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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 & AnalysisKuCoin Pay Launches a Gift Card for Bulk USDT and USDC Payouts
KuCoin Pay rolled out a Gift Card letting businesses send USDT and USDC in bulk via API for rewards, payroll, and loyalty. What it means for stablecoin…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSharpLink Gaming Stakes Another 39,319 ETH as Corporate Treasuries Pile In
Nasdaq-listed SharpLink Gaming staked another 39,319 ETH, per Lookonchain, deepening a corporate bet on Ethereum as ETH trades near $2,424 on August 21, 2026…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Jumps 21% After Treasury Buyback Plan Revives Debasement Bet
Bitcoin trades near $77,600 as of August 21, 2026, up 21% since a Treasury buyback announcement revived the dollar-debasement trade. Glassnode data breaks it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisDOJ Expands Iran-Linked Hacking Case to 17 Defendants Over HBO Breach
US prosecutors added defendants to an Iran-linked hacking case, tying six to HBO's 2017 breach and a Bitcoin ransom demand that climbed to about $6 million…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisJapan Grants First New Crypto License in Four Years to Laser Digital
Japan approved Laser Digital Japan for a crypto license, its first new grant in four years, clearing the Nomura-backed firm to supply liquidity to domestic…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Pushes CFTC to Write Rules That Would Onshore Hyperliquid
Trump says CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring the $200B on-chain venue Hyperliquid onshore, forcing regulators to define a legal on-chain exchange…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitdeer Locks In $400M Offtake for Half Its Malaysia AI Data Center
Bitdeer AI has contracted roughly half its new Malaysia data center under a 5-year, ~$400M offtake deal and is targeting 350MW of AI cloud capacity by Q1 2028…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMANTRA Chain Halts Its Network and Freezes All Transactions
MANTRA Chain stopped block production and froze every transaction on August 21, 2026 after an unidentified incident, leaving OM holders locked out mid-rally…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFranklin Templeton Wins SEC Clearance to Put ETFs Into Tokenized Fund
The SEC cleared Franklin Templeton's ETFs and mutual funds to invest in its blockchain-based money market fund, a US first that folds tokenized assets into…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCFTC Signals It Will Build a Crypto Regime Alone If CLARITY Stalls
CFTC Commissioner Mike Selig says the agency will use existing authority to regulate crypto asset markets if the CLARITY Act stalls. Here is what that means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNexo Plants a Regional Hub in Buenos Aires to Chase Argentina's Dollar Demand
Nexo named Buenos Aires its regional hub, betting on Argentina where it says only 2% of tech workers are paid in pesos. What it means for cardholders. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisInjective Becomes First L1 to Register as an SEC Transfer Agent
Injective says it is the first Layer 1 blockchain registered as an SEC transfer agent, a records role that could let tokenized securities settle on-chain. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKraken Freezes Up to $4.2M as HTX Address-Poisoning Reports Persist
Kraken froze as much as $4.2M in user funds tied to an HTX-linked address-poisoning campaign. Here is how the scam works and how to avoid it. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStrategy's Biggest Backers Doubled Down on MSTR in Q2
13F filings show 12 of Strategy's top 15 institutional holders added to their MSTR positions in Q2, a vote of confidence in Saylor's Bitcoin bet. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitGo Korea Wins First Foreign-Owned VASP License in South Korea
BitGo Korea is the first foreign majority-owned firm to secure VASP registration from South Korea's Financial Intelligence Unit, opening a tightly guarded…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCZ Warns Trump's Hyperliquid Plan Cannot Favor One Project
Changpeng Zhao pushed back on Trump's reported plan to bring Hyperliquid to the US, arguing crypto policy cannot be written for a single company or project…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisTrump Ends Operation Choke Point 2, Declaring 'War on Crypto' Over
President Trump says he terminated Operation Choke Point 2, the alleged pressure campaign that cut crypto firms off from US banks. Here is what changes. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNexo Announces Australian Lending Authorization and Credit Lines
Nexo says it secured a lending authorization in Australia and launched crypto-backed Credit Lines, but its announcement did not identify the regulator, licence…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCrypto Short Liquidations Hit $1.74B, Second-Largest on Record
A sharp market reversal wiped out $1.74 billion in bearish bets, the second-biggest short squeeze in crypto history, as ETH jumped 17.8% and BTC reclaimed…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKraken Opens Its Krak Card to US Customers After 135,000 Issued
Kraken's Krak Card is now available to US customers, the exchange said, after issuing nearly 135,000 cards across its earlier markets. Here is what changes for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHSBC and Standard Chartered Run First Tokenized Deposit on Swift Ledger
HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first live tokenized deposit transaction on Swift's blockchain ledger, per CoinDesk. Here's what it signals for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthena Backs USDe With a $1B FalconX Credit Facility
Ethena has added a $1 billion FalconX facility to back USDe collateral, cutting its reliance on volatile funding rates. Here is what changes for the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Volatility Hits a Historic Low, Fidelity Digital Assets Says
Fidelity Digital Assets says Bitcoin's volatility is now lower than roughly 98.5% of all days in its history, with BTC near $64,600 as of August 19, 2026. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCLARITY Act Cloture Vote Set for September 15, White House Bullish
White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says he is optimistic the CLARITY Act will pass, with a September 15 cloture vote now the target for the market…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin's Q2 Selloff Split Wall Street: Banks Bought, Funds Cut
Bitcoin fell 14.2% in Q2 2026 yet institutional ETF holdings rose 7.5%, per CryptoSlate. Banks added, hedge funds trimmed and sovereign holders sat still. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisMaya Protocol Halts Network After $1.7M Exploit Chains Six Bugs
Maya Protocol halted its cross-chain network after an attacker chained six separate bugs to drain $1.7M, exposing how compounding flaws slip past audits. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisArthur Hayes Leaves Retirement to Run Flop Labs Compute Protocol
BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says he is coming out of retirement to lead Flop Labs, where miners sell compute and AI agents spend $FLOP to run inference. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisFBI May Have Identified First-Wave Coldcard Theft Attackers
The FBI has reportedly identified alleged first-wave attackers in the Coldcard hardware wallet theft, per Bitcoin Magazine. What self-custody users should…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisVisa Hunts New Stablecoin Settlement Partners After Mastercard Buys BVNK
Visa is scouting stablecoin settlement partners licensed in the US, UK, Canada and Singapore after Mastercard acquired BVNK, deepening a fight over crypto…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRizon Routes Deel Payroll Straight Into Its USD Spending Account
Rizon now lets Deel payouts land directly in its US dollar account, spendable on the Visa card. Here is what the payroll integration changes for cardholders…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEthereum Opens Plataberget Testnet for Public Glamsterdam Testing
The Ethereum Foundation launched Plataberget on August 17, a public testnet that runs the Glamsterdam fork on August 20 ahead of a Q4 2026 mainnet target. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHarmony Plans to Roll Back Its Chain, Reversing 109,000 Transactions
Harmony says it will roll its blockchain back to August 11, reversing more than 109,000 transactions. The plan reopens the debate over what finality means…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAlleged $165M Crypto Ponzi Mastermind Charged After Fiji Deportation
Federal prosecutors charge Edward Zimbardi over a $165M crypto Ponzi scheme after his deportation from Fiji. What the case says about custody and fraud risk…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBlockchain Association Asks SEC to Scrap Two Rules Blocking Tokenization
The Blockchain Association wants the SEC to rescind Rules 611 and 610(e), arguing the two-decade-old market structure rules cannot handle tokenized securities…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase Launches US500 Perps for Long or Short Bets on the S&P 500
Coinbase now lets traders go long or short on all 500 largest US companies in a single perpetual contract, pushing crypto derivatives deeper into stock…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEther Fi Says Its Card Is Running at $2B+ in Annualized Volume
Ether Fi reports its self-custody crypto card has crossed $2B+ in annualized spend, with steady growth since August 2025. What the milestone means for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisEther Fi Adds 30+ Currencies to Its Card On and Off-Ramps
Ether Fi expanded its on- and off-ramp network to support 30+ new currencies, giving cardholders more local ways to fund and cash out. Here is what changes for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisAustria Fines Bitpanda EUR 70,000 in First Published MiCA Case
Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda EUR 70,000 in the country's first published MiCA enforcement case, a signal that EU regulators are moving from guidance to…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGoldman Sachs Rules Out a September Fed Hike: Bitcoin Reaction
Goldman Sachs calls a September Fed rate hike very unlikely, citing soft retail sales, cooling inflation and weak jobs data. Here's what it means for Bitcoin…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisStablecoin Card Top-Ups Cross $1B in a Month for the First Time
Stablecoin card top-up volume passed $1 billion in July for the first time, per CryptoRank, as USDC and USDT spending moves from niche to routine. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisOndo's Tokenized Stock Platform Crosses $1B TVL in Under a Year
