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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 & AnalysisLiquid Hack Leaves Bull Bitcoin Users Waiting 30 Days to Reclaim BTC
Liquid's peg-outs are still frozen after a $320M exploit, and Bull Bitcoin has warned some users they face up to a 30-day wait to move L-BTC back to Bitcoin…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNYSE and Blockchain.com Sign MOU to Bring Tokenized US Stocks to 44M Accounts
NYSE Group and Blockchain.com signed an MOU to give the platform's 44 million users access to tokenized US stocks, a step toward onchain equities at scale…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMoonPay Buys SEC-Registered NorCap for $60M in RWA Tokenization Push
MoonPay is acquiring private markets platform NorCap for $60M+ in stock, gaining an SEC-registered broker-dealer and transfer agent to build tokenized asset…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPolygon Co-Founder Calls for a 100M Token Burn Worth About 1% of Supply
Sandeep Nailwal posted that it is time to burn 100M Polygon tokens, roughly 1% of supply. Here is what the deflationary call means and what it does not confirm…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBinance Wallet Adds Up to 4.75% APR on Ethena's USDe
Ethena says Binance Wallet's Hold to Earn now pays up to 4.75% APR on USDe as a promotional reward. Here is what the offer covers and what it leaves unsaid…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCOCA Card Offers Up to $135 Cashback on iPhone 18 Pro Until Sept 30
COCA is running a limited-time promotion paying up to $135 cashback on Apple purchases, including the iPhone 18 Pro, made with its card before September 30…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisiPhone Safari Zero-Day Could Expose Crypto Keys and Seed Phrases
A reported Safari zero-day could let attackers reach crypto private keys and seed phrases on iPhones. Here is the risk and the steps to take now. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSenate Rejects CLARITY Act Despite 4 Million Crypto Advocates
Stand With Crypto rallied 4 million advocates and over 1 million calls and emails, but the CLARITY Act still lost 49-50 in the US Senate. Here is what the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTexas Freezes Data Center Permits Until Grid Audit Is Done
Governor Abbott halted new state-issued data center permits in Texas pending a grid audit, a move that lands on the state's large Bitcoin mining base. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia Could License Its First Crypto Market Participants by Year-End
The Bank of Russia says its crypto legal framework is now in effect, with the first licensed market participants on track before the end of 2026. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWhite Hats Move 52 BTC From Coldcard Exploit Into Recovery Trust
Security researchers rescued 52.37 BTC from wallets hit by the Coldcard entropy flaw and parked it in a Wyoming Crypto Recovery Trust, with no bounty taken…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS DOJ Probes Binance Over Alleged Iran Sanctions Breaches
The US DOJ is investigating whether Binance failed to block trades tied to Iran, per Bloomberg. Here is what the sanctions probe means for the largest crypto…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPragma Flags 6 Price Feeds as Critical Risk After $3.5M Starknet Exploit
Pragma tagged 6 of its 22 Starknet price feeds critical risk after a $3.5M Nostra exploit exposed the gap between oracle prices and real liquidation liquidity…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto Fear & Greed Index Hits 78 as Bitcoin Tops $86,000
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index jumped to 78, its first Extreme Greed reading this month, as Bitcoin climbed past $86,000. Here is what the sentiment gauge…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisApple and Google Post Senior Stablecoin and Blockchain Roles
Apple and Google have opened senior stablecoin and blockchain jobs, tied to Apple Pay strategy and Google Cloud's digital asset clients, per CoinMarketCap…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCOCA Cuts Staking Needed for Loyalty Tiers by 30% Until Sept 30
COCA is discounting the COCA token stake required to unlock any Loyalty tier by 30% through September 30, locking in the higher cashback rate for six months…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRedotPay Adds Card Deposit Funding From PayPal, Wise, and Revolut
RedotPay launched Card Deposit, letting users fund accounts directly from PayPal, Wise, Revolut, and 15+ other apps with lower fees. Here's what it means for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Hits $85,000 as a $648M Short Squeeze Burns Bears
Bitcoin's push to $85,000 triggered a $648M short squeeze, forcing out bearish traders as BTC, ETH, XRP and SOL all posted double-digit weekly gains. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVietnam Targets Its First Licensed Crypto Service Providers in 2026
Vietnam's Deputy Finance Minister says the country expects to issue its first crypto-asset service provider licenses in 2026, a milestone for Southeast Asia…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Cuts Block Time 17%: Third Network Speedup Since August
