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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 & AnalysisMoonPay Adds Solana Lending to Its AI Payment Vault PayBox
MoonPay integrated Kamino into PayBox, letting eligible users lend and borrow on Solana through ChatGPT or Claude. Here is what the move means for AI-driven…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Posts Its Largest Weekly Dollar Gain on Record
Bitcoin logged its biggest weekly dollar gain in history and largest percentage jump since March 2023, per Galaxy Research. Here is what moved the market. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNexo Offers Australians Up to 10,000 USDC in a Deposit-Match Push
Nexo is offering Australian clients up to 10,000 USDC via a 2% deposit match over six months. Opt in by Sept 30 and add $5,000+ within seven days. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisArthur Hayes Explains Why BitMEX Chose to Wind Down
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes lays out the reasoning behind the exchange's shutdown: regulatory scarring, lost market share, and a commoditized perp market…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMirae Asset Targets a $109B Digital Asset Business in South Korea
South Korea's Mirae Asset is building a $109B digital asset unit spanning crypto, stablecoins, RWAs, and tokenized securities. Here's what the scale signals…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlackRock: Kidnapping and Custody Fears Push Bitcoin Into IBIT
BlackRock's Robbie Mitchnick says kidnappings, ransoms, and custody failures are pushing holders to move Bitcoin into the IBIT ETF for security, not yield…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisUK Hands the Bank of England a Stablecoin Innovation Mandate
The UK government plans to give the Bank of England a formal mandate to support payments innovation and stablecoins, adding a growth remit to its stability…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSaitama Token Exec Manpreet Kohli Loses UK Extradition Fight
Manpreet Kohli, a former Saitama executive, lost his UK extradition fight and will face US fraud and market manipulation charges tied to the meme token. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGrant Cardone Lifts Fort Lauderdale Fund's Bitcoin Target to 900 BTC
Cardone Capital is raising the Bitcoin allocation on its Fort Lauderdale real estate project from 350 to 900 BTC, a roughly $43M increase, as Fed rate bets…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSui Co-Founder Launches Havenex, a Fully Regulated Crypto Exchange
Sui co-founder Kostas Chalkias is building Havenex, a regulated crypto exchange promising institutional-grade transparency, with its Series A round already…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVanEck Calls a Bitcoin Bottom as All 12 Capitulation Signals Fire
VanEck's Matthew Sigel called Strategy's Bitcoin sales a 'newspaper headline bottom' after all 12 of the firm's capitulation signals fired at once. BTC has…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStarkWare Runs the First Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction on Mainnet
StarkWare says it executed the first quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction on mainnet. Here is what it proves about protecting BTC from future quantum attacks. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEtherFi Cash Adds In-Account Trading for Crypto, Stocks, and Gold
EtherFi Cash now lets users buy, sell, and hold crypto, tokenized stocks, and gold in the same account they spend from, powered by xStocksFi. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisDallas Fed Warns Tokenized Deposits Could Drain $700B From Bank Lending
A Dallas Fed paper estimates tokenized deposits and stablecoins could pull $700B out of US banks' lending capacity if balances migrate on-chain. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRevolut Launches EURR Euro Stablecoin, Enters the Coin Business
Revolut has issued EURR, a euro-backed stablecoin, first for customers in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. Here is what the fintech's move means for crypto…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCircle Mints $5B USDC on Solana in One Week
Circle minted 5 billion USDC on Solana over one week, per Cointelegraph. Here is what the liquidity surge means for stablecoin cards and spending rails. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis39 State Bank Groups Form BankChain Alliance for Shared Rails
39 U.S. state banking associations launched the BankChain Alliance, an industry-owned blockchain for payments and settlement. Here is what it means for banks…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFear and Greed Index Hits Extreme Greed, Echoing Pre-Wipeout October
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index reached 80 on August 26, 2026, its highest since just before October's $19B liquidation. What the reading means for spenders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis40 Malicious Firefox Add-ons Hit Crypto Wallets, 9 Posed as Sports Tools
Security firm Socket flagged 40 malicious Firefox add-ons aimed at crypto wallets. Nine started as sports-score tools before an update turned them hostile…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSoluna's $1B Share Plan Lays Bare Its Mining and AI Funding Gap
