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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 & AnalysisConsensys and MetaMask to Split Into Two Companies by End of 2026
Consensys will spin MetaMask out as an independent company by the end of 2026, separating the world's leading self-custody wallet from its parent. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Sanctions Xinbi Scam Marketplace, Restrains $52M in Crypto
The DOJ seized Xinbi's Telegram channels and two wallets and restrained $52M in crypto tied to the scam marketplace. Here is what it means for card users. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether and Fasanara Launch $400M USDT Credit Fund StableFund
Tether and Fasanara Capital launched StableFund, a $400M private credit fund that uses USDT to settle fintech loans across 60+ countries. What it means. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrezor Warns of Phishing After Its Email Provider Is Breached
Trezor says a third-party email provider was breached and is warning users to ignore fake 'Critical Security Alert' phishing emails. Here is how to verify…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWirex Is Building GBP and AUD On-Chain Settlement for Its Card
Wirex says it already settles Visa card transactions on-chain in USDC and EURC, with GBP and AUD settlement now in development. What it means for spenders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolid Lifts Card Referral Bonus to $50, Now Paid in FUSE
Solid raised its card referral reward from $30 in USDC to $50 in FUSE, split $25 each, but the payout now rides on a native token and a $150 spend gate. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMexico Seizes 300 Mining Rigs Wired Into a Hydroelectric Dam
Mexican authorities seized about 300 crypto mining rigs tapping a hydroelectric dam. Forensic accountants are now tracing the funding and possible money…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIndia's FIU Flags 15 Offshore Crypto Platforms for AML Lapses
India's Financial Intelligence Unit issued PMLA non-compliance notices to 15 offshore crypto exchanges and swap platforms and asked for their apps and URLs to…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisXRP Funds Draw Inflows as Bitcoin, Ether, Solana ETFs Bleed
XRP ETFs stood out with fresh inflows on September 9, 2026, while Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana funds logged outflows, hinting at an institutional rotation. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlock Files With OCC for Builders Bank, a Bitcoin and Stablecoin Custody Bank
Block filed with the OCC to launch Builders Bank & Trust, an uninsured national trust bank offering custody for Bitcoin and stablecoins. Here is what the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIran Turns to Bitcoin and Tether to Move Money Past US Sanctions
Iran is quietly using Bitcoin and USDT to keep trade and currency flowing under US sanctions, per an FT report. Here is what it signals for crypto's role as…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisXRP and the CLARITY Act: The September 15 Test That Could Reset Crypto's Rulebook
Congress faces a September 15 marker on the CLARITY Act, a bill that would split crypto oversight between the SEC and CFTC and could finally settle how XRP is…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKraken's Krak Pays Up to 250 Euro a Month for Salary Deposits
Kraken is offering Krak users up to 250 euro a month for routing salary into the app across 24 European countries. Here is who qualifies and how it works. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUniswap's UNI Burn Rate Tops $250M a Year, Adams Says
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams says the protocol's 7-day annualized UNI burn rate has crossed $250M, up from about $200M days earlier. Here is what the number…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Names Hyperliquid as CFTC Studies Its U.S. Compliance Path
President Trump publicly named Hyperliquid on Sept. 7, 2026, as the CFTC studies a path to U.S. compliance for the decentralized derivatives platform. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKuCoin Pay Brings Scan & Pay to Brazil, Argentina, and Peru
KuCoin's Scan & Pay is now live in Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, letting users pay merchants directly with USDT instead of selling crypto to a bank first. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCronos Rolls Back Its Chain to Recover $111M, Reigniting Immutability Debate
Cronos executed a controversial blockchain rollback to recover $111 million in crypto, reopening the debate over emergency powers and whether a chain can be…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUzbekistan Starts Som Stablecoin Payment Pilot With 20+ Merchants
Uzbekistan's Humo Digital begins a sandbox trial of its som-pegged HUMO stablecoin, backed by government securities, with 20+ merchants under central bank…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKorea's Budget Office: Won Stablecoins Could Cut Merchant Fees $3.8B
South Korea's National Assembly Budget Office estimates won-denominated stablecoins could save merchants up to 5.15 trillion won a year in card fees. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Short-Term Whale Profits Hit Record $9.07B, Stirring Sell-Off Fears
