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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.
Episodes
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBinance Updates Affected EU Users as MiCA Changes Take Effect
As MiCA-related changes took effect, Binance told affected EU users their assets remained held 1:1 and that previously communicated options remained available…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFCA's Binding Crypto Standards Land as It Bids to Be a Global Hub
The FCA published enforceable conduct standards for firms that help UK customers buy, trade and hold crypto, part of its push to make Britain a global hub…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Launches On-Chain Governance With Stake-Weighted Validator Votes
The Solana Foundation has switched on on-chain governance, letting validators vote on protocol decisions weighted by the stake they secure. Here's what…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLummis Says the CLARITY Act Has 16+ Illicit Finance Safeguards, Not Loopholes
Senator Cynthia Lummis rebutted Elizabeth Warren's claim that the CLARITY Act opens illicit finance loopholes, pointing to 16+ anti-money-laundering…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto Card Deposits Cross $10B for the First Time, Up 250% in a Year
Total crypto card deposits have passed $10 billion for the first time, up 82% year-to-date and roughly 250% year-over-year. Here is what is driving the surge…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRobinhood Adds In-App DeFi Lending Built on Morpho and USDe
Robinhood launched its first in-app decentralized lending product, powered by Morpho and using Ethena's USDe as collateral. Here is what it means for retail…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJupiter's 4% Cashback Now Renews Only if You Refer Two Spenders Monthly
Jupiter Mobile's launch cashback campaign has wrapped. To keep the 4% rate, cardholders now refer two friends who each spend $50, renewing the tier each month…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGnosis Pay's MiniPay Card Pays Up to 5% Back in Tether Gold
Gnosis Pay unveiled the MiniPay Card, paying up to 5% cashback in Tether Gold (XAUt0) on every purchase. The waitlist has already crossed 600,000 signups. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMiCA Enforcement Begins Across Europe: What Changes Today
MiCA's transition window closes July 1, 2026. A new DefiLlama dashboard tracks which exchanges hold licenses. Here is what shifts for EU crypto users and…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTokenized Google Stock Inflated 7,700% in DeFi Lending Exploit
A DeFi lending market let an attacker mint tokenized Google shares at 7,700% above fair value, exposing how RWA collateral breaks when oracles lag. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPoland's President Vetoes MiCA Crypto Rules for a Third Time
Poland is now the only EU member without a MiCA licensing regime after its president vetoed the enabling law for the third time. Here is what it means. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTaiwan Passes Its First Dedicated Crypto Law With 7-Year Prison Terms
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed the Virtual Asset Service Act on June 30, 2026, naming the FSC sole regulator and setting VASP licensing and stablecoin rules…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNexo Will Relabel TON Balances to GRAM From July 2
Nexo is supporting TON's rebrand to GRAM on July 2. Balances relabel automatically, addresses stay the same, but limit and recurring TON orders will not carry…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto Spends $189M on the 2026 Midterms, Topping Corporate Donors
Crypto has poured $189M into the 2026 US midterms, more than its entire 2024 cycle, making it the single largest source of corporate political money right now…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHodli Becomes Italy's First MiCA-Licensed Crypto Portfolio Manager
The Bank of Italy authorized fintech Hodli to actively manage client crypto assets under MiCA, the first such license in Italy and a step beyond custody. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Cleared Over $1 Billion on Crypto Deals, Disclosure Shows
A new federal financial disclosure shows President Trump earned more than $1 billion from crypto ventures last year, the Wall Street Journal reports, raising…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Opens Public Comment on a Framework for Crypto and Novel ETFs
The SEC is asking the public to weigh in on a new regulatory framework for novel ETFs, including crypto funds and prediction-market products. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOobit Lets SOL Holders Send Solana Straight to a Bank, No Swap
Oobit now lets users cash out Solana directly to a bank account via SEPA, ACH, and Faster Payments, with no swap to a stablecoin first. Here is what changes…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCircle Drops 8% as Stripe, Coinbase and BlackRock Back Open USD
Circle's CRCL stock fell about 8% on June 30, 2026 after Open Standard unveiled Open USD, a consortium stablecoin backed by Stripe, Coinbase, Visa and…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOndo Puts 430+ Tokenized Stocks and ETFs Live on Uniswap
