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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
Zondacrypto CEO Flees to Israel as Polish Crisis Tops $100M
Polish reports say the Zondacrypto chief has left for Israel as prosecutors widen a probe linked to a 4,500 BTC wallet and a crisis now topping $100M. Read the…
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South Africa Moves to Place Crypto Under Capital Flow Controls
South Africa's National Treasury has proposed draft rules that would subject crypto assets to the same capital flow controls that govern rand outflows. Read…
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Zondacrypto CEO Out of Reach as Polish Prosecutors Probe 4,500 BTC Wallet
Polish prosecutors are investigating Zondacrypto over a 4,500 BTC cold wallet said to be inaccessible, with CEO Przemyslaw Kral out of reach. Read the full…
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Bitmine Has Staked 70% of Its 3.5M ETH Treasury, Worth $8B
Bitmine disclosed that more than 70% of its 3.5 million ETH holdings are now staked, pushing roughly $8.1B of ether into active validator duty. Read the full…
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Metaplanet Raises $50M in Zero-Interest Bonds to Buy More Bitcoin
Tokyo-listed Metaplanet raised $50 million in zero-coupon bonds, with proceeds earmarked for additional bitcoin purchases as BTC trades near $77.7K. Read the…
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Tether Minted 3B USDT in a Week, Abraxas Capital Got 2.89B
Tether minted 3 billion USDT in the past week and on-chain data shows Abraxas Capital received 2.89B of it, a 96% concentration in one recipient. Read the full…
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Bitcoin ETFs Absorbed 18,991 BTC in 5 Days, 9x New Supply
US spot Bitcoin ETFs soaked up 18,991 BTC over five trading days, nine times the new coins mined in the same window, per Bitwise data cited April 24, 2026…
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Morgan Stanley Positions to Manage Reserves for the Stablecoin Industry
Morgan Stanley is pitching itself as the go-to reserve manager for stablecoin issuers, targeting a fee pool that Tether and Circle currently keep in-house…
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Active RWA Market Cap Hits $25.2B, Up 5x in a Year
Tokenized real-world assets on-chain have grown fivefold from $4.1B to $25.2B in just over a year, according to new data Cointelegraph flagged. Read the full…
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Jane Street Moves to Dismiss Terraform Labs' Insider Trading Suit Over UST
Jane Street has filed to dismiss Terraform Labs' insider trading lawsuit tied to the May 2022 UST depeg and LUNA collapse that erased roughly $40B. Read the…
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TON to Cut Transaction Fees 6x in One Week, Durov Says
Telegram founder Pavel Durov says TON transaction fees will drop 6x within a week, sharpening the network's pitch as a cheap payments rail. Read the full…
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OKX Lists Tempo, the Stripe and Paradigm-Incubated L1, for Global Trading
OKX has gone live with trading for Tempo, a new payments-focused L1 incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, putting the chain in front of millions of traders. Read…
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Army Soldier Charged for Using Classified Intel on Polymarket Bets
Federal prosecutors charge a US Army soldier with using classified Venezuela intelligence to win over $400,000 betting on Polymarket outcome markets. Read the…
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Mantle Offers 30,000 ETH Loan to Aave to Cover KelpDAO Bad Debt
Mantle's core team proposes lending 30,000 ETH from its treasury to Aave DAO to absorb the $292M rsETH bridge exploit losses from April 18. Read the full…
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Pokemon Collectors Turn to Blockchain Records as Values Surge
Pokemon card values have turned collectibles into a multibillion-dollar asset class, pushing owners toward museum-grade vaults and blockchain provenance. Read…
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US Military Runs a Bitcoin Node and Frames Crypto as Power Projection vs China
The US military is running its own Bitcoin node and views crypto as a tool of strategic power projection against China, according to a new CoinDesk report…
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Kalshi Bans Three US Candidates for Trading Their Own Campaigns
Kalshi says new monitoring tools caught three US political candidates placing trades tied to their own campaigns. All three are now permanently banned. Read…
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NiceHash User Turns $750 Into $235K by Solo Mining Bitcoin Block 945711
A NiceHash EasyMining customer paid roughly $750 for rented hashpower and hit Bitcoin block 945711 solo, netting about $235,000 in subsidy and fees. Read the…
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Bitcoin Stalls Near $80K as Recent Buyers Bail on Oil Shock
Bitcoin hit $79,485 intraday on April 22, then slipped back as oil prices rose and short-term holders who bought near the ceiling took the exit. Read the full…
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Anatoly Yakovenko Dares Devs to Break Solana's New Immutable Percolator
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko deployed an immutable Percolator binary and put a bounty on anyone who can exploit it, raising the stakes for the…
