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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 & AnalysisTuyo Says It Has Paid 10% of Every Card Purchase Since Launch
Tuyo says it has covered 10% of every purchase on its card since launch, a subsidy now surfaced in the app's live feed. Here is what it means for cardholders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisZcash Co-Founder Floats Ending Bitcoin's 21M Cap for 4% Inflation
A Zcash co-founder suggested Bitcoin drop its fixed 21 million supply cap and issue 4% new coins a year. The idea cuts against Bitcoin's core promise. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKenya's Market Regulator Seeks Blockchain Analytics to Track Crypto
Kenya's Capital Markets Authority is shopping for a blockchain analytics platform to trace Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 20+ networks for fraud and sanctions checks…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin and Ethereum Exchange Supplies Hit Multi-Year Lows
Bitcoin's exchange supply is at its lowest since 2017 and Ethereum's since 2015, per Santiment. Here is what the tightening float means for holders. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRWA Perps Top $100B in June Volume for the First Time
Real-world asset perpetuals cleared $100B in June, a record month per DefiLlama. Here is what the milestone says about tokenized collateral in DeFi. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAptos Flaw Could Have Exposed $70B, Ethical Hackers Report
Two ethical hackers say they found a critical Aptos vulnerability that could have put $70 billion in on-chain value at risk. Here is what the disclosure means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia Advances Its Crypto Bill to a Second Reading in Parliament
Russia's Financial Market Committee approved the final text of its crypto bill, sending it to a State Duma second reading. Here is what it changes for users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Charges North Carolina Crypto Pool Operator in $14M Ponzi Case
The CFTC charged a North Carolina commodity and crypto pool operator with a Ponzi-like fraud that took more than $14M from investors. Here is what it signals…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Readies a Crypto Safe Harbor Proposal as Early as This Month
The SEC is preparing a crypto safe harbor proposal that could arrive as early as July 2026, offering DeFi, staking, and token projects a defined compliance…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSaylor Says MSTR's Bitcoin Breakeven ARR Is Widely Misread
Michael Saylor argues the market misunderstands Strategy's Bitcoin breakeven ARR, saying the metric collapses if BTC keeps appreciating. Here is what it means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTokenized Equities Hit Record $3.86B in June Volume, SpaceX Leads
Tokenized equities set a record $3.86B in June trading volume, with SpaceX tokens leading the pack. On-chain stock trading is scaling faster than expected…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEuro Stablecoins Jump 128% to $673.9M as MiCA Rules Bite
MiCA-compliant euro stablecoins grew 128% in market cap to $673.9M over the past year, CoinMarketCap data shows, as Europe's licensing regime reshapes spending…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGalaxy Digital Energizes 133 MW at Helios for CoreWeave's AI Buildout
Galaxy Digital says it delivered 133 MW of critical IT load to CoreWeave at Helios, finishing Phase I of turning a former Bitcoin mining site into an AI data…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthereum Developers Back 'Lean Ethereum' but Want It Faster Than 4 Years
Core Ethereum developers support Vitalik Buterin's Lean Ethereum roadmap but argue the 3-4 year timeline for STARKs and quantum safety should be compressed…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNew Hampshire Weighs a $100M Bitcoin-Backed Municipal Bond
New Hampshire's Governor and Executive Council hold a hearing on July 8 over a $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond, a first for a US state. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVanguard Posts Its First-Ever Head of Digital Assets Job
Vanguard, the $11T asset manager that spent years refusing crypto, has posted its first Head of Digital Assets role. Here is what the hire signals for retail…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisChina Overtakes the US With 38% of Global Fintech Patent Filings
China now accounts for 38% of global fintech patent filings after a 10-fold jump in a decade, overtaking the US, per a Nikkei report. The rails race is on…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBonkDAO Loses $20M as Attacker Buys $4M of Votes and Drains the Treasury
An attacker bought $4M of BONK, pushed a malicious proposal through BonkDAO's token-weighted vote, and drained $20M from the treasury. The vote was valid. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFormer Tether CIO Hires PJT Partners to Sell Part of His 1.26% Stake
Richard Heathcote, Tether's ex-CIO, is working with PJT Partners to sell part of his 1.26% stake. At the $500B valuation Tether floated, that slice is worth…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOobit Adds Direct Litecoin-to-Bank Transfers, No Swap Step Required