Solana dropped its target slot time from 300ms to 250ms, its third block-time reduction since August. Here is what the throughput push means for users. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisECB Starts Digital Euro Pilot With Bank-Only Pontes Platform
The ECB launched Pontes, a bank-only platform that opens the digital euro pilot phase and points to a broader test in mid-2027. Here is what it means. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisZetaChain Votes 99.4% to Migrate ZETA to Solana, Wind Down Its L1
ZetaChain's community approved a proposal to migrate the ZETA token to Solana and sunset its own Layer 1, passing with 99.4% support. Here is what changed…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKalshi Crypto Volumes Draw Public Wash-Trading Allegations
A former quant researcher publicly accused Kalshi of inflated crypto trading volumes through wash trading, raising fresh integrity questions for prediction…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNorth Korean Hackers Steal $10.7M Through Fake Crypto Job Offers
A North Korean group called WaterPlum ran fake recruiter campaigns against crypto and AI developers, infecting 30,000 devices and taking $10.7M, researchers…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisArbitrum Leads All Chains in RWA Growth With $74M Week
Arbitrum One added more than $74M in real-world asset market cap over seven days, the most of any chain, per its official account. Here is what the number…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPolymarket CEO Reportedly Waved Off a $10M Card Fraud Scheme
WSJ reports Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan told compliance staff to prioritize growth over a stolen debit card fraud scheme that tried to take at least $10M…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNEAR Jumps 80% in a Week After Confidential Perps Launch on Hyperliquid
NEAR rose more than 80% in seven days after launching confidential-by-default perpetual futures on Hyperliquid, Cointelegraph reported on September 20, 2026…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisXRP ETFs Log 10-Week Inflow Streak as Solana Funds Run Even Longer
XRP spot ETFs hit a record cumulative net-inflow high after 10 straight weeks of gains, while Solana funds post an even longer run, per CryptoPotato. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Crypto Market Structure Bill Collapses After Months of Talks
The CLARITY Act died in the Senate 49-50, 11 votes short of cloture, ending crypto's market-structure push for 2026 over an unresolved ethics fight. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSaudi Arabia Exits mBridge, China's Cross-Border CBDC Project
Saudi Arabia has withdrawn from mBridge, the China-led blockchain settlement platform, per the FT. Here is what the exit signals for cross-border payment…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAvici Pushes 0% FX Markup Across Every Card Tier
Avici says it adds 0% FX markup on all its self-custodial Visa cards. Here is what that covers, the Visa fee it does not, and who it helps. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRobinhood Chain Takes $4.5M in Daily Fees, Sends Ethereum $400
An analysis shared by WuBlockchain says Robinhood Chain collected $4.5M in daily fees while paying its Ethereum settlement layer roughly $400. Here is the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSpot Bitcoin ETFs Turn Net Positive for September Despite Mid-Month Dip
Coin Bureau says spot Bitcoin ETFs took in more than they lost from September 1-18, a net positive month even as BTC trades near $80,400. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTurkish Lira Slides Toward Zero Against Bitcoin, Cointelegraph Says
Cointelegraph reports the Turkish lira has collapsed to near-zero against Bitcoin. Here is what the chart signals for Turkish savers and how it fits a wider…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGate Warns of FomoPeek iOS Malware That Steals Wallet Logins
Gate's security team flagged FomoPeek, an iOS app that reads the clipboard and steals wallet credentials. Risk controls blocked losses. Here is what to do…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBrazil Bars Stablecoins From a Key Cross-Border Payment Rail
Brazil's central bank will block virtual assets, including stablecoins, from settling one type of cross-border payment, tightening rules on a $1.1 trillion…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHong Kong Banker Gets 4 Years for $470K in Crypto Bribes
A former Hong Kong banker was sentenced to four years for taking $470,000 in crypto bribes and falsifying records, per Cointelegraph on September 19, 2026…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin's Market Cap Passes Tesla in Latest Ranking Shuffle
Bitcoin flipped Tesla by market capitalization, per Cointelegraph, as BTC traded near $81,400 on September 19, 2026. The size comparison and what it signals…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBrazil's Securities Regulator Opens 120-Day Study on Tokenization
Brazil's CVM has launched a 120-day working group to study securities tokenization and draft rules, a structured move toward regulated digital asset issuance…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisArgentina to Auto-Share Crypto Tax Data Worldwide by 2029
Argentina will automatically share crypto transaction data with foreign tax authorities from September 2029, joining the OECD's global reporting framework…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJapan-Korea Stablecoin Test Settles Across Borders on Canton
