Admiral Samuel Paparo, a four-star military officer, just confirmed that the US Army operates a Bitcoin node, conducting operational tests to secure networks via the BTC protocol, as reported by Bitcoin Magazine.

This revelation hits as institutional adoption surges, echoing moves by entities like RAVE in decentralized finance over the past six months, potentially accelerating Bitcoin integration into critical infrastructure and influencing BTC price prediction models amid rising crypto market volatility.

Zooming into the 4-hour chart, Bitcoin trades at $78921.41 within a bullish structure, hugging the upper Bollinger Band resistance at $79184.24 while the RSI at 66.48 stays neutral but edges toward overbought territory. With MACD flashing a golden cross at 849.86, signaling strong upward momentum, price finds confluence above the EMA50 support of $75530.5 and EMA200 at $72484.94; expect a tactical pullback to that 50-EMA level before bulls reload for a push beyond recent highs, especially if military nods like this fuel fresh capital inflows.