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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 & AnalysisSpaceX Stock Perps See $50M in Liquidations as Crypto Leverage Hits Equities
SPCX perpetual futures tracking pre-IPO SpaceX shed about $50M in liquidations over 48 hours, ranking behind only Bitcoin and Ethereum on crypto venues. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIran-Linked Entities Moved $3.84B Through CoinEx, WSJ Reports
The Wall Street Journal reports Iran-linked entities routed $3.84 billion through the CoinEx exchange to bypass US sanctions, putting centralized venues back…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGrayscale Says Crypto's Top Revenue Protocols Trade at Single-Digit Multiples
Grayscale argues the 15 highest-revenue onchain protocols, led by HYPE, PUMP and CAKE, trade at single-digit multiples, with the CLARITY Act as the catalyst…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRipple and SBI Launch RLUSD in Japan After JFSA Approval
Ripple and SBI Group have launched RLUSD in Japan following JFSA approval, opening the dollar-pegged stablecoin to both institutional and retail users. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy's MSTR Falls Below $100 as Bitcoin Cracks $60K
Strategy's MSTR stock dropped about 10% below $100 for the first time in two years as Bitcoin fell under $60,000, leaving the firm with a roughly $12.55B paper…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCharles Schwab Turns On Bitcoin Trading for $12.6 Trillion in Assets
Charles Schwab has rolled out spot Bitcoin trading to a client base holding roughly $12.6 trillion, even as BTC sits at $60,442 amid extreme fear. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill, Stalling Its Federal CBDC Ban
Trump canceled the housing-bill signing ceremony, refusing to enact it until the SAVE America Act passes. That leaves the bill's federal CBDC ban through 2030…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIndonesia Can Order Account Deletions Under New Crypto Finfluencer Rules
Indonesia's OJK now requires crypto promoters to disclose paid deals and get certified, and can ask platforms to delete accounts that break the rules. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSenate Democrats Demand Hearings on UAE's $500M Trump Crypto Stake
Five Senate Democrats want hearings into a $500 million UAE stake in World Liberty Financial, the Trump family crypto venture behind the USD1 stablecoin. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS and UK Sanction 35 Targets in Largest Prince Group Scam Crackdown
The US and UK sanctioned nine people and 26 entities tied to Cambodia's Prince Group and the Huione laundering network on June 23, 2026. Here is the crypto…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLaw Enforcement Groups Warn CLARITY Act Could Open KYC Gaps
Four US law enforcement organizations say Section 604 of the CLARITY Act could exempt some crypto participants from KYC and AML rules, opening oversight gaps…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto PAC Fairshake Spends $5.5M to Win a Maryland Primary
Fairshake put $5.5M behind Adrian Boafo's Maryland House primary win, while crypto-backed Ritchie Torres and April McClain Delaney also advanced June 23. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSlowMist Pegs SecondFi Cardano Wallet Exploit at Over $20 Million
SlowMist estimates the SecondFi Cardano wallet exploit may exceed $20 million, far above the platform's initial 16 million ADA, around $2.4M, disclosure. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGoldfinch Winds Down Its RWA Credit Protocol With $56M Frozen in Loans
Goldfinch, the a16z-backed DeFi private credit protocol, voted to wind down after roughly $100M in loans soured, leaving about $56M in borrower capital frozen…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisZcash Miner Fortitude to Go Public via HeartSciences Merger as Nasdaq TUDE
DCG-owned Zcash miner Fortitude is merging with Nasdaq-listed HeartSciences to trade as TUDE, putting a pure-play privacy-coin miner on public markets. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS House Sends CBDC Ban to Trump's Desk in a 358-32 Vote
The US House passed the housing bill 358-32 with a temporary federal CBDC ban through 2030, sending it to President Trump for signature. What it means. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthereum Foundation Cuts 20% of Staff, Eliminating 54 Roles
The Ethereum Foundation is cutting 20% of its workforce and eliminating 54 roles in a restructuring tied to its new mandate and treasury strategy. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJupiter Lowers the Bar to Keep Its 4% Cashback Tier From July 1
Jupiter Mobile is making its top 4% cashback tier easier to hold from July 1: invite 2 friends who each spend $20 before June ends. Here is what changes for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOobit Opens AI Agent Cards to Everyone, Waitlist Now Live
Oobit is opening its Agent Cards, payment cards controlled by an AI agent, to all users after a business-first launch. A public waitlist is now live. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEU Parliament Committee Advances the Digital Euro in a 43-14 Vote
