# CIA AI, Bitcoin Quantum Defense, and Tether AI Toolkit | Bitcoin News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/cia-ai-bitcoin-quantum-defense-and-tether-ai-toolkit-bitcoin-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/cia-ai-bitcoin-quantum-defense-and-tether-ai-toolkit-bitcoin-news.md Podcast: [Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672) Published: 2026-04-10T17:11:12+00:00 Episode link: https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/bitcoin-and-/1312 Audio file: https://op3.dev/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.podhome.fm/episode/98d1b634-3ead-490c-ade3-08dc4d9e1446/6391143730499565123c9694a6-5f42-4d5e-a4ea-99cef3d28ffav1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/cia-ai-bitcoin-quantum-defense-and-tether-ai-toolkit-bitcoin-news Duration seconds: 3888 ## Resource Bitcoin news and bitcoin analysis update. Today I get into a new quantum defense proposal for Bitcoin and why imperfect ideas are still worth taking seriously, especially now that the usual fear cycle is back in full force. From there I move through AI payments, surveillance-state AI, market conditions, a fresh DeFi mess tied to World Liberty Financial, and one of the more interesting Tether moves in a while. This one leans into bitcoin technology, financial news, bitcoin investing, and the broader economics of bitcoin without losing sight of what actually matters to regular users.  Topics for today:   Bitcoin quantum defense proposal aims to improve quantum resistance without protocol changes   x402 introduces usage-based AI payments for compute requests   CIA plans AI co-workers for intelligence and counterspy workflows   Stacked launches a self-custodial Lightning wallet   Bitcoin markets, futures, mempool activity, and broader market context   World Liberty Financial takes a token-backed loan against its own asset   Tether launches a toolkit for local offline AI apps   Bhutan moves more bitcoin as tracked holdings continue to decline  Circle P:   Permanerd's Sats4Snacks   Freeze-dried fruits and herbs  Comfrey salve  Get 2.1% off with BitcoinAnd   https://sats4snacks.com/ https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqspqxs39j9dctnfuqqrz98lrswnddlumcrdsn28j689n824susmphcfxudsz Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, financial news, bitcoin technology, and markets: https://atlas21.com/bitcoin-qsb-proposal-offers-quantum-resistance-without-protocol-changes/ https://www.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph:be078b5aa094b:0-x402-protocol-adds-usage-based-pricing-for-ai-comp… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/cia-ai-bitcoin-quantum-defense-and-tether-ai-toolkit-bitcoin-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/cia-ai-bitcoin-quantum-defense-and-tether-ai-toolkit-bitcoin-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.