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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 & AnalysisCoinbase Files With the SEC to List Single-Stock Perpetual Futures
Coinbase has filed SEC registrations to bring single-stock perpetual futures to U.S. traders, a crypto-native derivative now aimed at equities. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy Raises $20.9B, Becomes 4th-Largest U.S. Equity Issuer
Michael Saylor's Strategy has raised $20.9 billion in equity this year, ranking fourth among all U.S. issuers, to fund its Bitcoin accumulation as BTC trades…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAustralia Sets Sept. 30 Crypto License Deadline, Fines Reach 10% of Turnover
ASIC gave crypto firms until September 30 to apply for an Australian Financial Services licence or face fines up to 10% of annual turnover from October 1. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNomura's Laser Digital Brings Institutional Fixed Income to Euler Finance
Nomura's crypto arm Laser Digital is partnering with Keyring Network to launch institutional-grade fixed income products in DeFi, starting on Euler Finance…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStandard Chartered Opens Institutional Crypto Trading Desk in the UAE
Standard Chartered, a $367B global bank, launched institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading in the UAE, deepening the Middle East's push to become a…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStablecoins Are Quietly Becoming the Treasury Market's Debt Buyer
Dollar-backed stablecoins now park billions in short-term US Treasuries, turning private crypto tokens into a steady buyer of government debt. Here is what…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Chair Atkins Expects the CLARITY Act to Clear the Senate
SEC Chair Paul Atkins told Fox Business he anticipates the CLARITY Act will pass the Senate and reach Trump's desk. Here is what the market structure bill…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase Adds Anthony Armstrong to Board, Eyes 'Financial System for AI'
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong welcomed Anthony Armstrong to the board on September 3, 2026, with a stated goal of building the financial system for AI agents…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisThailand Adopts Crypto Travel Rule With Self-Custody Wallet Checks
Thailand's SEC now enforces the crypto Travel Rule, requiring exchanges to verify self-custodial wallet ownership and keep transfer records for five years…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Crypto Theft
CrowdStrike and the DOJ isolated 15,000+ machines infected by Sality, an eight-year malware operation that stole Bitcoin and Ethereum from victims worldwide…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Proposes First Transfer Agent Overhaul in 40 Years, Citing Tokenization
The SEC has proposed its first transfer agent rule overhaul in four decades, adding Form TA-2 questions about share registers kept on distributed ledgers. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitfinex Securities Lists Five Tokenized Notes That Trade Against Bitcoin
Bitfinex Securities listed tokenized notes tracking Strategy, STRC, Metaplanet, H100 Group and Capital B, tradable against USD, USDT and Bitcoin for non-US…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin ETFs Book Best Month of 2026 as BTC Jumps 25% in August
US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged their strongest month of 2026 in August, cutting year-to-date net outflows by 66% as BTC rallied about 25%. Here's what the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPocket Bitcoin Leak Ties 291 Customers to Their Bitcoin Wallets
Swiss service Pocket Bitcoin exposed compliance records linking 291 customers' names and addresses to public Bitcoin wallets. Funds were safe, but privacy was…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGlobal Money Supply Hits Record $150 Trillion: The Crypto Angle
Global broad money supply reached a record $150 trillion in June, up $10.7 trillion YoY. Here is what the monetary expansion means for Bitcoin and crypto. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis21 Major Banks Plan Joint USD Stablecoin Launch by H1 2027
Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo and 17 other banks aim to launch a shared USD stablecoin by mid-2027, with a euro version to follow. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisG20 Finance Chiefs Formally Recognize Digital Assets' Economic Role
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors formally recognized digital assets in economic growth and pledged clearer rules and better cross-border…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto Token Buybacks Hit a Record $638M, Led by Two Protocols
Token buybacks reached a record $638M, with Hyperliquid and Pump.fun driving nearly 90% of the total. Here is what the concentration says about onchain…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSingapore Proposes Stablecoin License With 100% Reserve Rule
Singapore's MAS proposes a stablecoin license requiring 100% reserve backing and banning interest to holders, setting a strict bar for issuers seeking…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia's Crypto Law Takes Effect: Oversight Replaces the Gray Zone
