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Bitcoin activity spikes coincide with foreign aid payouts

Original: There's a spike in Bitcoin activity around the time foreign aid money goes out

A claim circulating online suggests Bitcoin transaction activity reliably spikes at around the same time foreign aid disbursements are made, prompting speculation that aid money may be quickly converted into cryptocurrency. Commenters are debating whether the timing points to leakage of aid funds or is a coincidence. No official confirmation of any connection has been reported.

Why now: People are discussing the striking statistical correlation between aid disbursement timing and Bitcoin volume and what it might imply about misuse of aid money.

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