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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 & Analysis
Kevin Warsh Sworn In as Fed Chair, Signals Greenspan-Style Approach
Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve chair Friday, with early reporting pointing to an Alan Greenspan-style approach to policy. Read the full article…
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BitMine's $126M ETH Buy Sets Up Russell Index Inclusion Test
BitMine added 60,000 ETH worth $126M near $2,000, building a treasury position large enough to test inclusion in Russell indexes tied to $12.2T in passive…
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Crypto Reverses Selloff as Rubio Cites Iran Progress on Strait of Hormuz
BTC +3.3%, ETH +4.6%, SOL +5% in 24h after Secretary Rubio cites significant progress in past 48 hours toward an Iran deal covering the Strait of Hormuz. Read…
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Tether's $141B Treasury Pile Puts Stablecoin Risk Inside US Debt
Tether holds $141B in US Treasuries directly and indirectly, ranking 17th globally and entangling stablecoin demand with sovereign debt financing. Read the…
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StablR EURR and USDR Contracts Exploited for $10M, ZachXBT Reports
On-chain investigator ZachXBT flagged a roughly $10M exploit affecting smart contracts tied to StablR's EURR and USDR stablecoins, Cointelegraph reports. Read…
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Hyperliquid Funnels $1.16B in Fee Revenue Into HYPE Buybacks
Hyperliquid has redirected nearly all of its $1.16B trading fee revenue into buying back HYPE, a mechanism unlike anything on rival perp DEXs. Read the full…
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NEAR Jumps 50% in a Week as AI Tokens Lead Mid-Selloff Rotation
NEAR climbs roughly 50% in seven days as AI-themed tokens outpace a soft BTC and ETH tape. Traders are now watching the $5 level for follow-through. Read the…
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Bitcoin's Hard-Money Thesis Collides With 5% Treasury Yields
BTC sits at $76,800 with 10-year Treasury yields back near 5%. The first clean macro test of Bitcoin's hard-money thesis in over a year is now live. Read the…
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US Credit Card 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Hits 13.1%, a 15-Year High
Serious credit card delinquencies have climbed to 13.1% of accounts, the highest reading since 2010, per data circulating on X this week. Read the full…
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Trump Media's Bitcoin Bet Now Sits at $455M Paper Loss
Trump Media's 11,542 BTC stash is now worth roughly $455M less than it paid, after sliding BTC prices and a second transfer to Crypto.com on May 23. Read the…
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Rio Police Bust Comando Vermelho Crypto Ring Running on Stolen Power
Rio Civil Police raid uncovers a Comando Vermelho scheme converting stolen electricity into crypto, exposing a new model for laundering criminal energy theft…
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Saylor Says Strategy Selling Bitcoin Before Year-End Is 'Not Unlikely'
Michael Saylor said it is 'not unlikely' Strategy sells some bitcoin before the end of 2026, a softening of the firm's long-held never-sell posture. Read the…
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Bitcoin Breaks $75,000 as $100M in Longs Get Wiped in One Hour
Bitcoin slid below $75,000 on May 23, 2026, wiping out more than $100 million in long positions within a single hour as the selloff deepened. Read the full…
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US Banks Hold $306B in Unrealized Losses as Crypto Slides on Macro Fear
US banks are sitting on roughly $306B in unrealized losses while BTC drops to $75,272 and ETH falls under $2,060 on May 23, 2026. Here is the read. Read the…
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Fenwick Pays $54M to Settle FTX Customer Claims Over Pre-Collapse Legal Work
Law firm Fenwick & West agreed to pay $54 million to resolve claims it helped Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX structure transactions that hid customer fund misuse…
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Emmer Says CLARITY Act Has Momentum, Predicts Trump Signature
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says the CLARITY Act will reach President Trump's desk, citing the Senate Banking Committee's 15-9 bipartisan vote. Read the full…
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ICE and OKX Launch Perpetual Oil Futures on Brent and WTI Benchmarks
ICE Markets and OKX rolled out perpetual oil futures tied to Brent and WTI prices, giving 120M OKX retail users access to regulated energy contracts that never…
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Bank of America Raises IBIT Stake, Trims Ether and Solana ETF Exposure
BofA's latest 13F shows the second-largest US bank lifting its IBIT position while cutting spot Ether and Solana ETF holdings into a crypto-wide drawdown. Read…
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SpaceX Waives Six-Month Lock-Up for Early Share Resale
SpaceX is letting employees sell shares before the usual six-month lock-up window, adding real liquidity to a stock already traded via crypto pre-IPO perps…
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Crypto Slides as Dow Hits Record Close on Middle East Progress
Bitcoin lost 2.6% and Ethereum 3.1% on May 22 while the Dow closed at a record high. Fear and Greed dropped to 35 as majors sold off in unison. Read the full…
