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SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis
Listen to the SpendNode podcast for narrated crypto audio news and analysis on policy, stablecoins, payments, market structure, and crypto cards.
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SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWisdomTree's Tokenized AUM Nears $1.3B, Up 65% This Year
WisdomTree says its tokenized assets under management are approaching $1.3 billion, up 65% year-to-date, as a traditional asset manager scales on-chain funds…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRipple Brings Stripe-Owned Privy Wallets and AI Payments to the XRP Ledger
Ripple is integrating Stripe-owned Privy embedded wallets into the XRP Ledger as on-chain AI agent payments cross 14 million. Here is what it means. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana's Alpenglow Upgrade Goes Live Oct. 21 With Faster Finality
Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade reaches mainnet-beta on Oct. 21, cutting transaction finality times. Here is what the change means for payments and DeFi…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoins.ph Faces BSP Action That Could Revoke Its License
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has frozen deposits at Coins.ph over alleged gambling-firm ties, with license revocation on the table for the market leader…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJPMorgan: $50 Billion Flowed Into Bitcoin and Digital Assets in 2026
JPMorgan analysts estimate about $50 billion has moved into Bitcoin and digital assets so far in 2026, a figure that frames how deep institutional money now…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMetaplanet's $329M Raise: Bitcoin Bet Backfires After 90% Crash
Metaplanet plans a $329M bond raise, with $149M to repay Bitcoin-backed debt and up to $179M for buybacks, after its stock fell nearly 90% from its peak. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSberbank Joins Bank of Russia's Crypto Exchange Register
Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has been added to the Bank of Russia's crypto exchange register, a signal that regulated digital-asset trading is moving…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBNY and Citadel Securities Settle a Financing Deal on Blockchain
BNY and Citadel Securities completed a blockchain-based financing transaction using tokenized U.S. Treasuries, a sign on-chain settlement is reaching Wall…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitwise Winds Down Its Dogecoin ETF as Form 25 Confirms Delisting
Bitwise filed SEC Form 25 to delist its Dogecoin ETF after assets fell from $2.5M to about $725K. Final trading is October 14, with cash payouts near October…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStarknet Launches Shadow Accounts: Private Trading on Public DeFi
Starknet's new Shadow Accounts let users transact on public DeFi with confidential links to their main wallets. The first integration goes live this week. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHester Peirce Exits SEC, Thinning the Agency's Pro-Crypto Bench
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, the 'Crypto Mom' known for pushing clearer digital-asset rules, has departed, leaving the agency with two commissioners. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Korea Blocks 27 Crypto Exchanges Including KuCoin and MEXC
South Korea's regulator has moved to block website access to 27 crypto exchanges, including KuCoin, MEXC and BingX, over unregistered operations. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNexo Cuts BTC Entry for Zero-Interest Credit by 10x
Nexo dropped the Bitcoin collateral threshold for its zero-interest credit line by 10x, opening borrow-against-BTC to smaller holders. Details and the risks…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia's Moscow Exchange Opens Bitcoin to 40 Million Retail Clients
Moscow Stock Exchange will let its 40.1 million clients invest in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine reported on October 12, 2026. Here is what it means for access…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEverNorth Becomes First Publicly Listed XRP Treasury Company
EverNorth began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker XRPN on Oct. 12, 2026, holding about 473 million XRP, making it the first publicly listed XRP treasury firm…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy Adds 250 BTC While Spending $192M on STRC Buybacks
Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 250 BTC for $21.5M and repurchased $192M of STRC stock, pushing its treasury to 848,250 BTC as of October 12, 2026. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis3iQ Wins In-Principle Abu Dhabi License, Deepens Gulf Push
3iQ's UAE arm has secured in-principle approval for a Category 4 license from Abu Dhabi's FSRA, extending the Canadian digital asset manager's Gulf expansion…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFrance Panel Backs Reporting Rule for Crypto Wallets Over 100,000 Euros
A French parliamentary committee adopted an amendment forcing disclosure of self-custodied crypto above 100,000 euros, with fines up to 10,000 euros. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAfter FTX, Genesis Digital Assets Fuel an 800M Euro AI Fund
SWI Group raised 800 million euros to build AI data centers after taking control of Genesis Digital Assets, a mining operation tied to the FTX collapse. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTwo Positions Hold 97% of Aave Arc's syrupUSDC Near Liquidation