Russia's cryptocurrency regulation went live on September 1, 2026, moving digital assets from an unofficial gray zone into a formal legal framework. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEU Moves to Keep Crypto Out of Tax-Advantaged Savings Accounts
The EU is recommending member states exclude crypto from tax-advantaged savings accounts, cutting off a mainstream on-ramp for retail investors across the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGrayscale's Zach Pandl Ties AI Privacy Fears to Zcash
Grayscale Research's Zach Pandl argues AI's appetite for financial data is reviving demand for privacy coins, with Zcash's zero-knowledge cryptography as a…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Jr.'s 1789 Capital Puts $300M Into Polymarket
Donald Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital is investing roughly $300M into Polymarket, one of the largest political-backed bets on a crypto prediction market to date…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGoldman Sachs and Jane Street Top XRP ETF Holder List in Q2
Q2 13F filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street, and Millennium Management among the largest XRP ETF holders, a rare institutional footprint for a…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJapan's FSA Seeks Tax-Filing Exemption for Trust-Type Stablecoins
Japan's FSA has asked for a tax-filing exemption for trust-type stablecoins from April 2027, treating them as payment tools rather than income-generating…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin in Transition: Inflows Meet Leverage and Early Selling
Glassnode says Bitcoin is 'in transition' as institutional inflows collide with peak leverage and early holder selling. BTC sits at $78,738 on Sept 1, 2026…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIreland Blocks Crypto From State Savings Scheme Covering $203B
Ireland is excluding crypto from a new tax-advantaged state savings scheme that covers 203 billion euros in deposits, while shares, bonds, funds and ETFs…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAnkr ankrFLOW Exploit Drains $410K From MORE Markets Reserve
An Ankr ankrFLOW contract flaw enabled an attacker to remove about $410,000 in WFLOW from MORE Markets and realize roughly $246,000 after slippage. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Fines Ex-White House Teleprompter Operator $172K for Insider Trades
The CFTC ordered former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez to pay about $172,000 for trading presidential mention markets on speeches he saw…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisChainalysis Sues U.S. Government, Says ICE Rigged a $95M Deal
Chainalysis filed seven counts against the U.S. government, accusing ICE of rigging a $95M blockchain analytics contract. Here is what the dispute means. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Gets Quantum-Safe Transactions and a Post-Quantum Soft Fork Plan
Bitcoin developers have made quantum-safe transactions possible and proposed a soft fork to defend the network against future quantum computers. Here is what…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis115M XRP Short Meets Record ETF Inflows, Raising Squeeze Risk
CFTC data shows a 115.7M XRP-equivalent net short just as US spot XRP ETFs post their best week at $110.49M in inflows. Here is the setup and the risk. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia's Regulated Crypto Market Targets $46B in Its First Year
Russia's regulated crypto trading framework is projected to clear $46 billion in volume in its first year, WuBlockchain reports, as Moscow formalizes onramps…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRobinhood Chain's App Revenue Tops Ethereum in a Single Day
Robinhood Chain's 24-hour app revenue passed Ethereum and Hyperliquid L1 and ran nearly 6x Base's, per Wu Blockchain data, as of August 31, 2026. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase CEO Armstrong Presses Congress to Pass the Clarity Act
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong urged Congress to pass the Clarity Act, arguing the market structure bill helps consumers, banks, and law enforcement alike. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCronos Halts Its Chain After a $75M Tectonic Exploit
Cronos paused block production after an attacker drained an estimated $75M from lending protocol Tectonic. Here is what happened and what it means for users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto Shorts Lose $9.7B in a Week, the Largest Squeeze on Record
A record $9.7B in short liquidations hit crypto over seven days as prices climbed. Here is what drove the squeeze and what it signals for leverage and funding…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto.com Opens Airdrop Arena Round With $150K in RENDER
Crypto.com launched a new Airdrop Arena event sharing $150,000 in RENDER for CRO allocators through Sept 28, with a 120% points boost at 1,500 CRO. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAvici Completes Refunds With 10% Cashback After Solana Card Exploit
Avici says every affected Solana card balance is refunded in full, plus an extra 10% cashback, after a contract exploit its partner Rain has now patched. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisDeribit Pulls Its Public Proof of Reserves Page on September 1