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ECB Rebuffs Bruegel Plan to Expand Euro Stablecoins as Too Risky
ECB rejected a Bruegel paper that asked the central bank to ease liquidity rules and backstop euro stablecoin issuers. Euros sit at 0.3% of the $300B market…
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Tokenized Credit Hit $1B in 185 Days as VC Funds Lag Seven Years
Asset-backed private credit reached $1B in tokenized form in under six months, while tokenized venture capital took over seven years to clear the same bar…
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JPMorgan: Tokenized Money Market Funds Capped at 10-15% Without Reform
JPMorgan says tokenized money market funds will stay under 10-15% of the stablecoin market until US securities rules let them clear without broker gating. Read…
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ZachXBT Flags $520K Polymarket Exploit on Polygon, Team Says User Funds Safe
Polymarket confirmed a compromised governance role drained roughly $520K from its Polygon contracts, but says user funds remain safe and trading continues…
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THORChain Recovery Plan Rules Out New RUNE Minting After May 15 Exploit
THORChain proposed a recovery plan after the May 15 exploit, ruling out fresh RUNE issuance to repay affected users and forcing losses through protocol revenue…
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Qivalis Euro Stablecoin Now Backed by 37 Banks Across 15 Countries
Qivalis has tripled its backing from 12 to 37 European banks across 15 countries as the MiCA-regulated euro stablecoin pushes toward H2 2026 launch. Read the…
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Bitcoin Implied Volatility Drops to 7-Month Low Despite Macro Risks
BTC's options-implied volatility fell to a seven-month low this week even as oil rallied on Iran tensions and BTC slipped under $77,400. Read the full article…
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Alt ETFs Draw Inflows May 21 While BTC and ETH Spot ETFs Bleed
May 21 ETF flows split: HYPE, SOL and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows while BTC and ETH spot ETFs posted outflows as Bitcoin slid to $77,300. Read the full…
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South Korea Weighs Scrapping Planned 22% Crypto Tax
South Korea is reportedly considering abolishing its 22% crypto tax, a policy delayed since 2021. The move would reset retail incentives in one of Asia's…
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Tokenized Stocks Cross $1.6B Market Cap, Ethereum Holds 41% Share
Tokenized equities passed $1.6B in market cap on May 22, 2026 with Ethereum leading chain share at 41.1%. Solana and other L1s split the rest. Read the full…
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Trump Media Deposits 2,650 BTC Worth $205M Into Crypto.com
Trump Media moved 2,650 BTC, worth roughly $205M, into Crypto.com on May 22, expanding a treasury stack now reported across multiple custody venues. Read the…
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India Pulls Polymarket Offline, Kalshi May Be Next in Crackdown
India's regulators have forced Polymarket to go dark in the country, with Kalshi potentially next as authorities classify event contracts as illegal betting…
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FCA Opens Scale-up Unit to Solo-Regulated Firms, UK Crypto Fintechs Eligible
The FCA expanded its Scale-up Unit to solo-regulated firms on May 20, 2026, opening a four-week application window that covers UK crypto fintechs. Read the…
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Mark Cuban Says He Sold Most of His Bitcoin: 'It Lost the Plot'
Billionaire Mark Cuban says he exited most of his Bitcoin position, calling the asset directionless as BTC trades near $77,470 after a 5% weekly slide. Read…
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Peirce: Tokenized Stocks Exemption Will Apply Narrowly to Onchain Equity
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce signals the agency's innovation exemption for tokenized stocks will cover native onchain equity only, not wrapped securities…
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Trump to Take Equity in Quantum Firms With $2B Federal Push
The Trump administration plans $2B in awards to quantum computing firms in exchange for equity stakes, per WSJ. The move pulls Bitcoin's quantum clock forward…
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Glassnode: 10% of Bitcoin Supply Is 'Structurally Unsafe' From Quantum
Glassnode warns nearly 10% of BTC supply sits in quantum-vulnerable addresses, with Franklin Templeton, WisdomTree, and Robinhood ETF holdings 100% exposed…
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Aave V4 Turns On SVR to Recapture Liquidation MEV
Aave V4 has activated Smart Value Recapture, redirecting MEV from liquidations away from searchers and back into the protocol's revenue stack. Read the full…
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SoftBank Bought Out of Twenty One After $1B Bitcoin Treasury Bet
SoftBank exits its near $1B position in Twenty One, the Tether-cofounded Bitcoin treasury firm, in a buyout reported by Decrypt on May 21, 2026. Read the full…
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PARITY Act Returns: Bipartisan Push to Exempt Sub-$200 Crypto Tax Reporting
Bipartisan lawmakers reintroduced the PARITY Act on May 21, 2026, directing the IRS to study a $200 de minimis exemption for everyday crypto transactions. Read…