Two borrowers account for about 97% of supplied syrupUSDC in Aave's institutional Arc market, sitting at health factors just above 1.0, per CryptoSlate. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Floats Merit-Based Private Market Access, Coinbase CEO Cheers
The SEC is proposing merit-based access to private markets, and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called it a huge step. Here is what the proposal signals and its…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUnpatched LDK Lightning Apps Can Lose Forwarded Bitcoin to a Reconnect Lie
A reconnect flaw in the Lightning Development Kit lets a malicious peer steal forwarded Bitcoin from unpatched apps. Patches v0.2.7 and v0.1.13 close the hole…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKyrgyzstan Orders Liquidation of Its Gold-Backed Stablecoin Issuer
Kyrgyzstan has ordered the state-owned issuer of its gold-backed stablecoin into liquidation, the formal end of a sovereign token effort after UK sanctions…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisColdcard's X Account Hijacked to Push a Wallet Phishing Scam
Coldcard's official X account was compromised and used to post a phishing scam dressed up as an urgent wallet security warning. Here is what hardware wallet…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisiPhone Spyware P7 DarkSword Harvests imToken Wallet Data
iVerify says P7 DarkSword spyware scans compromised iPhones for crypto wallets and pulls imToken data, Keychain passwords, and Apple Notes every 15 seconds…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOKX Raises at $25B Valuation, Backed by Circle and Ripple
OKX secured new funding at a $25 billion valuation with backing from Circle, Ripple, and Standard Chartered's SC Ventures, per Coin Bureau on Oct. 11, 2026…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLedger Confirms Hidden Hardware Implant Tied to $93.4M in Thefts
Ledger confirmed an unauthorized implant inside a customer's wallet as losses near $93.4M, pointing to a supply-chain attack through reseller CryptoBilis. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Chair: US Must Lead on Crypto or Cede It to Adversaries
CFTC Chair Michael Selig says US crypto leadership is a national priority, warning that failing to lead means handing the sector to rival nations. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFrance Moves to Tax Crypto Holders Who Leave With Over 800,000 Euros
France is advancing an exit tax that would apply to crypto holders relocating abroad with more than 800,000 euros in assets, adding to Europe's tightening tax…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisChina Calls for a National Blockchain Network as Economic Strategy
Beijing has called for building a national blockchain network as part of its economic strategy, a notable move from a country that still bans crypto trading…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVisa: Half of Asia-Pacific Plans Stablecoin Use, 41% Misread Them
Visa research shows nearly half of Asia-Pacific consumers plan to use stablecoins within five years, yet 41% wrongly believe they always rise in value. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisXRP Ledger Patches Decade-Old Bug That Could Have Minted Unlimited XRP
A decade-old XRP Ledger vulnerability that could have created XRP from nothing was quietly patched. Here is what the fix means for holders and payment users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHyperliquid Crosses $1.4B in Cumulative Protocol Revenue
Hyperliquid's cumulative protocol revenue has passed $1.4 billion, with more than $1.26 billion routed into operations and buybacks, per WuBlockchain data…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolid Launches Euro Cards With Zero FX Fees on EUR Spending
Solid turned on euro-denominated cards for EU spending with no FX fees. Fund with EURC, or hold soUSD and enable Credit mode. Here is what changes for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Halves Block Times in Final 200-Millisecond Upgrade
Solana is cutting block times in half to 200 milliseconds in the final step of its Alpenglow throughput roadmap. Here is what faster blocks change for users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis6.26 Million Bitcoin Sit in Quantum-Exposed Addresses, Glassnode Says
Glassnode estimates roughly 6.26 million BTC hold public keys already visible on-chain, the slice most exposed to a future quantum attack. Here is what that…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEther Liquidations Hit 6x Bitcoin's Rate in a $1 Billion Crypto Flush
A $1 billion deleveraging event wiped out Ether derivatives traders at six times Bitcoin's liquidation rate, exposing how much leverage sat on ETH. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase Wins CFTC Clearing License, Opens US Derivatives Access
Coinbase secured a CFTC derivatives clearing license and routed US traders into global liquidity through Deribit. Here is what changes and what does not. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisThailand Finalizes Rules for Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, Live Next Week
Thailand finalized rules letting Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs trade on the Stock Exchange of Thailand from next week, a major institutional step for Southeast…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIMF: More Than Half of Tokenized Stock Trades Happen Off-Hours
