminal proceeds. The conflicting accounts reveal deep fractures in international cyber attribution and digital asset sovereignty.
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The Caribbean Triad: How Venezuela’s Geography and Power Politics Could Ignite the Next Western Hemisphere Crisis
Venezuela’s 2025 power consolidation, U.S. sanctions strategy, and militarized signaling are compressing decision time across the Caribbean lanes, the Orinoco oil heartland, and the Guayana Esequiba frontier—creating a triad where economic coercion and geography intertwine to heighten crisis risk.
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