# The Safe of Hormuz | Bitcoin News Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/the-safe-of-hormuz-bitcoin-news Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/the-safe-of-hormuz-bitcoin-news.md Podcast: [Bitcoin And | Bitcoin & Economic News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672) Published: 2026-05-18T17:21:32+00:00 Episode link: https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/bitcoin-and-/1340 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-ade3-08dc4d9e1446/6391472124113347025c62f18e-63e0-4057-a07c-c98728d3be42v1.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/the-safe-of-hormuz-bitcoin-news Duration seconds: 4003 ## Resource   Bitcoin news and economic news update. Today I cover Iran reportedly considering a Strait of Hormuz insurance platform paid in bitcoin, a Claude Mythos AI exploit against Apple M5 protections, the CLARITY Act stablecoin yield compromise, Strategy’s latest $2 billion bitcoin buy, Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala raising its bitcoin ETF stake, Bitcoin Depot filing for Chapter 11, and ChatGPT’s new bank account connection through Plaid. This episode touches on bitcoin regulation, financial news, bitcoin technology, and the broader economics of bitcoin. Topics for today:   Iran weighs Bitcoin payments for Strait of Hormuz shipping insurance   Claude Mythos helps build an Apple M5 exploit in under a week   Bernstein says the CLARITY Act compromise strengthens Circle’s edge   Nostr infrastructure update from Ditto   Global markets, Bitcoin price, fees, and mempool check   Strategy adds another massive bitcoin purchase   Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala raises its bitcoin ETF stake   Bitcoin Depot files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy   ChatGPT adds bank account access through Plaid  Circle P:   Galaxy Mind   Galaxy Mind (galaxymind.space) is a free set of Bitcoin tools. No accounts, no KYC, no tracking. The core of it is a community-submitted directory of 100+ merchants in around 19 countries who take bitcoin for physical goods, so the focus is on spending sats, not just stacking. It also has a buying gauge that reads ten market signals to answer whether now is a decent time to buy, with a seven-day forecast. A float tracker that estimates how much BTC is realistically still available to buy. A scoreboard comparing the Bitcoin treasury companies like Strategy, Metaplanet, Twenty One and Strive… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bitcoin-and-bitcoin-economic-news-869672/episodes/the-safe-of-hormuz-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/the-safe-of-hormuz-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.