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Crypto Fear and Greed Index Jumps 14 Points in a Day, Biggest Move Since January
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index rose from 32 to 46 in 24 hours, the largest single-day climb in three months as BTC holds $78K. Read the full article…
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New Documentary Names Hal Finney and Len Sassaman as Bitcoin's Co-Creators
Finding Satoshi, a new documentary, argues Hal Finney and Len Sassaman jointly built Bitcoin. Here is what the film claims and why the theory holds up. Read…
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KelpDAO Hacker Swaps 75,700 ETH Into Bitcoin Worth $175M
The KelpDAO exploiter converted nearly all 75,700 ETH, roughly $175M, into BTC over 36 hours, locking in gains and complicating recovery. Read the full…
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Uniswap Founder Hayden Adams Says Dead Internet Theory Is Looking Real
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams says his X follower count jumped from a few hundred to ~600 a day, pointing to AI bots as proof of the dead internet theory. Read…
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Peter Schiff Calls Strategy's STRC an 'Obvious Ponzi' and Dares Saylor to Debate
Peter Schiff labeled Strategy's STRC preferred share an obvious Ponzi and hosted a public X Space challenging Michael Saylor to defend the structure on air…
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FTX Would Be Worth $114B Today Had Lawyers Not Sold Anthropic, Solana, SpaceX
A Cointelegraph analysis argues FTX's estate would hold $114B in assets today if liquidators had not offloaded Anthropic, Solana, and SpaceX stakes early. Read…
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Naval Ravikant Launches USVC Fund With a $500 Minimum for Retail AI Bets
Naval Ravikant's new USVC fund opens AI startup exposure to retail investors at a $500 minimum, covering OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI positions. Read the full…
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Believe Founder Benjamin Pasternak Arrested on Assault Charges
Benjamin Pasternak, founder of Solana memecoin launchpad Believe, was arrested and faces second-degree strangulation and assault charges, per WuBlockchain…
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GSR Lists BESO ETF on Nasdaq With BTC, ETH, and SOL Staking
GSR's first Nasdaq ETF, ticker BESO, gives investors exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with staking rewards passed through where applicable. Read the…
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Coinbase Lists GBP-Backed Stablecoin tGBP for Global Trading
Coinbase added tGBP, a pound-pegged stablecoin, to its global order books. The listing gives UK crypto users a sterling-native rail outside USD stablecoins…
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American Bitcoin Activates 11,000 BTC Miners as Shares Keep Climbing
American Bitcoin, the Trump-linked public miner, switched on 11,000 BTC mining machines, expanding its owned hash rate as the stock continues to rally with BTC…
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Kraken Filed 56 Million Tax Forms, 74% for Transactions Under $50
Kraken submitted 56 million 1099 crypto tax forms to the IRS for 2025, with one third covering transactions under $1 and 74% worth less than $50. Read the full…
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Aave Deposits Drop $15 Billion as Kelp Exploit Drives DeFi Flight
Aave's supplied balances have fallen $15 billion since the Kelp DAO bridge exploit on April 15, as users pull collateral amid rsETH contagion fears. Read the…
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UK FCA Runs Its First P2P Crypto Raids Across Eight London Sites
UK FCA joined HMRC and organized crime units to raid 8 London sites in its first crackdown on illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading. What it means. Read the full…
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Bybit Flags macOS Malware Campaign Aimed at Claude Code Searchers
Bybit's security team disclosed a macOS malware campaign that preys on users searching for Claude Code, exploiting AI tool demand to deliver payloads. Read the…
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Mythical Marketplace Adds Non-Custodial Wallets and Drops KYC
Mythical is migrating its gaming marketplace to non-custodial wallets, EVM and Seaport rails, and removing KYC checks and withdrawal limits. Read the full…
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Russia's Duma Passes Crypto Foreign Trade Bill in First Reading
Russia's State Duma approved a first-reading bill recognizing crypto as property and allowing it for foreign trade payments, with the CBR as regulator. Read…
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Uzbekistan Opens a State-Backed Crypto Mining Zone With Tax Breaks
Uzbekistan has launched a state-backed crypto mining zone offering tax incentives to operators, turning government policy into a direct industry subsidy. Read…
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China's Liquidity Push Lines Up With a 5% Crypto Week
PBoC kept cash abundant in China's banking system. Bitcoin trades at $78,015, Ether added 3.6% in 24 hours, and the seven-day crypto tape sits up 5% or more…
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Volo Protocol Confirms $3.5M Exploit on Its Sui Vaults
Sui-based Volo Protocol has confirmed a $3.5M exploit of its vaults, with roughly $500K frozen so far. What's on the table and what isn't. Read the full…