Deribit is removing its public Proof of Reserves page on September 1, 2026, ending daily balance verification for customers. Here's what changes for traders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRussia's Sberbank Plans to Take Bitcoin and Ether as Loan Collateral
Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT as collateral for loans, per TASS, moving crypto into mainstream credit rails. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBNB Chain Becomes the Largest Blockchain for Tokenized Equities
BNB Chain's bStocks launch pushes it to the top spot for tokenized equities, per Messari. Here is what the shift means for onchain stocks and traders. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTria Details Rain Card Vulnerability: 636 Users, $431,945 Refunded
Tria says a Solana card contract flaw at issuing partner Rain hit 636 users and $431,945 in card balances. Wallets were untouched, and every affected user is…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJupiter Card Briefly Paused Withdrawals During Solana Card Incident
Jupiter Card's partner paused card-balance withdrawals as a precaution during a Solana card ecosystem security incident. Withdrawals have resumed; funds were…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPolygon Issues Urgent Node Upgrade After Austin and Kyoto Hardforks
Polygon Labs pushed an emergency client upgrade after the Austin and Kyoto hardforks. Nodes on old Bor or Heimdall binaries have already dropped out of…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthereum ETFs Opened at $10.36B, But Almost All of It Was Grayscale
US spot Ethereum ETFs launched showing $10.36B in assets, but filing data shows 98.7% came from Grayscale conversions, not fresh institutional buying. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTria Resolves Solana Card Balance Issue, Will Compensate Users
Tria says a security incident hitting Solana card programs affected some card balances. The issue is resolved and affected users will be compensated in full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIREN's AI Cloud Revenue Overtakes Bitcoin Mining for the First Time
IREN's Q4 FY2026 report shows AI cloud revenue at $70.5M, passing Bitcoin mining's $66.7M for the first time, even as a $684M net loss sent shares down 8%…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRipple Preps XRP Ledger for Quantum Computers Before 'Q-Day'
Ripple is moving to add quantum-resistant cryptography to the XRP Ledger before quantum machines can break the signatures that guard user funds. Here is what…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBullish Backs USD.AI With a $100M Stablecoin Facility for GPU Loans
Bullish has provided USD.AI a $100M stablecoin facility to fund loans backed by GPU infrastructure, tying crypto capital to the AI compute buildout. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIreland's CAB Moves Another 500 BTC, and the Silence Is the Story
Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau shifted another 500 BTC with no public explanation. Here is what government seizures reveal about crypto custody risk. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisECB's Schnabel Calls for Central-Bank Money to Move Onchain
ECB board member Isabel Schnabel urged central-bank money onto blockchain rails, a shift that pulls Europe's monetary core toward tokenized settlement. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAvici Will Refund All Affected Card Balances After Partner Incident
Avici says every card balance hit by an incident at its card-issuing partner will be refunded in full, while ether.fi, KAST and Tria report clean systems. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy Says USD Assets Now Almost Fully Offset Its Debt
Strategy says its USD holdings nearly cover all outstanding debt, pushing net leverage close to zero as it keeps buying Bitcoin. Here is what the numbers mean…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthena Buys Out Seed Investors, Routes 95% of Revenue to ENA Buybacks
Ethena bought out locked seed investor tokens and proposed a fee switch sending 95% of net protocol revenue to ENA buybacks, cutting unlock overhang. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC Clears Evernorth XRP Treasury Company for Nasdaq Listing
Evernorth wins SEC registration to list on Nasdaq as an XRP treasury company under ticker XRPN, a regulatory green light for XRP as an institutional…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisServicemember Faces Insider Trading Charges Over $1M Polymarket Bet
US federal authorities are preparing insider trading charges against a servicemember who made over $1M on Polymarket using knowledge of military operations…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAbu Dhabi Royal Backs 49% Stake in Trump-Linked Crypto Bank
Sheikh Tahnoon's group reportedly holds a 49% stake in the holding company behind World Liberty's crypto bank plan, per a WSJ report. Here is what it means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitwise's BSOL Sets Record Single-Day Volume for a Solana ETF
Bitwise president Teddy Fusaro says the BSOL Solana ETF logged its highest single-day trading volume ever, as SOL climbs 7.8% in 24 hours. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNew Zealand's ACT Party Floats a Crypto Capital Gains Tax Waiver
New Zealand's ACT Party proposes exempting cryptocurrency from capital gains tax, a policy that would leave crypto holders taxed only on income, not…