# A Wrenching Development | Bitcoin News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/a-wrenching-development-bitcoin-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/a-wrenching-development-bitcoin-news.md Podcast: [Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672) Published: 2026-08-17T16:52:44+00:00 Episode link: https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/bitcoin-and-/1405 Audio file: https://op3.dev/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.podhome.fm/episode/98d1b634-3ead-490c-ade3-08dc4d9e1446/639225818138325854ebbfbb8c-c978-4aee-b1a5-a4beed955d97.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/a-wrenching-development-bitcoin-news Duration seconds: 3639 ## Resource   Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover the growing threat of wrench attacks against Bitcoin holders, Binance customer data reportedly used by Russian authorities, new institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings from Edelman Financial, Goldman Sachs on September interest rates, and Strategy’s latest balance-sheet moves. I also get into crypto-stealing malware, California’s proposed restrictions on AI therapy chatbots, and Harmony’s plan to roll back more than 109,000 transactions after an exploit. Topics for today:    Bitcoin Wrench Attack Risks   Binance Customer Data in Russia   Edelman Financial Adds Bitcoin ETFs   Goldman Sachs on Fed Rates   Strategy Builds Dollar Reserves   Odyssey Downloads Hide Wallet Malware   California Targets AI Therapy Bots   Harmony Plans Blockchain Rollback  Circle P Permanerd's Sats4Snacks Freeze Dried Fruits and Herbs Comfrey Salve 2.1% off with BitcoinAnd https://sats4snacks.com/ Today’s Articles covering bitcoin news, economic news, security, and markets: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/bitcoiners-warned-of-wrench-attacks https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-russia-client-data-used-ukraine-case-report https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/edelman-financial-reveals-bitcoin-positio https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/17/september-fed-interest-rate-increase-is-very-unlikely-goldman-sachs-says https://decrypt.co/375747/pirated-copies-odyssey-hiding-crypto-stealing-malware https://decrypt.co/375725/california-bill-ban-ai-chatbots-therapy-mental-health https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/08/17/no-change-in-bitcoin-holdings-as-strategy-lifted-dollar-reserve-and-bought-back-more-strc-last-week https://cointelegraph.com/news/harmony-plans-roll… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/a-wrenching-development-bitcoin-news/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/a-wrenching-development-bitcoin-news.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.