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 pushEl Salvador Bitcoin at fiveBlockstream Lightning swaps launchU.S. CPI falls to 3.4%Bitcoin miners compete with AIAI agent exploits gym APIXRP bridge drained for $200KHarmony attacker mints 4B ONEToday’s Articles covering bitcoin news, economic news, Bitcoin regulation, and technology:https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/regulators-push-pro-crypto-clarity-acthttps://cointelegraph.com/magazine/el-salvadors-bitcoin-experiment-turns-5-it-was-for-us-and-not-themhttps://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-expectedhttps://bitcoinmagazine.com/bitcoin-for-corporations/ai-hyperscalers-are-pricing-bitcoin-miners-off-the-grid-heres-why-its-a-massive-win-winhttps://decrypt.co/375358/ai-agent-hacks-gym-membership-tech-world-reactshttps://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/12/xrp-bridge-drained-for-usd200-000-after-software-mistook-fake-deposits-for-real-oneshttps://decrypt.co/375390/harmonys-one-sinks-37-after-attacker-mints-4-billion-tokens  Get Your Free Comfrey Owner's Manual Here:https://www.bitcoinandshow.com/the-comfrey-owners-manual-is-here/Help a Brother Out With 5 Star Reviews:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news/id1438789088Spotify Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dsTluNHIPNsXVRghpqxhYAmazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ef7d5b6-9137-439d-94eb-8071ec6bf890/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-newsYouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWaKxaQF5Q5WiTq80SBYs_7iLDtleV0rZFind the Bitcoin And Podcast on every podcast app here:https://episodes.fm/1438789088Find me on nostrnpub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd (npub)6389be6491e7b693e9f368ece88fcd145f07c068d2c1bbae4247b9b5ef439d32 (Hex)Twitter:https://twitter.com/DavidB84567StackerNews:stacker.news/NunyaBidnessPodcasting 2.0:fountain.fm/show/eK5XaSb3UaLRavU3lYrIApple Podcasts:tinyurl.com/unm35bjh Mastodon:https://noauthority.social/@NunyaBidnessSupport Bitcoin And . . . on Patreon: patreon.com/BitcoinAndPodcastFind Lightning Network Channel partners here:https://t.me/+bj-7w_ePsANlOGEx (Nodestrich)https://t.me/plebnet (Plebnet)Music by:Flutey Funk Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/