Oobit users can now send Litecoin straight to a bank account with no stablecoin or fiat conversion step first. Fees and country coverage are not yet published…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWhite House Says It Is Structuring the Bitcoin Reserve. Two Agencies Want It
The White House says the US is working to structure its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Bloomberg reports two departments are fighting over who gets to run it. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy Sells 3,588 BTC for $216M, Its First Major Bitcoin Sale
Strategy sold 3,588 BTC for $216M to fund preferred dividends, its first large-scale sale ever. Holdings drop to 843,775 BTC as the math trap tightens. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy's Bitcoin Math Trap: Saylor's Flywheel Is Now Running in Reverse
WSJ says Strategy is caught in a math trap: 847,363 BTC underwater, mNAV near 0.80, and a $1.2B annual preferred dividend bill. The flywheel has reversed. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Korea Writes Formal Rules for Court-Ordered Crypto Seizures
South Korea's Supreme Court proposed Civil Execution Rules for seizing and liquidating crypto, letting courts convert illiquid tokens to Bitcoin from October…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRipple Lands Full MiCA CASP License via Luxembourg's CSSF
Ripple received its EU CASP license from Luxembourg's CSSF on July 6, making it fully MiCA-compliant and able to passport crypto services across the EEA. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIll Bloom Seed Flaw Exposes 2,114 Wallets, $5M Already Drained
Coinspect discloses Ill Bloom, a weak-randomness flaw in seed phrase generation across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron and more. $5M drained since May 27. How to…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStablecoin Volume Hits a Record $1.79T in June, Up 63% From May
Visa data shows stablecoins settled a record $1.79 trillion in June 2026, up 63% from May. The spike landed in a Fear market, not a speculative mania. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlockaid Flags Live Summer Finance Exploit With $6M Drained So Far
Blockaid detected an ongoing exploit on Summer Finance with roughly $6M drained as of July 6. The attack was still active when the alert went out. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisETH Bridged to Robinhood Chain Jumps 10x in Days, Token Terminal Reports
Token Terminal data shows ETH bridged from Ethereum to Robinhood Chain surged roughly 10x in a few days, an early adoption signal for the broker's L2. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFrance Logs 77 Crypto Kidnapping Cases in Six Months, Plans Tougher Security
France logged 77 crypto kidnapping and extortion cases in H1 2026, up from 45 in all of 2025. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez answers with a three-pillar plan…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOKX Says It Is Fully MiCA-Authorised as Europe's Grace Period Ends
OKX announced it is MiCA-authorised and regulated in Europe, days after the July 1 enforcement deadline cut off unlicensed crypto firms across the EEA. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBinance Reportedly Leads Mesh Round at a $2B Valuation for Payment Routes
Binance is reportedly leading a funding round valuing crypto payments network Mesh at up to $2 billion, doubling its January Series C valuation in six months…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBrazil Freezes $2B in Crypto-Laundering Crackdown on the PCC Cartel
Brazil's Operation Exchange froze roughly $2 billion tied to a PCC crypto laundering network, two days after US OFAC sanctions hit the same suspects. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Africa's SARS Targets 6 Million Crypto Users With Tax Audits
SARS published draft crypto tax rules on July 1 and plans audits covering up to 6 million South African users. Rates run 18% to 45%. Comments close August 31…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBIS Pushes Back on the Idea That Digital Cash Needs No Backstop
Reuters' Big View podcast airs the BIS case that stablecoins still need central banks, as crypto purists argue code alone can anchor digital money. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthereum Now Holds 87% of All Stablecoin Supply
Ethereum's share of stablecoin supply has climbed to 87%, per Cointelegraph. One chain now anchors nearly the entire digital dollar market, and that cuts both…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVitalik's 'Lean Ethereum' Roadmap Puts STARKs and Quantum Safety First
Vitalik Buterin outlined a Lean Ethereum roadmap with recursive STARK verification, quantum-resistant signatures, and a 3-4 year rebuild of core protocol…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPublic Companies Bought 2x More Bitcoin Than Miners Produced in 2026
Public companies added a net 166,984 BTC in 2026, double the 81,153 BTC mined, per BTC Treasuries. The buying continues even with price stuck near $63K. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Bitcoin Hoard Now 2.8X Larger Than Other Nations Combined
The US government controls roughly 328,372 BTC, about 2.8 times the verified holdings of every other country combined. The math depends on one big caveat…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGerman Savings and Cooperative Banks Open Crypto Trading to Millions
