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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
The SEC and CFTC Just Classified 17 Crypto Assets as Digital Commodities, Including SOL, LINK,...
The SEC and CFTC issued a joint interpretation classifying 17 crypto assets as digital commodities alongside BTC and ETH, ending years of regulatory ambiguity…
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Vietnam Is About to Launch Its First Licensed Crypto Exchanges, and Three Banks Are Already In
Five firms including three bank affiliates qualify for Vietnam's first crypto exchange licenses under a $400M capital requirement as Hanoi moves to ban…
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The US, UK, and Canada Just Launched a Joint Operation to Stop Crypto Approval Phishing in Real Time
Operation Atlantic brings the Secret Service, NCA, and Ontario police together to disrupt approval phishing scams that stole $17 billion in crypto last year…
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Bitcoin ETFs Pull In 963 Million Dollars in Six Days, the Longest Inflow Streak Since October
US spot Bitcoin ETFs have logged six straight days of net inflows totaling $963M, led by BlackRock IBIT and Fidelity, as BTC climbs 12.5% from its March low…
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T. Rowe Price Puts Dogecoin and Shiba Inu on the Menu for Its 1.8 Trillion Dollar Active Crypto ETF
T. Rowe Price amends its SEC filing for an actively managed crypto ETF covering 15 digital assets, with Anchorage Digital custody and potential staking. Read…
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The SEC Wants to Limit Its OTC Quoting Rule to Equities, and Crypto Classification Is the Open...
The SEC proposes amending Rule 15c2-11 to cover only equity securities. Commissioner Peirce asks whether crypto assets qualify, opening a comment period. Read…
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OpenSea Delays SEA Token Launch While Ethereum Rallies 8 Percent
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer postpones the SEA token launch originally set for March 30, citing challenging market conditions even as ETH surges. Read the full…
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Bitcoin Reclaims 75,000 Dollars as Short-Term Holders Send 37,500 BTC to Exchanges in One Day
Bitcoin crosses $75,000 with ETH up 9% in 24 hours, but short-term holders just sent the largest exchange inflow since January 15. Who blinks first? Read the…
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Crypto Cards Roundup March 17 - Mastercard Signs 85 Partners, RedotPay Lands Two Licenses,...
Crypto Cards Roundup March 17 - Mastercard Signs 85 Partners, RedotPay Lands Two Licenses, MetaMask Goes Polymarket Read the full article…
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Strategy Now Holds 761,068 Bitcoin After Spending 1.57 Billion Dollars Last Week
Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 22,337 BTC at $70,194 average, funded by preferred and common stock sales. Total holdings: 761,068 BTC worth $57.6 billion…
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Australia Backs a Crypto Licensing Bill That Gives Exchanges Six Months to Comply
Australia's Senate committee endorses the Digital Assets Framework Bill, requiring crypto exchanges and custody providers to obtain financial services…
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BlockFills Files for Chapter 11 With Up to 500 Million Dollars in Liabilities After a Single 75...
Crypto lender BlockFills filed Chapter 11 in Delaware with up to $500M in liabilities after a $75M loan loss, frozen withdrawals, and a commingling lawsuit…
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Metaplanet Raises 531 Million Dollars for Bitcoin While Sitting on a 1.2 Billion Dollar...
Japan's largest corporate Bitcoin holder raised $531M in new capital to keep buying BTC, despite holding 35,102 coins at a 32% loss. Here is what the math…
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300 Million Dollars in Shorts Liquidated as Bitcoin and Ethereum Hit 6-Week Highs
Bitcoin reclaims $73,800 and Ethereum surges 14% in a week as $300M in short positions get wiped out. Fear and Greed climbs from 8 to 41. Read the full…
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The SEC Drops Its 257 Million Dollar Fraud Case Against the BitClout Founder, and It Cannot Refile
The SEC dismissed its civil fraud case against BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji with prejudice, adding to a growing list of crypto enforcement retreats. Read the…
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Coinbase Is in Talks to Take a Stake in Bybit at a 25 Billion Dollar Valuation
Wu Blockchain reports Coinbase is negotiating a minority equity stake in Bybit, giving the offshore exchange a path into the US market. Read the full article…
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Aave Launches Shield After Its Post Mortem Reveals a 73,000 Dollar Pool Absorbed a 50 Million...
