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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 & AnalysisCboe Files for First US 3x Leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETFs
Cboe asked the SEC to approve the first US-listed 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, a rule change that would triple daily crypto price exposure inside a…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCyberWallet Shuts Down: August 15 Deadline to Withdraw Funds
CyberWallet users have until August 15 to move crypto out before withdrawals become a manual smart contract recovery. Here is what changes and what to do. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJPMorgan Lifts Its BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Stake 25% in Q2 13F
JPMorgan disclosed a 25% increase in its BlackRock spot Bitcoin ETF position in its latest quarterly 13F filing, a sign banks keep buying regulated BTC…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump-Backed World Liberty Financial Wins US Bank Charter
US regulators approved a federal bank charter for World Liberty Financial, the Trump-linked crypto firm, opening a direct path into regulated banking. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBank Leumi Partners With Galaxy for In-App Crypto Trading
Israel's largest bank Bank Leumi will let customers trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana inside its Leumi Trade app from early 2027, powered by Galaxy. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFG Nexus Sells All 50,000+ ETH, Ends Treasury Bet in Under a Year
Nasdaq-listed FG Nexus liquidated its entire Ethereum position by June 30, closing an ETH treasury strategy that had peaked above 50,000 coins less than a year…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisForward Industries Adds 508K SOL in Q3, Total Nears 7 Million
Forward Industries added 508,618 SOL in Q3 through purchases and staking, lifting its Solana treasury toward 7 million tokens. Here is what the buildup…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNeutrl Pauses NUSD Redemptions Over Undisclosed Reserve Issue
Neutrl halted NUSD redemptions over an undisclosed reserve problem that a risk firm had already flagged as higher counterparty risk. What it means for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJPMorgan Debanked Polymarket, Now Eyes an Underwriting Role
JPMorgan cut banking ties with Polymarket last year over regulatory concerns yet kept a relationship and is weighing an underwriting role, per the FT. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWhite House to Host Crypto and Prediction Market Executives
The White House is set to convene crypto and prediction market executives next Wednesday, signaling closer policy engagement as the CLARITY Act stalls. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitwise Explores Tokenizing Its Solana Staking ETF With Superstate
Bitwise is working with Superstate to tokenize its BSOL Solana Staking ETF, putting a regulated staking product on-chain. Other funds may follow. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC's Tokenization Exemption Slips Again as Clarity Act Talks Drag
The SEC's tokenization innovation exemption is delayed further, reportedly tied to Congressional wrangling over the Clarity Act's tokenization section. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMSCI Weighs Cutting Strategy and Metaplanet From Global Indexes
MSCI is consulting on rules that could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its global equity indexes, threatening passive fund inflows into Bitcoin proxies…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBit Digital Pledges 74% of Staked ETH to a Loan With a 24-Hour Call
Bit Digital has pledged 74% of its staked Ethereum against a loan that can trigger a 24-hour collateral call, concentrating liquidation risk in one position…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRizon Reports 500K Installs and Reach Across 122 Countries
Rizon says its stablecoin spending app has passed 500,000 installs with 4-5x growth in 2026. Here is what the milestone means for cardholders. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHawaii to Ban Crypto ATMs Statewide From October 1
Hawaii will ban crypto ATMs and kiosks statewide from October 1, becoming the fourth US state to restrict the machines as scam losses mount. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTron Adds $1B in Stablecoins in a Week, 10x Any Other Chain
Tron's stablecoin supply grew by $1B in seven days, more than 10x the next chain, per Token Terminal. What the concentration means for on-chain payments. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Clears Franklin Templeton's On-Chain Money Fund for Fund Custody
The SEC's Division of Investment Management gave Franklin Templeton no-action relief to let registered funds hold its on-chain FOBXX money fund and use it as…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBank of England to Pilot Stablecoins and a Digital Pound in Trade Finance
The Bank of England will test stablecoin and digital pound settlement in cross-border trade finance, letting exporters get paid in stablecoins while importers…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Validator Outage Knocks 102 of 699 Nodes Offline
A Solana validator outage disrupted 102 of 699 nodes on August 13, 2026, but the network kept producing blocks and never halted. Here's what happened. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSecuritize Hits Record $4.3B Tokenized AUM, But Posts $21.7M Loss
