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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 & AnalysisSEC's Atkins Says Agency Will Give Onchain Fundraising Clarity Anyway
SEC Chair Paul Atkins told CNBC the agency is proceeding to clarify how to raise money onchain even after the CLARITY Act failed in Congress. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisECB Opens Digital Euro Testing to Fintechs and Payment Firms
The ECB is inviting fintechs and payment firms to test digital euro features, with 2027 workshops on AI-enabled and machine-to-machine payments. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether Freezes $550M in Iran-Linked USDT This Year
Tether says it helped authorities freeze nearly $550M in Iran-linked USDT in 2026, showing how centralized stablecoin issuers act as compliance agents. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCleanSpark Unit Closes $2.28B Senior Secured Note Offering
CleanSpark subsidiary CSDC Finance closed a $2.276B private offering of senior secured notes, one of the largest debt raises tied to a listed Bitcoin miner…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFCA Wins Confiscation Order to Repay Victims of £1.5M Crypto Fraud
The UK's FCA secured a confiscation order so victims of a £1.5m crypto investment fraud can recover lost funds, a rare full-restitution outcome in crypto…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWhite House Blames Democrats for Stalled Crypto Clarity Act
The White House publicly blamed Democrats for failing to pass the Crypto Clarity Act, escalating pressure on US crypto market structure legislation. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitget Restarts BTC Withdrawals as Phased Resumption Begins
Bitget restarted Bitcoin withdrawals at 08:00 UTC on Sept 28 after its Sept 24 security incident, saying the flaw is fixed and user balances are intact. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBelarus Registers Its First Crypto Banks Under Central Bank Rules
Belarus registered its first-ever crypto banks, requiring accreditation from the National Bank before operations. Here is what the move signals for the region…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOndo Perps Launches 24/7 Perpetuals on Tokenized Stocks
Ondo Finance opened perpetual trading on tokenized stocks and ETFs, letting traders post holdings as collateral and run the basis trade on one venue. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlockchain.com Reportedly Targets $500M IPO at $4-6B Valuation
Blockchain.com is reportedly planning a $500M IPO this year at a $4-6B valuation, adding to a wave of crypto infrastructure firms testing public markets. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRobinhood Chain's $1.5B Boom Draws Memecoin Rug Factories
A second suspected memecoin rug factory has surfaced on Robinhood Chain, with GoPlus tracing over $9M in losses as the network's TVL climbs toward $1.5B. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRedotPay Says It Passed a Clean Big Four Financial Audit
RedotPay says an independent Big Four firm signed off on its financials. Here is what a clean audit does and does not tell crypto card holders. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisChainlink Hardens Bridge Tech After a $292M Cross-Chain Exploit
Chainlink updated its cross-chain bridge infrastructure months after a $292M hack at a rival exposed the risks in moving value between blockchains. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCiti Partners With Coinbase to Move Stablecoin Payments Into Institutions
Citigroup, with $2.8 trillion in assets, is teaming up with Coinbase to enable stablecoin payments for institutional clients, a signal that legacy finance now…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisQuebec's AMF Warns Pump.fun Is Not Registered or Authorized
Quebec's financial regulator, the AMF, warned that meme token launchpad Pump.fun is not registered and not authorized to offer products in the province. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTHORChain Rejects Bitget's Call to Block $387.5M in Stolen Funds
THORChain developers refused Bitget's request to block the attacker behind a $387.5M hack, choosing censorship resistance over asset recovery. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCalifornia Bans Memecoins, Newsom Calls It 'The Opposite of Trump'
California becomes the first US state to ban memecoins, with Governor Newsom framing the signed law as a direct political counter to the Trump administration…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Korea Weighs Market Maker Rules After JPYC Trades at 4x Peg
A yen stablecoin traded at four times its intended value, pushing South Korean regulators to reconsider rules that keep professional market makers off local…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisChina's State Security Ministry: Crypto Anonymity Is an Illusion
China's Ministry of State Security says crypto offers no anonymity and no legal escape for criminals, hardening the stance from the world's most restrictive…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHegota Could Be Ethereum's Last 'Normal' Fork, Vitalik Says
Vitalik Buterin says the 2027 Hegota upgrade may be Ethereum's final fork that a 2015-era user would still recognize, before a shift to cryptographic scaling…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisApollo Economist Warns AI Agents Could Trigger 'Agentic Bank Runs'
Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok says AI agents that auto-move household cash could spark 'agentic bank runs.' What it means for stablecoins and DeFi…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Staff Guidance Skips cbETH and stETH in New Staking Categories
SEC staff's new staking-token categories do not cover cbETH or stETH, leaving the two largest liquid staking tokens in regulatory limbo as holders weigh exit…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Posts Simultaneous Highs in Stablecoins, RWAs, and Tokenized Stocks
Solana says stablecoins and real-world assets both hit all-time highs and over one million wallets now hold tokenized stocks. Here is what the milestone means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisThe Clearing House Taps Quant for Tokenized Deposits, QNT Up 158%
The Clearing House selected Quant to power a tokenized deposit network, and CoinGecko data shows QNT up 158% on the week. A rare bank-infrastructure win for a…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKraken Opens Early Access to Oura IPO Shares via xStocks Tokens
Kraken is letting users request OURAx, a tokenized version of Oura's IPO shares through xStocks, bringing pre-IPO access onto blockchain rails for crypto…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Sets a Three-Month Trading Pause for Tokenized Stocks That Breach Volume Caps
Under the SEC's tokenized-stock pilot, a second breach of a stock's trading-volume cap triggers a three-month pause on that exchange and its affiliates. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin ETFs Post $2.39B Weekly Inflow, Best Since October
US spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $2.39B in net inflows last week, the strongest weekly total since October, as BTC held near $84,500 on Sept 27, 2026. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPlasma One Puts 10% Back on Eight Sleep Pod 6 for Platinum Members
Plasma One is offering Platinum-tier cardholders 10% cashback on their first Eight Sleep Pod 6 purchase, a merchant perk gated to the card's top tier. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKraken Parent Payward Bets Billions on Financial Infrastructure
Payward, Kraken's parent, is buying futures brokers, chartering a bank, and opening its rails to 25+ companies to become financial infrastructure, not just an…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNearly $15B Exodus From LayerZero After $292M Exploit Lawsuit
Evercrest, the firm behind KelpDAO, sued LayerZero Labs over a $292M exploit. Projects tied to $14.5B have announced moves off the interoperability layer. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitget to Resume Withdrawals in Phases From Sept 28
Bitget will restart withdrawals in dated phases from Sept 28 after a Sept 24 security incident it says is contained, with Mandiant and SlowMist validating…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Sues Cash FX Over Alleged $950M Crypto-Linked Forex Scheme
The CFTC has sued Cash FX Group, alleging a $950M fraud that took crypto and cash deposits but ran almost no real forex trading. Here is what the filing…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Loses Its Best-Known Crypto Advocate as Hester Peirce Steps Down
Hester Peirce, the SEC commissioner nicknamed Crypto Mom, is stepping down. Her exit removes the agency's most vocal digital asset defender at a pivotal…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKalshi Wins Sixth Circuit Ruling on Event Contracts in Ohio and Tennessee
A federal appeals court let Kalshi keep running its event contracts in Ohio and Tennessee, reinforcing the CFTC-preemption argument at the center of the fight…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIBM Links 17 Banks to SWIFT for Real-Time Tokenized Deposits
IBM's blockchain beta connects 17 global banks to SWIFT using ISO 20022 messages, letting them settle tokenized deposits without rebuilding core payment…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Staff: Token Buybacks May Not Trigger the Howey Test
SEC staff signaled that token buybacks and continued development of functional crypto networks may not meet the Howey test for a securities offering. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCircle Foundation Tests Stablecoin Aid Payments With UNDP and WFP
Circle Foundation is backing the UN Development Programme and World Food Programme to pilot regulated stablecoin payments for faster, cheaper humanitarian aid…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPayy Confirms Exploit, Rules Out Key and Social Engineering Attacks
Payy has finished initial root-cause analysis of a security exploit, ruling out compromised keys, social engineering, and off-chain infrastructure. A validated…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGnosis Pay Shuts Down Consumer Card and App on Dec 20
Gnosis Pay will close its consumer card and web app at 23:59 UTC on Dec 20, 2026, ending one of the earliest onchain self-custody card programs. Here is what…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWhitehat Moves 3,832 NFTs to Safety After Magic Eden Flaw
A whitehat moved 3,832 NFTs from hundreds of wallets after a suspected Magic Eden vulnerability, per Cointelegraph. What NFT holders should check now. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMultiversX Restarts Mainnet After Exploit Halt, Kraken Locks EGLD