Bloomberg reports Germany's Sparkassen and cooperative banks are rolling out crypto trading to millions of retail customers, with DekaBank running the rails…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBrazil Wants a 24-Hour Hold on $10K+ Stablecoin Transfers
Brazil's central bank proposed 24-hour holds on stablecoin transfers of $10,000 or more sent abroad or to self-custody wallets, with rules expected by October…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Sheriffs Group Drops Opposition to the CLARITY Act
The Major County Sheriffs of America moved to neutral on the CLARITY Act after Section 604 concerns were addressed, clearing a political obstacle in the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRevolut Drops USDT on August 31 and Will Auto-Convert Leftover Balances
Revolut will end USDT support on August 31, 2026, citing regulatory pressure. Remaining Tether balances convert to fiat automatically. Here is what changes…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisZcash's Ironwood Upgrade Nears Testnet After the Orchard Supply Bug
Zcash's Ironwood upgrade is close to testnet activation, sealing the Orchard pool behind a supply turnstile after May's counterfeiting bug hit ZEC hard. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUphold Opens the Waitlist for an XRP Elite Debit Card With 4% Back
Uphold's Limited Edition XRP Elite Debit Card waitlist is live in the US. Up to 4% cashback paid in XRP, heavy-metal finish, capped spots. Here's what we know…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto.com Adds EURC, Giving Euro Spenders a Stablecoin Home Base
Crypto.com lists Circle's EURC with ERC-20 deposits, purchases in 20+ fiat currencies, and same-day limit order support. What it means for cardholders. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMore Bitcoin Is Underwater Than in Profit for the First Time This Drawdown
Glassnode data shows 10.83M BTC held at a loss versus 9.22M in profit, a crossover that has historically marked late-stage bear market conditions. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin ETFs Take In $221.7M, Snapping a 10-Day, $2.7B Outflow Streak
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted $221.7M in daily inflows on July 3, their strongest day since early May. Fidelity's FBTC led while BlackRock's IBIT kept bleeding…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisK Wave Media Sells Every Bitcoin It Owned and Pivots to AI
Nasdaq-listed K Wave Media has sold all its Bitcoin, ending a 10,000 BTC treasury plan and redirecting $485M toward AI data centers and GPU computing. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRiot Platforms Moves 500 BTC to NYDIG Custody, Signaling a Possible Sale
Riot Platforms deposited 500 BTC worth $30.7M into NYDIG custody on July 3, a move on-chain watchers read as a sale setup with Bitcoin at $61,339. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia Sets a September 1 Launch Date for the Digital Ruble
Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina says the country is ready to launch its digital ruble CBDC on September 1, moving from pilot to a nationwide rollout…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEuropol Cracks 500 BTC From an Irish Drug Trafficker's Stash
Europol says it supplied decryption resources to help Irish police recover 500 more Bitcoin from convicted trafficker Clifton Collins. The seizure signals…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Cleared $1 Billion on Crypto as Retail Buyers Took Losses
A WSJ investigation says President Trump earned about $1 billion from crypto ventures while many retail buyers of his tokens lost money. Here is the breakdown…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVALR Builds Perpetuals on Hyperliquid, a First for Any CEX
Africa's largest crypto exchange VALR has launched a perpetuals product built directly on Hyperliquid, the first time a centralized exchange has done so. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWeak US Jobs Data Lifts Bitcoin Toward $70K as Rate Fears Ease
A softer US jobs report cooled rate-hike worries and pushed Bitcoin back above $61K. Here is the macro read and why traders are eyeing $70,000. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLedger Joins Open USD as a Launch Partner With Clear Signing
Ledger is a launch partner for the Open USD stablecoin, bringing device-level Clear Signing to a new dollar token held in self-custody rather than by a third…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOobit Announces Brazil Launch to a Market of 170M Consumers
Oobit announced a Brazil launch for its crypto-payment service. The short post did not specify onboarding, funding methods, fees, or local settlement rails…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOFAC Sanctions 134 ISIS-K Crypto Wallets, Tether Freezes the Funds
OFAC added 134 ISIS-K wallet addresses to its sanctions list, 131 of them on Tron, and Tether froze the tokens. Stablecoins now behave like enforceable rails…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC's Peirce Expects the CLARITY Act to Pass This Summer
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce says she expects the CLARITY Act to pass this summer, setting up the first US market-structure law for digital assets. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Gains Direct Control of the SEC and CFTC. Crypto Enforcement Turns Political
A Supreme Court ruling overturning a 91-year precedent hands the President removal power over the SEC and CFTC, tying crypto's enforcement posture to whoever…