New Special Assistant to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Bringing Bitcoin Expertise

Jason Lowery, former Deputy Director of Technology & Innovation at the U.S. Space Force and author of "Softwar," was named Special Assistant to the Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, a role he announced in August 2025. The article's correction notes that an earlier version wrongly dated the appointment to April 2026. At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Admiral Samuel Paparo mentioned Bitcoin positively as a tool for "power projection," a term Lowery popularized in his work on Bitcoin. The article links this to a report that Iran would accept Bitcoin for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, which it describes as not yet realized.