MultiversX resumed mainnet blocks on Sept. 24 after halting the chain over an exploit, but Kraken kept EGLD trading cancel-only, signaling lingering caution…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMorgan Stanley Sees Tokenized Assets Growing From $40B to $2.3T
Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman project tokenized assets will jump from about $40B today to $2.3T, a roughly 57x forecast that reframes onchain finance. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFederal Reserve Proposes First Stablecoin Rules Under GENIUS Act
The Fed proposed reserve and capital rules for dollar stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, with a 60-day comment window. Here is what it means for holders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisDTCC Launches Tokenization Service for $114 Trillion in Assets
The DTCC is launching a blockchain tokenization service aimed at the $114 trillion in assets its infrastructure already touches, per CEO Frank La Salla. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEU Banking Authority Wants Crypto Lending and DeFi Under MiCA
The European Banking Authority called for crypto lending and DeFi protocol access to fall under MiCA as the EU reviews and expands its crypto rulebook. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether Funds Reportedly Stuck at EQIBank as Lender Faces Liquidation Risk
The Information says Tether has funds trapped at EQIBank, a banking partner now facing liquidation risk. Here is what it means for USDT holders and stablecoin…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBrazil Orders Reporting of Self-Custody Crypto Trades Over $10K
Brazil now requires traders to report self-custody wallet transactions above $10,000, extending oversight beyond exchanges to non-custodial activity. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlackRock-Powered Portfolio Pushes ONDO to a New 2026 High
ONDO climbed above $0.50 to a new year-to-date high after Ondo Finance released a BlackRock-powered tokenized portfolio, per CoinGecko. Here is what moved…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitget Confirms Over $350M Stolen in Major Exchange Hack
Bitget has confirmed more than $350 million stolen in a major security breach, one of the largest exchange hacks of 2026. Here is what users need to know. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitget Wallet Hit by Suspected Breach, $170M Swapped to ETH
On-chain trackers flagged over $170M in assets draining from Bitget Wallet users and converting to ETH, a suspected breach that revives hot-wallet custody…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Clears US Commodities Firms to Hold Tokenized Assets
The CFTC says US commodities firms can invest in tokenized assets and keep blockchain records, removing a regulatory hurdle for institutional tokenized…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisARK Invest Tokenizes Venture Fund on Ethereum via Securitize
Cathie Wood's ARK Invest is tokenizing its venture fund on Ethereum with Securitize, putting private holdings like OpenAI and Anthropic onchain. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSenate Democrats Demand a Public Hearing on Prediction Markets
All 11 Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee are pushing for a public hearing on prediction markets, raising the odds of tighter oversight. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Team Weighs Push to Spread Dollar Stablecoins Abroad
The Trump administration is considering an initiative to promote dollar-backed stablecoins overseas to defend the greenback's reserve status, Bloomberg…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC's Selig Says 'It's Go Time' on Crypto Market Structure
CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the agency will use existing authority to build a crypto market structure framework. What it means for settlement and card users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJupiter Card Now Funds From Any Token in One Transaction
Jupiter Card can now be topped up with any token a user holds in a single tap, turning a whole Solana wallet into spendable balance. Here is what changes. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNearly $20M in XRP Drained From 6,678 Wallets in Wave Attack
Almost $20 million in XRP was drained from 6,678 wallets across six attack waves between Sept. 15 and 20, 2026. Here is what is known and how to protect your…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Chair Signals a Regulatory Pivot to Onchain Markets
CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the agency is preparing for onchain systems, mass tokenization, 24/7 trading, and agentic finance. Here is what the shift signals…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMastercard and SoFi Put $25B in Card Payments on Blockchain
Mastercard and SoFi are moving $25 billion in annual card payment volume onto blockchain rails, one of the largest steps yet toward on-chain settlement for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitMEX Shuts Down: The 100x Leverage Pioneer Ends Trading
BitMEX stopped all trading at 04:00 UTC on Sept 23, 2026. Owner HDR Global cites a strategic review. Here is what users must do with their remaining funds…