Soluna wants to raise its authorized shares from 375M to 1B on Oct. 16, exposing the capital gap behind a 6.3 GW pipeline that is only 3% built. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlackRock Runs $5B in Tax-Deferred Bitcoin-to-ETF Swaps
BlackRock has processed $5B in in-kind bitcoin-to-IBIT conversions, letting institutions move spot BTC into the ETF without a taxable sale. Minimums start near…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlockchain Association Backs GENIUS Act Stablecoin ID Rules
The Blockchain Association endorsed the GENIUS Act's stablecoin compliance plan, backing a direct-customer verification standard that would limit issuer KYC…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisXplace Opens Physical Card Ordering, Starting With Silver
Xplace has switched on in-app ordering for its physical Visa, beginning with the $99 Silver tier. Courier delivery is included, with a 3-12 day window. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVegas Man Convicted in $24M Crypto Ponzi Tied to AI Mining
A federal jury convicted a Las Vegas man of running a $24M Ponzi scheme through Profit Connect, which promised 15-30% returns from AI-powered crypto mining…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisWorld Liberty Financial Wins OCC Trust Charter for USD1 Stablecoin
The OCC granted World Liberty Trust Company preliminary conditional approval for a national trust bank charter tied to its USD1 stablecoin. Here is what it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOperation Lighthouse Flags 7,700 Crypto Accounts in Abuse Probe
Chainalysis coordinated 11 crypto exchanges, including Binance and Coinbase, to flag 7,700 accounts and generate 14,300 leads in a child exploitation…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCanada and Australia Tax Unrealized Bitcoin Gains When You Emigrate
Leaving Canada or Australia can trigger a capital gains tax on Bitcoin you never sold. Here is how deemed disposition and CGT event I1 hit crypto holders. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGrayscale Launches First US Spot Zcash ETF on NYSE Arca
Grayscale's ZCSH began trading on NYSE Arca on August 25, 2026, the first US-listed spot Zcash ETF and the first bringing a privacy coin to a major exchange…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase Puts Tokenized Stocks on Base With Real Share Claims
Coinbase is bringing tokenized equities to its Base network, with each token backed by a real share carrying dividend and voting rights, not a price…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisThailand's SEC Opens Public Consultation on Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs
Thailand's SEC is taking public feedback until September on draft rules for locally listed spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, opening a path for regulated crypto…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMonad Proposes Passkeys and Social Recovery Without Address Changes
Monad developers proposed upgradeable account authentication that adds passkeys, social recovery, key rotation, and post-quantum security while keeping the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisIndia Plans First Tokenized Corporate Bonds in September, Settled in CBDC
India will issue its first tokenized corporate bonds in September, settling them with the digital rupee for instant, atomic delivery-versus-payment, Reuters…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolid Overhauls Rewards: Up to 50% AI Cashback, Fees to 0%
Solid replaced its 10% cashback week with a new program: up to 50% cashback on AI tools, fees that fall to 0% by tier, and $FUSE staking to climb faster. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPakistan Opens Crypto Licensing With a September 5 Registration Deadline
Pakistan's virtual asset regulator launched a licensing regime and set a September 5 registration deadline, pulling one of the world's largest crypto user…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGermany Widens MiCA Lead as EU Adds 6 New Crypto Banks to Register
Germany now has 79 MiCA-authorized crypto asset service providers, the most in the EU, as six new banks join the bloc's register. Here is what it signals. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRay Dalio Warns of US Debt Crisis Within Three Years as Bitcoin Rallies
Ray Dalio says the US could hit a debt crisis within three years. Bitcoin is up 21% in a week to $76,969, and traders are reading it as a macro hedge. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBessent's $4B Bond Buyback Aimed at Yields, Got a Bitcoin Surge
The Treasury's $4B bond buyback was meant to pull yields lower. Instead Bitcoin ran to $77,105 as traders read it as another debasement signal. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOKX Pushes Stocks, Gold, and Commodities Onchain as Tokenized TradFi Grows
OKX is promoting tokenized stocks, gold, indices, and commodities onchain, citing 5x+ growth in tokenized TradFi. Here is what the move means for crypto users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLedger Patches a Signing-Flow Bug in Its Ethereum App
Ledger's CTO says a vulnerability in certain Ethereum signing flows has been fixed. Here is what hardware wallet users should check and update now. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSolana Opens Validator Votes on a Constitution, Disinflation, and Fees