SBI Digital Practice and Kyobo Life ran a Japan-Korea cross-border settlement test using tokens simulating a yen stablecoin on the Canton Network. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCLARITY Act Alive but Faces Senate Clock and 60-Vote Wall
Kyle Chasse says the CLARITY Act isn't dead, but the Senate is running short on time and still needs 60 votes to advance the crypto market structure bill. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNYSE Parent ICE Is Evaluating Avalanche for 24/7 On-Chain Trading
Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the NYSE, is evaluating Avalanche for a planned 24/7 on-chain trading platform, VP Michael Blaugrund said. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGrayscale's Zcash ETF Hits $890M in Weeks, Splits Shares 3-for-1
Grayscale's Zcash ETF has pulled in $890M in net assets and $11B in cumulative volume within a month, prompting a 3-for-1 share split as ZEC hits a record…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase Files to Launch First US Single-Stock Perpetual Futures
Coinbase filed to list the first single-stock perpetual futures in the US, offering 24/5 exposure and importing a crypto-native contract into equities. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Files Rulemaking to Regulate Crypto Asset Transactions and Markets
The CFTC filed a new rulemaking to regulate crypto asset transactions and markets, its clearest move yet toward federal oversight of trading and custody. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOnchain Malware Surged 420% as State Hackers Target Wallets
Chainalysis says onchain malware writes jumped 420% in a year, with state-backed hackers behind roughly two-thirds of new activity each quarter. What it means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFake AI Trading Tool Swaps Browser Wallets for Credential Stealers
HP says Needle Stealer malware, disguised as an AI crypto-trading tool, replaced seven browser wallet extensions with credential-stealing copies using signed…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSam Altman's World Launches World Money in 150+ Countries
World, the Sam Altman-backed project, launched World Money, a stablecoin-powered app for holding, earning, trading, and sending digital assets in 150+…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Opens Innovation Exemption for Crypto-Native Tokenized Stocks
The SEC opened a temporary test path letting crypto platforms trade tokenized stocks under a compliance exemption. UNI rose over 18% in 24 hours on the news…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisS&P Global Buys OpenZeppelin, Bets on 24/7 Onchain Markets
S&P Global is acquiring smart contract auditor OpenZeppelin days after backing Kaiko, signaling a push to price and audit risk for markets that never close…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Treasury Sanctions BitBank Over Iran Crypto Sanctions Evasion
OFAC sanctioned crypto exchange BitBank and its Iranian backers for helping Tehran move value through digital assets, tightening the net on sanctions evasion…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisECB Chief Lagarde Personally Blocked Binance's EU License Bid
ECB President Christine Lagarde personally intervened to stop Binance from securing an EU-wide license, per a WSJ report, signaling Europe's hardening line…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisZcash Jumps 17% as $345M in Liquidations Hit Crypto Traders
Zcash surged 17% while $345 million in leveraged positions were liquidated across crypto, one day after the Fed delivered its first rate hike since 2023. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHouse Committee Advances Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill in 28-21 Vote
The House Financial Services Committee voted 28-21 to advance the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill, the first such measure to clear a full House committee. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVIVA Becomes First Carrier Live on Avalanche's Iris Network
Latin American telecom VIVA is the first carrier live on Iris, an Avalanche-based financial network debuting with a $43M commitment from Balesia Group. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSOL and XRP ETFs Draw Inflows as Bitcoin and Ether Funds Bleed
SOL and XRP spot ETFs pulled in net inflows on Sept. 16 while BTC and ETH funds saw outflows, a divergence that hints at rotation into alternative layer-1s…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether Lends $1.5 Billion to US Gold Dealer Gold.com
Tether has lent about $1.5 billion to US precious metals dealer Gold.com, per Cointelegraph, pushing the stablecoin issuer deeper into commodity finance. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia's MOEX to List Crypto Perpetual Futures on Five Majors
Moscow Exchange plans perpetual futures on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP and TRX, pushing crypto derivatives into Russia's largest regulated trading venue. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisZcash Governance Vote Lifts ZEC Past $23B Market Cap
ZEC crossed a $23B market cap after a recent Zcash governance vote, per CoinGecko. Here is what the community decision signals for the privacy coin. Read the…