Ondo Finance says Ondo Stocks passed $1B in TVL and $27B in cumulative trading volume since its September 2025 launch, a marker for tokenized equities going…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBinance Shared Client Data Used to Prosecute a Ukraine Donor in Russia
Binance gave Moscow authorities transaction data used to charge a Russian IT specialist over donations to Ukraine, Reuters reports, years after it exited…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisNansen Adds Trade Execution API for Solana, Base and Hyperliquid Perps
Nansen's new API executes trades directly: spot on Solana and Base, perps on Hyperliquid. The on-chain analytics firm now closes the loop from signal to fill…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisChainalysis Sues US Government Over TRM Labs Contract Award
Chainalysis has taken the US government to court over a federal contract awarded to rival TRM Labs, escalating a fight over who watches the blockchain. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPolygon Joins the Bank of England's Digital Pound Lab
Polygon has joined the Bank of England's Digital Pound Lab, adding a public blockchain to the central bank's research into a UK CBDC and digital money…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSono Group's $5M Bitcoin Bet Leaves It With $166K in Cash
Sono Group's June 30 filing shows $4.1M in Bitcoin against just $166,000 in cash, and auditors have flagged a going-concern doubt over the treasury pivot. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCLARITY Act Heads for September Senate Vote as Stablecoin Yield Fight Escalates
The CLARITY Act faces a final Senate vote in September, with banks lobbying to block crypto platforms from paying rewards on stablecoin holdings. Here is the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis1,700 Crypto Platforms Halt EU Services as MiCA Scam Warnings Spread
EU regulators warn of migration scams as more than 1,700 crypto platforms stop serving the bloc under MiCA. Here is what changed and how fraudsters exploit it…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSafePal Wallet Data Breach Exposes 40,000 Customer Order Details
SafePal disclosed a breach exposing order information for nearly 40,000 customers, the latest self-custody security incident to hit crypto users in 2026. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitcoin Mining Power Prices Spike 100x in a Single Hour
A Bitcoin mining site saw power prices jump from $10 to $1,000/MWh in 60 minutes, showing how grid shocks can erase mining margins instantly. Read the full…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBits of Gold Data Breach Reportedly Exposes 200,000 Israeli Customers
Israel's largest regulated crypto broker Bits of Gold faces a reported data leak affecting up to 200,000 customers, raising KYC and phishing exposure…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGrayscale Turns Staking Into an ETF Dividend as Yields Face Cuts
Grayscale's July SEC filings convert Ethereum and Solana staking rewards into cash ETF distributions, just as both networks weigh lower issuance and staking…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisKraken Parent Payward Posts $508M Q2 Revenue as EBITDA Falls to $23M
Payward, Kraken's parent, reported $508M in Q2 2026 revenue but adjusted EBITDA dropped to just $23M, a sign of sharp margin pressure at a top exchange. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisRWAs Became Hyperliquid's Fastest-Growing User Driver in H1 2026
Real-world assets drove 31.7% of Hyperliquid's new users in H1 2026, pulling in 169,000 wallets and signaling real product-market fit for tokenized assets…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisCoinbase Bitcoin Premium Hits Record 90-Day Negative Streak
The Coinbase Premium Index has stayed negative for a record 90 straight days, per CoinGlass, signaling soft US spot demand as BTC trades near $63,000. Read the…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisBitget Applies Sanctions Controls to HTX, EXMO and 14 Other Entities
Bitget is rolling out enhanced compliance controls on 16 sanctioned entities in three waves through August 23, mirroring Binance. Here is what it means for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisPaul Tudor Jones' Firm Reverses Course, Buys More Bitcoin ETF
Paul Tudor Jones' investment firm increased its stake in BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF after a year of selling, a notable reversal from a macro trader who…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisSouth Korea Weighs Seizing Crypto Straight From Self-Custody Wallets
A reported South Korean proposal would let authorities seize crypto directly from self-custody wallets, not just exchange accounts. Here is what it means for…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisHong Kong SFC Flags 65 Fake Websites Impersonating HashKey
Hong Kong's SFC flagged 65 fake websites cloning licensed exchange HashKey. Here is how the clone-site playbook works and how to verify a real platform. Read…
SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & AnalysisGalaxy Research: 1,778 BTC Stolen in Coldcard Exploit
Galaxy Research says over 1,778 BTC has been drained in the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit across three waves and 33+ attacker footprints, with no attacks…