An IMF study found most tokenized stock trading now happens when Wall Street is closed, a signal that blockchain rails are pulling equity activity off the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAbstract Sets Dec. 15 Shutdown, Raising Asset-Access Questions
Abstract set a Dec. 15 shutdown date. CryptoSlate reports holders may keep signing rights while losing the services needed to actually move assets out. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBinance Cuts 8 Services and Delists 22 Tokens in Brazil
Binance will restrict eight services and delist 22 tokens in Brazil to meet new local rules, a sign of tighter friction between exchanges and emerging-market…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGreece Drafts a 10% Crypto Tax With a 500 Euro Exemption
Greece published a draft bill to tax crypto profits at 10%, with annual gains up to 500 euros exempt. What the rate and threshold mean for Greek holders. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Government Moves $1.01B in Bitcoin From the Bitfinex Hack
A US government-linked wallet shifted 12,267 BTC worth $1.01B tied to the 2016 Bitfinex hack. No exchange deposit, pointing to a reshuffle, not a sale. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUranium Finance Hacker Convicted on All Counts in $50M DeFi Case
A Manhattan jury convicted Jonathan Spalletta of computer fraud and money laundering over two 2021 Uranium Finance exploits that drained more than $50M. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisESMA Orders EU Platforms to Drop Unauthorized Stablecoins by January
ESMA told EU crypto platforms to stop offering non-MiCA stablecoins like USDT and PYUSD by January 8, 2027, leaving only exit services for existing holders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisA $1,000 MetaMask Exit Could Jam $5B in Ethereum Staking
MetaMask pulled 565,056 ETH from validators after a $923 block-tip incident. If that cohort restakes into a 1.4M ETH backlog, the queue could swell past $5B…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKyrgyzstan Scraps State-Backed Stablecoin After UK Sanctions
Kyrgyzstan has ended its state-backed stablecoin project months after UK sanctions, a case study in how enforcement can unwind a government crypto plan. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMoody's Issues First-Ever Credit Rating to a Stablecoin Protocol
Moody's assigned Sky Protocol a B3 issuer rating with a stable outlook, the agency's first credit rating on any stablecoin protocol. Here is what it means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSamsung Brings Solana Stablecoins to 82 Million US Devices
Samsung is partnering with Solana to enable stablecoin transactions inside Samsung Wallet across 82 million US devices, pushing crypto payments into mainstream…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLido Unveils Morpho-Based Lending Market for Looping Strategies
Lido contributors unveiled Lido Lend, a lending market built on a modified Morpho Blue fork for looping borrowers and conservative lenders, pending a DAO vote…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRipple Emerges as a Wall Street Rival in Cross-Border Payments
A WSJ report says Ripple is becoming a direct competitor to Wall Street banks for cross-border settlement. XRP traded at $1.42 as of October 8, 2026. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether Signs Kazakhstan Central Bank Deal for Tenge Stablecoin
Tether signed an MOU with Kazakhstan's central bank to explore a tenge-backed stablecoin and an asset tokenization framework, per CoinDesk. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Chair Says Only Regulated US Exchanges Can Offer Leverage
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig says only federally regulated crypto exchanges will offer leverage under proposed rules, and the 100x available offshore stays…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCardano Lets Token Issuers Freeze, Seize and Restrict Assets
Cardano added issuer controls that let token creators freeze, seize and restrict assets onchain, aligning with stablecoin compliance rules and reopening the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Drops Below $84K as a 10-Minute Liquidation Cascade Hits
Bitcoin fell under $84,000 on October 7, 2026, triggering $360M in long liquidations in 10 minutes. Here is what the leverage flush means for traders. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin.de Stays Offline After Germany Rejects MiCA License
Germany's BaFin rejected Bitcoin.de's MiCA authorization, keeping one of the country's oldest crypto exchanges offline since June. What the rejection signals…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Government Moves $103M in Bitcoin and BNB to Unlabeled Wallets
US government wallets shifted 833 BTC and 40,285 BNB, worth over $103M, to unlabeled addresses in nine hours, per Arkham. Here is what the move tells us. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSecuritize and LG CNS Bring Tokenized Assets to South Korean Banks
Securitize is teaming with LG CNS to put tokenized funds, stocks, and stablecoins in front of South Korean financial institutions. SECZ shares rose nearly 8%…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Africa's FNB Lets Customers Buy Crypto for R10 via VALR
FNB, one of South Africa's largest banks, now offers BTC, ETH, XRP, SOL and USDT buys from R10 through its share-trading app in a VALR partnership. Read the…