Bitcoin short-term whale holders are sitting on a record $9.07B in unrealized profit as BTC trades near $78,430. Here is what the concentration signal means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLiquid Network White-Hats Return 3,400 BTC, $47M Still Out
White-hat hackers have returned 3,400 of 4,000 Bitcoin drained from Blockstream's Liquid Network. 598 BTC worth $47M remains outstanding as the network stays…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSwiss Stablecoin Sandbox Hits Testing Phase as SIX and TWINT Join
Switzerland's CHFD franc stablecoin sandbox entered live testing on Sept 8, 2026, with exchange operator SIX and payment app TWINT joining nine pilot…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCanary Capital's Staked Tron ETF Set to List on Cboe Sept. 9
Canary Capital's Staked Tron ETF (TRXS) lists on Cboe on September 9, the first US fund to pair Tron price exposure with onchain staking rewards. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPhilippines Central Bank Proposes 12-Month Freeze on Payment Licenses
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas proposed a 12-month freeze on new payment-system operator registrations to rebuild its licensing framework. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthereum Foundation Picks FOCIL and Frame Transactions for Hegota
The Ethereum Foundation named FOCIL and Frame Transactions the two 'must ship' EIPs for the Hegota upgrade, setting the protocol's near-term priorities. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEther Fi Passes $100M in All-Time Onramp and Offramp Volume
Ether Fi says its Cash rails have moved more than $100M in cumulative onramp and offramp volume. Here is what the funding milestone means for cardholders. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisColdcard Hacker Drains $7.7M Across 293 Separate Bitcoin Vaults
The Coldcard breach attacker is emptying 293 Bitcoin vaults in order of size, moving $7.7M so far, nearly half of the third-wave haul. What it means for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisDBS and Citi Launch 24/7 Cross-Border Payments on Swift's Blockchain Ledger
DBS and Citi will settle instant USD cross-border payments using tokenized deposits on Swift's blockchain-based shared ledger, a concrete step toward always-on…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBank of Korea: Dollar Stablecoins Can Weaken Local Currencies
A Bank of Korea study finds demand for dollar-backed stablecoins can pressure local currencies when global exchanges list direct fiat pairs. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBankless Co-Founder Sells ETH, Rotates Into LIT and ZEC for 369% Gains
David Hoffman took heat for selling ETH, then rotated into LIT and ZEC. WuBlockchain reports the trade posted gains up to 369%. Here is what the pivot signals…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLiquid Network White-Hat Offers to Return $320M in Drained BTC
The purported white-hat behind Liquid Network's $320M Elements exploit is negotiating a return of nearly 4,000 BTC to Blockstream's federation. Here is where…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHarmony Proposes Shutting Down Its Layer-1, Moving ONE to Ethereum
Harmony proposed sunsetting its layer-1 chain and airdropping ONE as an ERC-20 on Ethereum, weeks after a mint exploit forged nearly 4 billion tokens. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLiquid Network's $320M Loss Traced to an Elements Mint Bug
The ~$320M drain on Blockstream's Liquid was not a multisig break. About 4,000 L-BTC was minted by an Elements bug, then routed through SideSwap. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNearly 4,000 BTC Drained From Blockstream's Liquid Peg
Attackers calling themselves whitehats drained close to 4,000 BTC from Blockstream's Liquid sidechain peg, reviving questions about federated custody. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFBI Seizes $15B+ in Crypto, Shuts 500+ Scam Investment Sites
FBI Director Kash Patel says Operation Blackout seized over $15 billion in cryptocurrency, took down 500+ fraudulent investment sites, and closed scam…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAltcoins Flip Bitcoin in Open Interest: Reading the Leverage Shift
Altcoins now hold more open interest than Bitcoin for the first time, per Cointelegraph. Here is what the derivatives shift signals for volatility ahead. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPencil Finance Funds 1,000 Student Loans Entirely On-Chain
Pencil Finance says it financed 1,000 Southeast Asian student loans on-chain, routing about $1M through a blockchain lending pool built for real-world credit…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTraders Bet Over $1M on CLARITY Act Failure Before Key Vote
Anonymous traders have wagered more than $1 million that crypto's CLARITY Act will fail days before a make-or-break vote, pricing in real skepticism. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether-Backed Orionx Shuts Down After $7M Custody Gap Found
Chilean exchange Orionx is closing after a forensic audit found over $7M in customer assets moved to outside wallets. What it means for exchange custody risk…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRobinhood's Weekly DEX Volume Hits Record $10.47B, Nearly Doubling
