According to BroadChain, at 06:16 on April 23, as reported by Decrypt, Admiral John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, recently revealed that the U.S. government is operating a Bitcoin node but is not involved in Bitcoin mining. He stated that this move aims to study how Bitcoin's underlying technology can be used for "protecting and defending networks." Fortune magazine reported that Aquilino's remarks indicate the U.S. military is exploring the application of Bitcoin's blockchain technology in the fields of cybersecurity and communications.
This development reflects that, despite the U.S. government's cautious regulatory stance towards the cryptocurrency market, it maintains a high level of attention to the potential strategic value of blockchain technology.