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Binance Lists SpaceX Pre-IPO Perps as Traders Bet on $2T Valuation
Binance has opened perpetual futures on a SpaceX pre-IPO index, letting traders take leveraged positions on a private company widely tipped to hit a $2T…
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MoneyGram Named Anchor Validator for Stripe-Backed Tempo Blockchain
MoneyGram joins Tempo, the Stripe and Paradigm-backed L1, as anchor remittance validator and will route stablecoin settlement through global payment flows…
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HYPE Flips SOL in Fully Diluted Valuation at $54.47B
Hyperliquid's HYPE token has overtaken Solana on fully diluted valuation, reaching $54.47B versus SOL's $54.22B as of May 21, 2026. Read the full article…
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Vitalik Outlines Three Ethereum Upgrades to Make Privacy Native
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum will fold privacy into the base layer through three upgrades targeting censorship resistance, transaction linking, and wallet…
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Jane Street Used 'Bryce's Secret' Telegram Channel to Front-Run Terra Collapse, Filings Allege
Unsealed filings claim Jane Street tapped a private Telegram channel for Terraform insider tips, dumped $192M UST near par, and made $134M shorting the token…
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Crypto Mom Hester Peirce to Leave SEC for Regent Law in November
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, the agency's most consistent pro-crypto voice, will join Regent University School of Law as an associate professor in November…
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Fed Floats 'Skinny Master Accounts' as Limited On-Ramp for Crypto Firms
The Federal Reserve is sketching out narrower master accounts for crypto and fintech firms, days after Trump ordered a review of access rules. Read the full…
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Trump Orders Fed Review of Crypto Firms' Master Account Access
Trump signed an executive order directing the Fed to revisit crypto firms' access to master accounts, putting Kraken, Ripple, Coinbase, and Circle in line…
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Bitcoin Miners Hold $90B in AI Deals and 27 GW of Power, Bernstein Says
Bernstein says Bitcoin miners have signed over $90B in AI infrastructure partnerships and control 27 GW of planned power capacity, reshaping the sector. Read…
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South Carolina Bans CBDCs, Crypto Payment Taxes in New Law
South Carolina enacts a sweeping pro-crypto law banning state taxes on crypto payments, protecting self-custody, and barring CBDC use by state agencies. Read…
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Bitfinex Whales Push BTC Longs to 2.5-Year High Mid-Slide
Bitfinex traders added size into Bitcoin's five-day drop, pushing aggregate long positions to their highest level since late 2023. Read the full article…
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AllUnity Plans Swedish Krona Stablecoin, Pushes Into AI Agentic Payments
AllUnity, the BaFin-licensed DWS-Galaxy-Flow Traders venture behind EURAU, plans a Swedish krona stablecoin and an AI agentic payments stack. Read the full…
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Stablecoin Supply Hits Record $323B as Crypto Market Treads Water
Stablecoin circulating supply crossed $323 billion for the first time, even as BTC sits flat at $77K and the Fear & Greed index reads Neutral at 40. Read the…
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Warren Tells OCC Nine Crypto Trust Bank Charters Violate Federal Law
Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to the OCC arguing nine national trust bank charter approvals for crypto firms breach the National Bank Act. Read the full…
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China's Buffett Duan Yongping Opens First Position in Circle
Value investor Duan Yongping, the founder behind BBK and Vivo, has opened his first equity position in USDC issuer Circle, signaling deeper traditional capital…
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CFTC Sues Minnesota to Block First-in-Nation Prediction Markets Ban
The CFTC asked a federal court to stop Minnesota from enforcing a new state law that bans prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from operating. Read…
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Polymarket Opens Prediction Markets on SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic Valuations
Polymarket and Nasdaq Private Market launch contracts tied to private unicorn valuations and IPO timing, opening a $5 trillion pool to retail traders. Read the…
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Truth Social Pulls Bitcoin ETF Filing From SEC Review
Trump Media's Truth Social has withdrawn its spot Bitcoin ETF application from the SEC, removing one of the brand-name issuers from the pending queue. Read the…
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GitHub Probes Unauthorized Access to Internal Repos, CZ Urges API Key Rotation
GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories. CZ told developers to rotate API keys in code, including private repos. Read the full…
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Lummis Maps Path to Combine Senate Committees on CLARITY Act
Senator Cynthia Lummis outlined the procedural next steps for the CLARITY Act, including a plan to combine Senate Banking and Agriculture committee texts. Read…