Episode Details

Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover five years of El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment, the latest push for crypto market structure rules under the CLARITY Act, U.S. inflation falling to 3.4%, and Blockstream launching trustless swaps between Bitcoin’s mainchain and Lightning Network. I also get into Bitcoin miners competing with AI hyperscalers for power, an autonomous AI agent exploiting a gym booking system, and two more reminders that bridges and altcoins remain excellent places to discover new ways to lose money.


Topics for today:

• CLARITY Act regulatory push
• El Salvador Bitcoin at five
• Blockstream Lightning swaps launch
• U.S. CPI falls to 3.4%
• Bitcoin miners compete with AI
• AI agent exploits gym API
• XRP bridge drained for $200K
• Harmony attacker mints 4B ONE

Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, economic news, Bitcoin regulation, and technology:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/regulators-push-pro-crypto-clarity-act
https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/el-salvadors-bitcoin-experiment-turns-5-it-was-for-us-and-not-them
https://atlas21.com/blockstream-launches-trustless-swap-service-between-lightning-and-mainchain/
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/12/u-s-cpi-inflation-edges-lower-to-3-4-as-expected
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/bitcoin-for-corporations/ai-hyperscalers-are-pricing-bitcoin-miners-off-the-grid-heres-why-its-a-massive-win-win
https://decrypt.co/375358/ai-agent-hacks-gym-membership-tech-world-reacts
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/12/xrp-bridge-drained-for-usd200-000-after-software-mistook-fake-deposits-for-real-ones
https://decrypt.co/375390/harmonys-one-sinks-37-after-attacker-mints-4-billion-tokens 

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