BPI Quarterly Report - Q2 2026
Read about the impact of our investigative AI influence report, how our research came up in two Congressional Armed Services hearings, the fight for developer protections in CLARITY, and much more in BPI's Q2 2026 quarterly report.
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Dear Friends:
Q2 was the strongest quarter in BPI’s history for earned media, capping an action-packed three months for the organization. A few highlights:
- Our investigative report into Chinese influence operations against American AI infrastructure prompted a public call from Senator Tom Cotton for a DOJ inquiry into the CCP’s connections to the campaign against data centers, put our researchers on national television, and was cited in a story on the front page of The New York Times.
- Under questioning citing BPI research at an Armed Services hearing, Admiral Samuel Paparo, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, revealed for the first time that the military is studying how Bitcoin can strengthen American cybersecurity and that his command runs a Bitcoin node.
- The CLARITY Act cleared the Senate Banking Committee with its developer-protection language — a key focus of BPI’s research and educational efforts this spring — intact.
- We launched a new program called “Satoshi Scholars” that provides weekly educational sessions for senior Congressional staffers to deepen their understanding of Bitcoin and open-source technology. Our inaugural cohort is underway with 11 Congressional staffers participating.
- Our research and education went international. In May, BPI leadership traveled to London for briefings at the House of Lords, the City of London, and at the headquarters of major political parties. In June, BPI was invited to Taiwan for briefings with its central bank, Legislative Yuan, and other government officials on its Bitcoin policy efforts.
Lastly, anonymous plaintiffs have filed a New York lawsuit seeking legal title to over 39,000 bitcoin addresses with 3.8 million bitcoin under the state’s lost-and-found property law on the sole basis that those coins have not moved on-chain. BPI has filed to intervene in this lawsuit as a defendant to protect its property rights in its long-term bitcoin holdings.
We head into Q3 with our flagship policy summit, this year called Freedom Tech DC, on September 22 and 23. We hope to see you there!