Securitize's Q2 2026 report shows record $4.3B in average tokenized AUM and 147% higher transaction volume, yet revenue fell 5% and net loss hit $21.7M. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJPMorgan, Goldman Lead 40-Firm Wall Street Tokenized Asset Trial
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Invesco and Citadel Securities joined nearly 40 firms testing tokenized assets on blockchain in a live Wall Street trial, per…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia's $58K Retail Crypto Cap Is Per Broker, Not a Yearly Ceiling
Russia's proposed $58,000 retail crypto limit applies per broker, not as a blanket annual cap, a distinction that reshapes how much residents can legally…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBullish Posts ~$87M Revenue, Up Over 50% Year on Year
Bullish ($BLSH) reported quarterly revenue tracking near $87M before the open on August 13, up more than 50% from a year earlier as institutional derivatives…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto.com Puts U.S. Tokenized Stocks and ETFs in Its EEA App
Crypto.com now offers U.S. tokenized stocks and ETFs to European Economic Area users in-app, placing equities exposure next to card balances and crypto. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKuCoin Pay Teams With DCSPay to Push Stablecoin Spending Into Stores
KuCoin Pay has partnered with DCSPay to let users spend stablecoins via QR at online and offline merchants, with 24/7 settlement across 190+ countries. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy Publishes a Public Bitcoin Credit Model for Its $53B Stack
Michael Saylor's Strategy released a public Bitcoin credit model showing credit spreads, undercollateralization risk and BTC floor prices across its $53B…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAmundi Lifts MicroStrategy Stake 148% in Bitcoin Proxy Bet
Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager with $2.9T under management, raised its MicroStrategy holdings 148% to 1.32M shares, a leveraged proxy for Bitcoin. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBrazil's Largest Private Bank Itau Pilots Tokenized Bonds
Itau, Latin America's biggest private bank, joined an ANBIMA-led pilot with OpenAssets to tokenize fixed-income securities on public blockchain rails in…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHarmony Hit by Unauthorized Mint of 4 Billion ONE Tokens
Harmony, the Layer 1 behind the ONE token, was exploited in an unauthorized mint of 4 billion ONE, reviving old questions about its bridge and validator…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisXRP Bridge Drained for $200K After Faking Deposits
An XRP cross-chain bridge lost about $200,000 after its software counted spoofed deposits as real ones, letting an attacker mint and withdraw funds it never…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBank of Russia Proposes Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT Trading on Regulated Exchanges
Russia's central bank proposed letting Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT trade on regulated exchanges, a reversal after the country's new crypto law passed. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOCC Backs Digital Asset Bank Charters as New Path Opens
The OCC is pushing to revive new bank chartering and explicitly backing digital asset firms, a shift that could give crypto companies a federal on-ramp. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMoneyGram Brings Its Cash On-Ramp to Solana in Single-API Deal
MoneyGram expanded its Ramps service to Solana, giving developers one API to move fiat in and out of crypto across its global cash network. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC and CFTC Sue Goliath Ventures Over $400M Crypto Ponzi
The SEC and CFTC filed parallel suits against Goliath Ventures and founder Christopher Delgado over an alleged $400M crypto Ponzi that promised liquidity-pool…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKuCoin Adds ISO 22301 Business Continuity Certification
KuCoin says it earned ISO 22301:2019 business continuity certification, adding to its ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II credentials. What it means for KuCard users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase Gets ADGM Permission for Its Tokenized Securities Hub
Coinbase received ADGM financial-services permission covering the arranging of investment deals and custody for its tokenized-securities hub. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCLARITY Act Now a Bipartisan Package, Coinbase Policy Chief Says
Coinbase policy chief Faryar Shirzad says the CLARITY Act has become a bipartisan crypto market structure bill with hundreds of Democratic amendments. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin BIP-110 Fork Stalls at Just 2 Blocks Since Saturday
A Bitcoin hard fork built on BIP-110 has produced only 2 blocks since Saturday while the main chain added about 300, exposing a chain with almost no hashrate…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisColdcard Thieves Move 83% of Stolen Bitcoin Into Just 5 Wallets
Forensic data shows the top five addresses now hold nearly 83% of the bitcoin stolen in the Coldcard hack, a concentration that could shape recovery odds. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRavencoin Consensus Bug Puts Network at Risk of Deep Reorg