Aave Shield will auto-block swaps with over 25% price impact. The post mortem pins the $50M loss on illiquid markets, but CoW Swap says multiple systems…
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Venus Protocol Loses 3.7 Million Dollars After an Attacker Spent Nine Months Cornering One Token
An attacker accumulated 84% of Thena's THE supply cap on Venus Protocol, manipulated the price, and borrowed $3.7M in CAKE, BTC, and BNB before anyone noticed…
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The Ethereum Foundation Just Sold 5,000 ETH to the Company Sitting on 7.8 Billion Dollars in...
The Ethereum Foundation sold 5,000 ETH for $10.2M to BitMine in its second corporate OTC deal, as BitMine keeps buying despite $7.8B in unrealized losses. Read…
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Ethereum Has Added 1 Million ETH Since the Merge, and the Burn Rate Cannot Keep Up
Ethereum's circulating supply has crossed 121 million ETH, reversing the deflationary thesis that followed the Merge. Blob fees and low activity are the…
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Jacob and Co Just Released a 40,000 Dollar Watch That Mines Bitcoin
Jacob and Co partnered with GoMining on a $40,000 luxury watch that grants 1,000 terahashes of Bitcoin mining power. Only 100 exist. Read the full article…
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Crypto Lending Deposits Fell 37% to 79 Billion Dollars While Aave Hit Record Users and 1 Trillion...
Artemis data shows crypto lending deposits dropped from $125B to $79B, but Aave hit 155K monthly users and $1T in cumulative loans. Price erosion, not flight…
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Crypto Losses Dropped 87% in February, but Hackers Stopped Attacking Code and Started Attacking You
February 2026 crypto losses fell to $26-49M from $385M in January. The catch: social engineering now causes more damage than smart contract exploits. Read the…
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The US Just Bombed Iran's Biggest Oil Terminal, and Bitcoin Barely Moved
US forces struck military targets on Kharg Island, Iran's main crude export hub. Oil topped $100. Bitcoin held $71,000. Here is what the market is pricing in…
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USDC Hits 81 Billion Dollars in Supply and Overtakes USDT in Transaction Volume for the First...
USDC reaches $81.1B all-time high supply while processing 70% of stablecoin volume in February. AI agents settled 140M transactions in USDC this year. Read the…
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Drone Debris Hits Dubai Financial Center as Token2049 Cancels and Crypto Firms Evacuate
Iranian drone debris struck the DIFC Innovation Hub, Token2049 is postponed to 2027, and crypto traders are leaving Dubai as the war reshapes the industry's…
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Kraken SPAC Has 345 Million Dollars and Two Years to Buy a Crypto Company Worth Up to 10 Billion
KRAKacquisition Corp is actively searching for crypto-native acquisition targets valued between 2 and 10 billion dollars, with stablecoins and DeFi in focus…
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Custodia Bank Loses Its Final Fed Appeal in a 7-3 Vote, but Kraken Already Has What Custodia...