Solana validators are voting on three protocol changes at once: a formal Constitution, faster SOL disinflation, and a fee-market overhaul. Here is what each…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPhantom Wallet Ends Sui Support September 24: What Happens to Your Assets
Phantom Wallet is dropping Sui on September 24, 2026, forcing users to migrate. Here is what the delisting means and how to move your SUI safely. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump's Hyperliquid Plan Hits a Wall of Existing US Law
Trump says the CFTC will bring Hyperliquid onshore in a fully compliant way. Legal analysts say current US derivatives law does not allow it. Here is the gap…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSecret Network Mints 1.08B SCRT, Diluting Supply 75% to Survive
Secret Network minted 1.079B SCRT overnight, diluting supply 75%, to fund operations after SCRT Labs said it will exit the Layer 1 on September 1, 2026. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTerm Labs Loses $8.5M in Governance Exploit Hitting Vaults
DeFi lending protocol Term Labs was drained of $8.5M through a governance exploit affecting its vaults, per WuBlockchain. Here is what is known so far. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase Lifts USDC Rewards to 6.5% in Bitcoin for Coinbase One
Coinbase is paying Coinbase One members 6.5% on USDC balances for one month, settled in Bitcoin with weekly payouts. Here is what changes for cardholders. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis23 of the OCC's 40 New Bank Charter Bids Include Digital Assets
More than half of recent de novo bank charter applications to the OCC involve digital assets, a sign that crypto is moving into the federal banking perimeter…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Futures Hit Record Leverage as Open Interest Tops Daily Volume
Bitcoin futures open interest set a record on Aug 15, 2026, with more leveraged positions open than the whole market trades in a day. Here is the liquidation…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisG20 Crypto Regulation: Why the US Still Trails Its Peers
Brian Armstrong says most G20 nations already regulate crypto trading while the US stays fragmented. Here is where US rulemaking stands as of August 2026. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLedger Wallet Adds In-App Fiat-to-Stablecoin Swaps via Noah
Ledger Wallet now converts USD and EUR to USDT or USDC inside the app, powered by Noah. Here is what the in-app funding change means for Ledger card users…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitMart Weighs a Restart and Creditor Payouts Weeks After Shutdown
BitMart is considering creditor repayments and a phased restart less than a month after announcing it would shut down. What the reversal means for deposits…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEl Salvador Hits 7,751 BTC as Its Daily Buying Streak Rolls On
El Salvador's treasury reached 7,751 BTC worth about $599M as of August 23, 2026, extending a one-coin-a-day accumulation policy that has outlasted its IMF…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto Wipes $2.7B in Shorts as Bitcoin Rips 22% in a Week
A 72-hour squeeze wiped $2.7B in short positions as Bitcoin climbed to $77,285 and XRP jumped 6.8% in a day. The leverage math behind the move, as of August…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBinance Pay Reaches 3,700+ Merchants in Bhutan, No Fees Through 2026
Binance Pay now works at 3,700+ merchants in Bhutan through DK Bank QR codes, with zero transaction fees through 2026. What it means for spending crypto…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin ETFs Pull In $1.92B, Strongest Week Since the Recovery
US spot Bitcoin ETFs closed the week with $1.92 billion in net inflows, the strongest since the market recovery. Here is what the full-week number shows. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSEC's Uyeda Lays Out a Three-Part Plan to End Regulation by Enforcement
SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda names three immediate crypto goals: end regulation by enforcement, issue interpretive guidance, and work with Congress on rules…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Drops $2,000 After Jim Cramer Says 'Just Buy Bitcoin'
Bitcoin fell about $2,000 shortly after Jim Cramer told viewers to buy it, and $1.3B in leveraged positions were liquidated. The prices and the pattern behind…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRiot May Free 1,500 BTC as Bitcoin Rally Eases Its Loan Collateral
Bitcoin's rally to $77,034 could let Riot Platforms reclaim up to 1,500 BTC pledged against a $200M Coinbase loan, easing pressure on a leveraged miner. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAave Deposits Cross $30B as DeFi Liquidity Comes Back
Aave founder Stani Kulechov says protocol deposits have reached $30B, a sign that on-chain liquidity is returning to DeFi lending after a quiet stretch. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin ETFs Take In $1.67B Over Five Days as IBIT Leads
US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in $1.67B across five straight trading days, led by BlackRock's IBIT, even as BTC trades at $76,686 after a soft 24 hours. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisLedger Adds Real-Time Threat Detection to Catch Risky Ethereum Transactions
Ledger's new Transaction Check scans Ethereum transactions in real time and warns users before they sign, targeting the phishing and approval scams that drain…