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title: "Digits: The CIA’s gym, anonymous donors, and more"
description: "Plus: Bitcoin’s energy dip, and an X-wing Fighter model purchase."
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# [Digits: The CIA’s gym, anonymous donors, and more](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/news/06272022-digits)

 Written by [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/news/author/jacob-cohen) | Jun 27, 2022 6:40:43 AM

**1)** The CIA headquarters got a new gym that may have cost [**an** **estimated** **$15m-$25m**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-refuge-for-spies-opens-at-cia-headquarters-11656158400?mod=hp_listb_pos2). The “Langley Field House” was built on a parking lot, and an internal naming contest saw proposals like “Where The Parking Used to Be” and “Super Secret Spy Gym.”

**2) **Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned his Nobel Peace Prize to an anonymous buyer [**for a record $103.5m**](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/21/nobel-sold-for-ukrainian-kids-shatters-record-at-103point5-million.html) to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. Anonymous auctions always remind us of [this](https://youtu.be/ZAKrb9b4s28?t=101) “Curb Your Enthusiasm” scene.

**3) **As the price of Bitcoin has nose-dived, so has its energy usage. Between June 8 and June 25, Bitcoin’s annualized energy consumption dropped from [**204.5 to 132.87 terawatt-hours**](https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption). That new value reportedly equates to the annual power consumption of Argentina.

**4) **Disney, Apple, and Amazon all submitted bids — expected to be [**upwards of $2B**](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/24/disney-apple-and-amazon-keep-waiting-as-nfl-considers-sunday-ticket-offers.html) — for the rights to the NFL’s Sunday Ticket package, which lets viewers watch live games from outside their region. The NFL was hoping for $3B bids, but that’s reportedly unlikely.

**5) **A ~2-foot-long hyperrealistic X-wing Fighter model used in fight scenes throughout *Star Wars: A New Hope *[**auctioned off for $2.3m**](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-wars-x-wing-model-sells-over-2-million-at-auction-1235169744/) last week, after being expected to sell for $500k-$1m. Here’s [a clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIMusVi5Gfk) about it.

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