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Unauthorized Users Accessed Anthropic's Cyberattack-Capable Mythos AI
Bloomberg reports a small group of unauthorized users accessed Anthropic's new Mythos AI, a model the company says is powerful enough to enable cyberattacks…
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KelpDAO Exploiter Launders $80M in ETH Through Thorchain
The attacker behind the $292M KelpDAO drain has routed roughly $80M in ETH through Thorchain swaps, complicating recovery efforts for rsETH depositors. Read…
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DoorDash Plans Stablecoin Payouts for Drivers and Merchants via Tempo
DoorDash is preparing to pay drivers and merchants globally in stablecoins using the Tempo blockchain, pulling crypto rails deep into the gig economy. Read the…
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80% of Japan's Institutions Plan to Buy Crypto Within Three Years
A Nomura and Laser Digital survey says nearly 80% of Japanese institutional investors plan crypto allocations of 2% to 5% within three years. Read the full…
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Oil Tanker Attacked After Paying Crypto for Fake Hormuz Safe Passage
The Sanmar Herald paid crypto scammers posing as Iranian authorities for fake Hormuz clearance, then got hit anyway. A shadow fraud industry is forming. Read…
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Gambino Grandson Sentenced for Running $420K COVID Fraud Through Crypto
A grandson of mob boss John Gotti was sentenced for wire fraud after moving $420K in stolen COVID relief through crypto rails amid rising KYC scrutiny. Read…
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Philippine SEC Puts dYdX and Six Other Crypto Platforms on a Warning List
The Philippines SEC told citizens that dYdX and six other crypto platforms are not registered to solicit investments locally, escalating regional enforcement…
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Justin Sun-Linked Wallet Pulled $274M USDT From Aave During the Freeze
A wallet tied to Justin Sun cleared $274M USDT from Aave after the protocol froze its rsETH markets from the KelpDAO exploit. The speed is the story. Read the…
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Arbitrum Security Council Freezes 30,766 ETH From KelpDAO Hack
The Arbitrum Security Council took emergency action to freeze 30,766 ETH worth roughly $71M tied to the KelpDAO exploit address on Arbitrum One. Read the full…
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RedotPay Adds SUI and USDC-Sui Spending Across 100+ Countries
RedotPay is now letting users pay in 100+ countries with SUI and native USDC on the Sui network, opening the chain's first major card rail. Read the full…
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Tron Moved $2 Trillion in USDT Transfers During Q1 2026
Tron processed about $2 trillion in USDT transfer volume during Q1 2026, extending its lead as the dominant settlement rail for Tether's stablecoin. Read the…
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Tim Cook Steps Down as Apple CEO, Ending 14 Years of Cautious Crypto Policy
Tim Cook stepped down as Apple CEO on April 20, 2026. His legacy includes Apple Pay, a payment rail nearly every crypto card now depends on. Read the full…
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BlackRock Says Bitcoin Moves on Its Own Drivers, Not Equity Sentiment
BlackRock's Jay Jacobs says Bitcoin is driven by geopolitical and inflation risk, not broader market sentiment. What the framing means with BTC at $76K. Read…
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Strategy's STRC Has Bought 10x More Bitcoin in 2026 Than Every ETF Combined
Strategy's STRC preferred has accumulated 77,000 BTC in 2026, ten times the net intake of every US spot Bitcoin ETF combined, per River data. Read the full…
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Coinbase's x402 Launches Agent.market, an App Store for AI Agents
Coinbase's x402 protocol rolled out Agent.market, a paid service catalog where autonomous AI agents can buy access to APIs and tools using stablecoins. Read…
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Grayscale Swaps Coinbase Custody for Anchorage on Hyperliquid ETF
Grayscale amended its Hyperliquid ETF filing, naming Anchorage Digital Bank as custodian and replacing Coinbase Custody in institutional crypto custody. Read…
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Polymarket Eyes $400M Raise at $15B Valuation on Demand Surge
Polymarket is reportedly negotiating a raise of up to $400 million at a $15 billion valuation as prediction market demand keeps setting new records in 2026…
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Tether Backs KAIO and Plans a Mubadala Fund in Abu Dhabi Push
Tether led an $8M round in Abu Dhabi tokenization firm KAIO and plans an institutional onchain fund with Mubadala Capital, deepening its UAE footprint. Read…
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Ripple Sets 2028 Deadline to Quantum-Proof the XRP Ledger
Ripple gave itself a 2028 deadline to swap out the XRP Ledger's cryptography before quantum machines can break it, calling the threat 'credible.' Read the full…
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Senate Democrats Will Press Warsh on Disclosure Gaps at Fed Chair Hearing
WSJ reports Senate Democrats plan to grill Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh on perceived gaps in his financial disclosures at Tuesday's confirmation hearing. Read…