A federal appeals court ends Custodia's five-year fight for a Fed master account, just days after Kraken became the first crypto firm to get one. Read the full…
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The TRUMP Token Surged 50 Percent After Offering Top Holders Dinner With the President
TRUMP meme coin rallied 50% to $4.29 with $1.14B in volume after announcing a Mar-a-Lago gala luncheon for the top 297 token holders on April 25. Read the full…
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US GDP Came in at Half the Estimate, and Bitcoin Rallied 3.5 Percent Anyway
US Q4 GDP grew just 0.7% annualized vs the 1.4% estimate. Bitcoin climbed to $72,853 as markets price in faster Fed rate cuts. Read the full article…
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HSBC and Standard Chartered Will Be Hong Kong First Licensed Stablecoin Issuers
Hong Kong is granting its first stablecoin licenses to HSBC, Standard Chartered, and OSL as early as March 24, chosen from 36 applicants under the Stablecoins…
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Tether Says It Will Finally Get a Full Audit by Year End, and 189 Billion Dollars Is Riding on It
Tether aims to complete its first full audit by the end of 2026, per Bloomberg. After a decade of attestations, 189 billion in USDT reserves faces real…
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Alibaba Backs a Singapore Stablecoin Platform That Already Processes 10 Billion Dollars a Year
Alibaba leads MetaComp's $35M raise as the MAS-licensed stablecoin platform hits $10B in volume and plans StableX Network expansion across Asia and beyond…
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South Korea Is Building a 2 Million Dollar AI System to Monitor 8 Billion Crypto Transactions...
South Korea's National Tax Service is developing an AI platform to track 8 billion annual crypto transactions ahead of its delayed 22% crypto gains tax in…
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The SEC Advisory Committee Just Voted to Let Stocks Trade on Blockchains, With Three Conditions
The SEC Investor Advisory Committee voted to recommend tokenized securities regulations with mandatory disclosures, audits, and best-execution requirements…
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A Whale Swapped 50 Million USDT for 324 AAVE Tokens Worth 36,000 Dollars, and Aave Says the...
A crypto whale lost nearly $50 million swapping USDT for AAVE through CoW Swap after ignoring slippage warnings. Aave is refunding $600K in fees. Read the full…
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BlackRock Launches ETHB on Nasdaq, the First Staked Ethereum ETF From the Worlds Largest Asset...
BlackRock's ETHB begins trading on Nasdaq, staking 70-95% of its ETH holdings and passing 82% of yield to shareholders. Here is what it means. Read the full…
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Investors Sue JPMorgan for Allegedly Enabling a 328 Million Dollar Crypto Ponzi Scheme
A class action accuses JPMorgan Chase of processing $253M in suspicious Goliath Ventures transfers while ignoring KYC and AML red flags for three years. Read…
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Hackers Hijacked the BONK.fun Domain and Planted a Wallet Drainer on Solana Biggest Meme Launchpad
BONK.fun team confirms hackers took over a team account and embedded a crypto drainer on the Solana token launchpad domain, tricking users with a fake TOS…
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Ledger Donjon Found a MediaTek Flaw That Lets Attackers Steal Seed Phrases From Android Phones in...
A secure boot chain vulnerability in MediaTek processors allowed USB-based seed extraction from Trust Wallet, Phantom, and four other wallets. Patched January…
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Binance.US Hires a Compliance Veteran as CEO and Bets Its Comeback on DeFi and Tokenized Assets
Stephen Gregory, former Currency.com and Gemini executive, takes over Binance.US with plans to expand staking, DeFi access, and tokenized assets. Read the full…
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Revolut Wins a Full UK Banking License After a Five-Year Wait, but Crypto Stays Outside the...
Revolut exits its PRA mobilisation phase with 13 million UK customers, FSCS deposit protection up to 120,000 pounds, and crypto trading walled off in a…
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The SEC and CFTC Just Signed an MOU That Ends a Decade of Crypto Regulatory Infighting
SEC and CFTC formalize coordination on crypto oversight through a landmark MOU, launching a Joint Harmonization Initiative across six priority areas. Read the…
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Wells Fargo Files a Trademark for WFUSD as Big Four Banks Circle the Stablecoin Market
Wells Fargo's WFUSD trademark covers crypto exchange, wallets, and blockchain settlement. JPMorgan, BofA, and Citi are in on the consortium play. Read the full…
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The DOJ Is Investigating Whether Iran Used Binance to Move 1.7 Billion Dollars Past US Sanctions
The Justice Department is probing Binance over $1.7B in alleged Iran-linked transfers, fired whistleblowers, and ties to Trump-affiliated crypto ventures. Read…
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An Aave Oracle Glitch Liquidated 27 Million Dollars in wstETH Because a Timestamp Was Seven Days Old
A stale parameter in Aave's CAPO risk oracle undervalued wstETH by 2.85%, triggering $27M in forced liquidations across 34 accounts. Full compensation is…
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Coinbase x402 Protocol Has a 7 Billion Dollar Ecosystem and 28,000 Dollars in Daily Volume, and...
