Wu said to have learned that, according to Galaxy Digital research director Alex Thorn, the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, four-star General Samuel Paparo, stated at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that Bitcoin is a "valuable computer science tool," and described it as a peer-to-peer, zero-trust value transfer system that helps support U.S. national interests. The above statement was made in response to a question from Senator Tommy Tuberville.