Ondo's 430+ tokenized stocks and ETFs are now trading on Uniswap across Ethereum and BNB Chain, pulling real-world equities into on-chain DeFi. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSupreme Court Lets the President Fire SEC and CFTC Heads at Will
The Supreme Court overturned a 91-year-old precedent and cleared the President to remove independent agency commissioners at will, reshaping who controls the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Company Backs Kazakhstan's $6B Alatau Crypto Megacity
The Nasdaq-listed Solana Company signed an MoU to help build Kazakhstan's Alatau City crypto cluster, part of a roadshow that drew $6B in investment interest…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis47 Ronin Director Gets 30 Months for Turning Netflix Cash Into Dogecoin
Carl Rinsch was sentenced to 30 months for wire fraud after spending $11M of Netflix money on Dogecoin, stock options and Rolls-Royces. Read the full article…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBank of England and FCA Split Stablecoin Oversight as a £40B Cap Lands
The Bank of England and FCA set out a joint regime for systemic stablecoin issuers on June 30, 2026, with a temporary £40 billion issuance cap per coin. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFCA Sets Final UK Crypto Rules With an October 2027 Deadline
The FCA published binding crypto rules covering trading, custody, staking and stablecoins, with authorization applications opening September 30, 2026. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAustralia's Crypto Travel Rule Takes Effect July 1 With No Minimum Threshold
AUSTRAC's crypto travel rule goes live July 1, 2026, forcing Australian exchanges to collect sender and recipient details on every transfer, with no minimum…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis84% of Binance Altcoins Sit Below Their 200-Day Average
CryptoQuant data shows 84% of Binance-listed altcoins trading under their 200-day average as the slump nears eight months and fear hits 17. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJapanese Yen Sinks to 162 Per Dollar, Its Weakest Since 1986
The yen hit 162.27 per dollar on June 30, 2026, its weakest since 1986. Here is what a fragile yen and BOJ intervention risk mean for crypto. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEU Hits 244 MiCA Crypto Licenses With Germany and France in Front
ESMA register data shows the EU has granted 244 MiCA crypto licenses as the deadline lands, with Germany and France leading national authorizations. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisARK Invest Buys Circle, Coinbase and Bullish Into a Falling Market
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest added Circle, Coinbase, Bullish and Robinhood shares as crypto sentiment hit Extreme Fear. Here is what the buying signals. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSecuritize Heads to the NYSE Under SECZ via Cantor SPAC Merger
Securitize, the tokenization firm behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund, is set to trade on the NYSE as SECZ on July 2 after Cantor Equity Partners II shareholders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEther Fi Hits 100,000 Cardholders and Aims for One Million
Ether Fi says its self-custodial Cash card has reached 100,000 cardholders and is now targeting one million. Here is what the milestone signals for users. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitmine's ETH Stash Hits 5.7M, Closing In on 5% of Supply
Bitmine added 27,084 ETH last week to reach 5.7 million ETH, nearing 5% of Ethereum's supply, buying through a slump as Tom Lee blamed quarter-end window…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy Unveils a BTC Monetization Program and $2B Buyback Plan
Strategy approved a framework that lets it sell Bitcoin to fund operations, authorized $2B in buybacks, and raised its STRC dividend to 12% as BTC sits near…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCLARITY Act Passage Odds Slip to 50% as Trump Picks a Different Fight
Galaxy Digital cut its CLARITY Act forecast to 50% and Polymarket sits at 44% as a Trump housing-bill standoff eats the Senate's July calendar. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUkraine Puts $8.3M in Seized Crypto Under State Management for the First Time
Ukraine has moved over 8.3 million USDT seized from an alleged hacking ring into a state-held wallet, the first time the country has formally custodied…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis550K BTC Hit Exchange Deposit Wallets as Bitcoin Retests $60K
CryptoQuant says over 550,000 BTC moved to Binance and OKX deposit addresses as Bitcoin retests $60,074 and the Fear & Greed index sits at 16 (Extreme fear)…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEurope's Unlicensed Crypto Firms Face a Wipeout as MiCA Deadline Lands
MiCA's final transition window closes July 1, 2026. With 244 licensed CASPs against 3,000+ legacy firms, ESMA wants the rest to wind down. Here is the fallout…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUSDT Trades 8.5% Above the Dollar in India as Access Tightens
Tether's USDT is quoting roughly 8.5% over India's official USD/INR rate as enforcement pressure squeezes on and off-ramp access, raising the local cost of…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Bitcoin ETFs Head for Their Worst Month of Outflows Since Launch