The x402 AI micropayment protocol backed by Coinbase and a16z processes $28K daily against a $7B ecosystem valuation, with half the activity artificial. Read…
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Ripple Is Buying Its Way Into Australia With a Financial Services License as APAC Volume Doubles
Ripple plans to acquire BC Payments Australia and its AFSL license, expanding its regulated footprint to 75+ markets as Asia-Pacific payments volume doubles…
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Ghana Admits 11 Crypto Firms Into Its First Regulatory Sandbox Under a Law Passed Three Months Ago
Ghana's SEC launches a 12-month crypto sandbox with 11 companies covering exchanges, gold tokenization, and payment systems under the VASP Act 2025. Read the…
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Arthur Hayes Would Not Bet a Dollar on Bitcoin Right Now, and He Built BitMEX
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes says he will not buy BTC until central banks start printing money, despite Bitcoin trading near $70,000 with the Fear index at…
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Record 6 Percent of Americans Raided Their 401(k)s Last Year, and Crypto Sat in Fear the Whole Time
Vanguard reports hardship withdrawals hit a record 6% in 2025, tripling the pre-pandemic rate. What this says about financial stress, crypto sentiment, and…
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21Shares Lists the First US Polkadot ETF on Nasdaq With Built-In Staking, and a Supply Cap Lands...
21Shares TDOT ETF gives US investors physically-backed DOT exposure with staking yield on Nasdaq, days before Polkadot caps supply at 2.1 billion tokens. Read…
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Hyperliquid Permissionless Market Hits 1.2 Billion Dollars in Open Interest as Oil and Equity...
Hyperliquid's HIP-3 permissionless market set a record $1.2B in open interest, with oil and equity futures accounting for most of the top 30 contracts. Read…
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Wall Street Funneled 540 Million Dollars Into Solana ETFs in Q4, and Investment Advisors Were the...
13F filings reveal $540M in institutional Solana ETF purchases in Q4, led by Goldman Sachs, Electric Capital, and investment advisors holding over $270M. Read…
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Broadridge Plugs Crypto Dot Com Into the Same Order Routing Network That Moves 15 Trillion...
Broadridge integrates Crypto.com into its NYFIX network, giving 2,200 institutional participants FIX-based crypto order routing for the first time in Asia…
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Wall Street Banks Are Preparing to Sue the OCC for Giving Crypto Firms Federal Banking Charters
The Bank Policy Institute, backed by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, is weighing a lawsuit against the OCC over national trust bank charters granted to crypto…
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The DOJ Seeks to Retry Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm on Money Laundering and Sanctions...
The DOJ wants to retry Roman Storm on money laundering and sanctions charges after last year's hung jury, proposing an early October 2026 retrial date. Read…
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Trump Says the Iran War Is Very Complete as Brent Crude Drops 10 Percent and Bitcoin Reclaims 69,000
Oil plunges to below $90 as Trump signals the Iran conflict is winding down. Asian markets rebound, Bitcoin rises 3.4%, and the Strait of Hormuz remains the…
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Ethereum Leads All Chains in 2026 With 2.1 Billion Dollars in Net Capital Flows While ETF...
Artemis bridge data shows Ethereum attracted $2.1B in net capital flows YTD in 2026, even as ETF outflows hit $2.76B and exchange reserves drop to record lows…
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Arthur Hayes Says HYPE Will Hit 150 Dollars by August, and His Fund Already Made It Their Largest...
Arthur Hayes published a detailed financial model projecting Hyperliquid's HYPE token to $150 by August 2026, backed by $1.4B revenue and 97% buybacks. Read…