Robinhood chain's weekly DEX trading volume reached a record $10.47B, almost doubling week-over-week as onchain trading adoption accelerates. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKyrgyzstan Pilots Digital Som and Expands Crypto Licensing Push
Kyrgyzstan plans to pilot its digital som CBDC while expanding crypto licensing and stablecoin infrastructure, signaling a coordinated regulatory push in…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrezor Breach Exposes 80K+ Customers After ShipMonk Deletion Failed
Trezor says a ShipMonk breach exposed roughly 80,689 customers after shipping records that were supposedly deleted were found intact. What crypto holders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCompound's $24M Governance Vote Exposes DAO Emergency Brake Gaps
A Compound proposal moved $24M in reserves after 82% of its support landed in the final 34 minutes. The vote was legal, and that is the problem for DAO safety…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin ETF Inflows Hit $3.8B in Strongest Three-Week Run of 2026
US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in nearly $1B last week and $3.8B over three weeks, their best stretch of 2026, even as BTC slipped below $80,000. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBTC Digital Regains Nasdaq Compliance After Shares Hold Above $1
Bitcoin miner BTC Digital restored its Nasdaq listing compliance by keeping shares above $1 for 10 straight sessions, clearing a delisting deadline. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Falls Below $80K as Hot Jobs Data Lifts Hawkish Fed Bets
August payrolls rose 162,000, more than five times the prior year's monthly average. Bitcoin slid under $80,000 as rate-cut odds faded ahead of Sept. 11 CPI…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPineapple Financial Puts $1B+ in Mortgage Records on Injective
Pineapple Financial has moved over $1 billion in mortgage records onto Injective and plans to bring more than $10 billion of data on-chain. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUS Treasury's FinCEN Flags $12.7B Tied to Suspected Crypto Scams
FinCEN has identified $12.7 billion linked to suspected crypto scams. Here is what the figure means for fraud detection and how cardholders can lower their…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRobinhood Chain Hit by 14-Minute Outage as Corporate Backlash Builds
Robinhood Chain halted block production for 14 minutes on Sept. 4 while AMC's CEO attacked its stock tokens, testing the L2 at the peak of its growth. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolid Adds Local Currency Deposits in 16 Currencies via TransFi
Solid partnered with TransFi to let cardholders fund and cash out in 16 local currencies across Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Gulf, and the euro area. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFrance's Debt Crisis Could Push Ethereum to $10K: Hayes' Thesis
Arthur Hayes links France's debt crisis to a European bank exit from US repo markets, Fed balance sheet expansion, and a possible Ethereum run to $10K by…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHouse Delays September Session, Putting Crypto's Clarity Act at Risk
The House canceled two weeks of September session, and the CLARITY Act, crypto's top legislative priority, could now slip past the November election. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPolymarket Adds 20x Leverage Perpetual Futures Across Four Markets
Polymarket launched perpetual futures with up to 20x leverage across crypto, stocks, indices, and commodities, pushing the prediction market into leveraged…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRevolut Wins Conditional OCC Bank Charter in the US
Revolut secured conditional approval from the OCC for a US national bank charter, a step that could reshape how the fintech handles deposits, cards, and…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOpenReserve Wins Initial U.S. Approval to Operate as a Blockchain Bank
A U.S. banking agency granted OpenReserve preliminary approval to operate, one of the first blockchain-native banks to clear a federal regulator. Here's what…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIMF: El Salvador Stopped Buying Bitcoin With Public Funds
The IMF says El Salvador has not used public money to buy Bitcoin since June 2025 and expects no further accumulation, quietly ending a landmark policy. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTether Faces $42M Suit From Thai Businessmen Over Frozen USDT
Thai businessmen are suing Tether over $42M in USDT frozen in a pig-butchering scam case, testing when a stablecoin issuer can be held liable for locking…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Launches Payment Channels So AI Agents Settle in One Transaction
Solana rolled out Payment Channels, letting AI agents set a spending limit once and settle usage in a single on-chain transaction instead of signing every…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin-Gold Correlation Hits 6-Year High: What Traders Should Read Into It
Bitcoin's correlation with gold just hit its strongest level since 2020, per Bitwise. BTC trades at $80,941 as the 'digital gold' thesis gains ground. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJane Street Commits $13B to Crusoe's AI Cloud Infrastructure
Trading firm Jane Street signed a reported $13 billion cloud contract with Crusoe, the former Bitcoin miner now building AI data centers. Here is why it…