Bloomberg says US spot Bitcoin ETFs are on pace for their worst month of withdrawals since launching two years ago, with BTC near $59,787 and Fear & Greed at…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEU Lawmakers Move to Pull DeFi, Staking and NFTs Under MiCA
The EU Parliament's economic affairs committee urged the Commission to assess bringing DeFi, staking, NFTs and crypto lending into MiCA's scope. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether Teams With Ledn to Let XAUT Holders Borrow Against Gold
Tether is partnering with crypto lender Ledn to let Tether Gold (XAUT) holders borrow against their tokenized gold instead of selling it. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitMEX Removes Its CEO, CFO and Head of Growth at Once
BitMEX has removed its chief executive, chief financial officer and head of growth in a single leadership clearout, CoinDesk reports, signaling a reset at the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEl Salvador's Bitcoin Reserve Hits an IMF Accounting Reckoning
El Salvador's 7,696 BTC reserve now has to stay legible through wallet scrutiny, drawdown rules and IMF program conditions. Here is what changes. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLummis Says the US Is Falling Behind the EU, UK and UAE on Crypto Rules
Senator Cynthia Lummis pointed to working crypto frameworks in Europe, the UK and the UAE while US market structure rules stall. Here is what it means for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolmate Shares Drop 98% After Its $300M Solana Treasury Pivot
Cathie Wood-backed Solmate has lost more than 98% of its value since a $300M Solana treasury pivot, and a RockawayX-linked investor is now suing the board…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisZachXBT Flags AscendEX Over Possible Withdrawal Delays
On-chain investigator ZachXBT warned that AscendEX may be delaying user withdrawals over liquidity issues, a familiar early signal of exchange stress. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStory Protocol Rebrands to DATA Foundation in a Pivot to AI Training Data
Story Protocol has rebranded as DATA Foundation, moving from IP infrastructure to AI training data with a new Trace registry and a 1:1 IP-to-DATA token swap…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLong-Term Holders Now Sit on a Record 79% of Bitcoin's Supply
A record 79% of Bitcoin's circulating supply is now held by long-term holders, even as BTC slid to $58,420 and Fear & Greed hit 14 on June 26, 2026. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether's USDT Overtakes Ethereum by Market Cap
USDT's market cap edged past Ethereum's on June 26, 2026, at $186.06B versus $185.66B, as an ETH selloff pushed the stablecoin into the number two slot. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitGo Cuts Nearly 15% of Staff to Refocus on Custody and Stablecoins
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe announced a nearly 15% workforce reduction, redirecting the custodian toward security, trading, stablecoins and AI infrastructure. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia Clears Crypto for Foreign Trade, But Cash-Out Stays Walled Off
Russia's experimental legal regime lets selected exporters settle foreign trade in Bitcoin and stablecoins, yet sanctions compliance still ringfences every…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOobit Adds New York and Bolivia, Plugs Into Brazil's PIX Rail
Oobit's June recap names New York and Bolivia as newly live markets and confirms a PIX integration, widening its tap-to-pay card footprint across the Americas…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisInvesco Files for a Tokenized Fund Aimed at Stablecoin Reserves
Invesco, a roughly $1.8 trillion asset manager, has filed for a tokenized fund built to sit behind stablecoin reserves, following BlackRock and Franklin…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Hits $1B in Weekly Tokenized Stock Trading, Led by SpaceX Shares
Tokenized equity trading on Solana crossed $1B in a single week, with SpaceX's SPCX token leading demand for hard-to-access stocks. Custody and redemption…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSBI to Buy Bitbank for $289M to Become Japan's Largest Crypto Exchange
SBI Holdings will pay 46.7 billion yen for full control of Bitbank, lifting its combined custody to about 1.1 trillion yen and 2.92 million accounts. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase's Base Stalls Block Production in an Hour-Plus Outage
Base, Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2, stopped producing blocks for over an hour on June 25, 2026, freezing deposits and withdrawals and reviving its…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUphold Brings the XRP-Backed Exa Credit Card to Select US States
Uphold is promoting the Exa Credit Card inside its app, letting XRP holders in select US states borrow against their tokens via Exactly Protocol without…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Supply in Loss Hits a Record 10.83 Million BTC
Glassnode data shows 10.83 million BTC, around 54% of supply, now sits below its purchase price after Bitcoin slipped under $59,100 on June 25, 2026. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBinance Pulls Its Greek MiCA Bid Seven Days Before the EU Deadline
Binance withdrew its Greek MiCA license application on June 24, leaving a seven-day scramble for EU authorization before the July 1 wind-down rule bites. Read…