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Shin Bet and the Israeli police kicked off the weekend with a bang by nabbing a Tel Aviv resident, age 27, on suspicion of spying for Iran for—wait for it—cryptocurrency. You can’t make this stuff up. Crypto! Was the Mossad accountant on vacation? Supposedly, the guy raked in thousands for a little freelance espionage, like it’s Fiverr, except the gigs are all “spy on your neighbors.”

Lest you clutch your pearls over financial recklessness, rest easy: the $10 million set aside for this little crypto soirée represents less than the cost of a single armadillo-themed barbecue (or, if one must be precise, about 0.0004% of the budget). Nevertheless, it seems destined to make ripples. The move is, to paraphrase our blockchain baron Lee Bratcher, more a declaration of digital intention than a severe flirtation with bankruptcy.