The European Parliament's ECON committee backed the digital euro 43-14 on June 23, 2026, setting zero-knowledge privacy, holding caps, and a 2029 launch…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSBI Group to Launch a Regulated Yen Stablecoin as Early as This Week
Japan's $214B SBI Group will issue a regulated yen-linked stablecoin as early as this week, per Nikkei, putting a licensed megabank-scale issuer behind the yen…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto Falls as a Nasdaq Tech Selloff Spills Into Digital Assets
A Nasdaq tech selloff dragged crypto lower on June 23, 2026. BTC sat at $62,204, ETH at $1,650 and SOL down 7% as the Fear and Greed Index hit 19. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAllfunds Extends Tokenized Funds to Solana, Bridging EUR 1.8T to DeFi
Allfunds Blockchain, a platform administering close to EUR 1.8 trillion across 3,300 institutions, is extending tokenized funds to Solana via ioBuilders'…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTHORChain Resumes Trading a Month After Its $10M Exploit
THORChain restarted all network activity more than a month after a $10M exploit, deploying security upgrades and a full vault migration before reopening swaps…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Korea KOSPI Crashes 10% on ETF Misstep, Bitcoin Slips Below $63,000
The KOSPI fell 9.99% and halted trading after Korea's FSS admitted it rushed leveraged ETFs. Bitcoin dropped below $63,000 as $714M in crypto liquidated. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRipple Wins Preliminary MiCA Approval for EU-Wide Crypto Services
Ripple has secured preliminary approval toward a full MiCA license, a step that would let it passport regulated crypto services across all 30 EEA countries…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Senate Passes Housing Bill With a Federal CBDC Ban Through 2030
The US Senate voted 85-5 for a housing affordability bill that bars the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail digital dollar through 2030. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin Back New Ethereum R&D Nonprofit
Five former Ethereum Foundation researchers launched Ethlabs on June 23, 2026, funded by Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin to keep core protocol work going…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAn $8.5M Vault Wind-Down Shows How Fast DeFi Yield Confidence Breaks
Altura redeemed $8.5M in USDT in 24 hours and began an orderly vault wind-down after a verifier dropped MainStreet. No hack, just a confidence run on yield…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMonevium Enters FCA Special Administration With No FSCS Cover
Monevium Ltd entered special administration on 18 June 2026. Payment firms sit outside the FSCS, so customers rely on safeguarding alone to recover funds. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Korea Pushes FATF to Apply the Travel Rule to Small Transfers
South Korea's FIU has called on FATF to extend the crypto Travel Rule to smaller transfers, lowering the de minimis reporting floor for VASPs worldwide. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Orders a US Push for a Powerful Quantum Computer by 2028
Trump signed executive orders directing a national quantum computing effort targeting 2028. Here is what the timeline means for crypto wallet and card…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthereum Proposal Would Redirect Up to 10% of Validator Rewards
A new Ethereum proposal would let validators redirect up to 10% of staking rewards to ecosystem funding, an estimated $120M-plus a year. Critics call it a tax…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin OTC Desk Balances Hit Record Lows After a 400,000 BTC Drain
Bitcoin OTC desk balances have fallen to record lows, with about 400,000 BTC drained since 2022, even as spot prices slide and ETF outflows extend. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy Builds Its Cash Reserve to $1.4B as STRC Costs Bite
Strategy added $300M to its USD reserve for a third straight week, lifting it to $1.4B, while buying just 520 BTC. The goal: defend its stumbling STRC…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBank of Korea Expands Project Hangang to Nine Banks for Government Payments
Bank of Korea's Project Hangang deposit-token pilot now spans nine banks and is testing bank-issued tokens for live government subsidy payments. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMoneyGram Becomes a Solana Validator in a Multi-Chain Stablecoin Bet
MoneyGram is now a Solana validator and is running its own MGUSD stablecoin across Stellar and Tempo, betting global remittances move onto stablecoin rails…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBaillie Gifford Launches a Tokenized Corporate Bond Fund On-Chain
Baillie Gifford, a 118-year-old Scottish asset manager, has launched BAGEY, a UK-regulated tokenized corporate bond fund paying about 7%, with BNY on infra…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOKX and NYSE Owner ICE Launch a Joint Venture Co-Chaired by Andrew Cuomo
OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the NYSE's parent, are forming a joint venture co-chaired by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to merge crypto and…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHu Xiaowei of Prince Group Arrested in Tokyo Over $15B Scam