Ravencoin flagged a critical consensus bug that could trigger a deep chain reorganization, a reminder of how fragile smaller proof-of-work networks can be…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlackRock Canada Launches Bitcoin ETF With 3% Allocation on the TSX
BlackRock Canada listed a new ETF on the Toronto Stock Exchange that holds a 3% Bitcoin sleeve alongside global equities. Here is what the structure means for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAnthropic Strikes $9.1B Cloud Deal With Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms
Anthropic signed a reported $9.1 billion cloud deal with Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms, deepening the pivot from hashing to AI compute as BTC trades near…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Weighs Tailored Offering Rules for Crypto Investment Contracts
The SEC will meet Friday to consider a tailored offering regime for crypto investment contracts, a shift from enforcement toward written rules for token sales…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGrayscale's $1.1B Staking Machine Turns Rewards Into Cash Payouts
Grayscale's ETHE, GSOL and GAVA funds must sell staking rewards at least quarterly, turning $1.1B in staked crypto into recurring cash distributions for ETF…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJupiter Lend v2 Lets Borrowed Assets Earn Solana Trading Fees
Jupiter launched Lend v2 on Solana, letting supplied and borrowed assets both earn DEX trading fees. Here is what changes for lending economics on Solana. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHedge Funds Flip Net Long on CME Bitcoin Futures After Years of Shorting
Hedge funds on CME have flipped to net long Bitcoin futures for the first time in years, per CryptoQuant's CEO. What the rare positioning shift signals. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMastercard Buys Stablecoin Firm BVNK for $1.8 Billion
Mastercard acquired stablecoin payments company BVNK for $1.8 billion, moving to own the settlement rails instead of routing around them. What the deal…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUK FCA Prepares Rules for Tokenized Gold to Defend London Bullion
The UK's FCA is drafting a regulatory framework for tokenized gold to protect London's bullion trade as China's onchain gold market expands, per FT reporting…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSpot ETF Inflows Top $1.3B in a Week as BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP All Gain
US spot crypto ETFs pulled in over $1.3B last week, led by $853.54M into Bitcoin and $244.94M into Ether, with Solana and XRP funds also net positive. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNYSE Is Building an Onchain Settlement Platform for Tokenized Securities
NYSE President Lynn Martin says the exchange is developing native onchain settlement for tokenized securities, a structural shift for how US markets clear…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEsper Calls the CLARITY Act a National Security Priority
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says passing the CLARITY Act is a national security matter, reframing US crypto rules as a contest over dollar stablecoins…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWorld Liberty Financial Took $100M From a Money-Laundering Suspect
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial received $100M from Guren 'Bobby' Zhou, a businessman under money-laundering investigation, per a New York Times report…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCommunity Bankers, Not Crypto Lobby, Stall the CLARITY Act
The CLARITY Act has stalled again in the Senate, and the resistance is coming from community bankers worried about deposits, not the usual crypto skeptics…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGrayscale Pulls Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot ETF Filings
Grayscale withdrew S-1 registrations for its Cardano, Hedera and Polkadot spot ETFs on August 7, 2026, filing all three Form RW requests within minutes. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia's Cold Wallet Rush: Hardware Sales Jump 107% Before Putin's Crypto Law
Hardware wallet sales in Russia jumped 107% as users move to self-custody ahead of a new crypto law, per Cointelegraph. Regulation is pushing coins off…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWall Street's $7B in Tokenized Funds Sends Under 1% Into DeFi
BlackRock, Circle, and Franklin Templeton hold $7.23B in tokenized funds, but only $49.7M (0.69%) has reached DeFi. Q2 2026's record 99 hacks help explain why…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEmpery Sells 1,635 BTC in Weeks as Its 'Never Sell' Reserve Drops 76%
Empery offloaded 1,635 BTC for $102.2M in just over a month, cutting its unrestricted Bitcoin to 325 coins and testing the limits of the never-sell treasury…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto's Dot-Com Shakeout: 100+ Projects Fold in 2026
More than 100 crypto projects have shut down in 2026 in a dot-com-style washout. Here is what the failures mean for anyone holding funds on a platform. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBTCPay Restricts Remote Lightning Access After LND Nodes Drained
BTCPay Server cut off remote Lightning access after attackers exploited a vulnerability to drain funds from LND nodes. Here is what merchants need to check…