Hu Xiaowei, a figure tied to the Prince Group network behind a roughly $15B Bitcoin scam empire, was arrested in Tokyo, per WuBlockchain. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBank of England Drops Stablecoin Holding Caps and Eases Reserve Rules
The Bank of England scrapped proposed individual holding caps on sterling stablecoins and lowered its reserve floor, easing a plan it called overly…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisToss Bank to Test Solana for Remittances and Stablecoin Settlement
South Korea's Toss Bank will pilot Solana for global remittances and stablecoin settlement, putting a public blockchain in front of roughly 15 million users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKraken's Fed Account Fight Could Reshape Crypto Payment Access
Kraken's push for direct Federal Reserve payment access could set the precedent for whether crypto firms ever bypass correspondent banks. Here is what is at…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTaiko Tells Users to Exit Bridges After a Verification Layer Breach
Taiko says its chain state verification mechanism is compromised, telling users to withdraw from bridges and asking exchanges to suspend TAIKO deposits. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTech and Crypto Firms Pledge to Trace Wildlife-Trade Money On-Chain
Google, Meta, PayPal and Chainalysis have committed to fighting the illegal wildlife trade with AI detection and blockchain analytics, per a June 2026 report…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPhilippines SEC Says Its RWA Tokenization Framework Is Ready
Philippines SEC Commissioner Rogelio Quevedo says the regulator's real-world-asset tokenization framework is ready, putting Manila among the first SE Asian…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStablecoin Rules Turn Issuers Into Pseudo-Banks, Squeezing Small Players
Three US agencies have published GENIUS Act rules forcing stablecoin issuers into bank-grade supervision. The cost favors big issuers and points to…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthereum's Biggest Sandwich Bot Drained of $7.5M in an Ironic Exploit
Jaredfromsubway.eth, the bot behind most of Ethereum's sandwich attacks, lost $7.5M after an attacker baited its own MEV logic with fake liquidity pools. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Korea Crypto Tax Repeal Petition Crosses 58,000 Signatures
A National Assembly petition to scrap South Korea's crypto gains tax has passed 58,000 signatures, clearing the 50,000 threshold that forces a committee…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJapan Corporate Pension Fund to Allocate 1% to Crypto in FY2026
A Japanese corporate pension fund covering 1,200 SMEs will put about 1% of its 21.3 billion yen into a passive multi-crypto fund from fiscal 2026 to hedge…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin ETFs Shed a Record $6.35B in 30 Days as Selloff Deepens
US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged their biggest 30-day net outflow since launch, $6.35B, as BTC trades near $64,500 and the Fear & Greed index sits at 23. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin ETFs Post a Sixth Straight Week of Net Outflows
US spot Bitcoin ETFs have now seen six consecutive weeks of net outflows, with BTC near $64,160 and the Fear & Greed index sitting at 22. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisXRP Ledger Leads RWA With $1.9 Billion in Net Inflows
Coin Bureau reports the XRP Ledger pulled in $1.9 billion in net real-world asset inflows, pushing it to the front of crypto's tokenization race in mid-2026…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitdeer Has Sold Every Bitcoin It Has Mined Since February
Bitdeer has run a zero-Bitcoin treasury since late February 2026, selling all 921 BTC it mined in May to fund an AI and datacenter pivot. Here is the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Hits $1B in Weekly Tokenized Equities Volume
Solana's official account flagged $1 billion in weekly tokenized equities volume, with the chain now holding the bulk of on-chain stock trading. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIndia's ED Raids Bengaluru Firms Over $260M in Crypto Transfers
India's Enforcement Directorate has raided Bengaluru firms over alleged crypto-linked transfers above $260 million, raising compliance stakes for Indian users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Banks Step Up Lobbying Against Stablecoin Yield as Senate Moves
US bankers are escalating lobbying against yield-bearing stablecoins as the Senate moves closer to action, per Cointelegraph. The fight is over deposits. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisArthur Hayes Sells 6,000 ETH at a $606K Loss as Whales Buy
Arthur Hayes's attributed wallet sold 6,000 ETH near $1,690 for a ~$606K realized loss, days after buying, while large holders kept accumulating near $1,700…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFive Public Solana Treasury Firms Now Hold Over $1B in SOL
Five public companies now hold more than $1 billion in SOL combined, led by Forward Industries with over 7 million tokens, per a June 2026 Decrypt report. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAt Least Eight Senior Ethereum Foundation Staff Have Left in Five Months
WuBlockchain, citing Unchained, says at least eight senior Ethereum Foundation members have departed in five months, as core-dev funding worries persist. Read…