Listen to narrated articles from the SpendNode Journal. The feed covers crypto policy, payment rails, stablecoins, market structure, and crypto cards, with each episode linking back to the full written analysis. The full RSS feed lives at /audio.xml if you want to pull it into an app that accepts external feeds.
The UK's FCA says calling a crypto app 'decentralized' won't put it outside the licensing regime, with new consultations tying DeFi front-ends to UK authorization.
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The IRS plans to lower voluntary disclosure penalties and resolve cases within 120 days, handling crypto through the same process as other tax violations.
Twenty-two companies, including Wells Fargo, Microsoft and Alphabet, have objected to the OKX-ICE plan to tokenize their shares under the SEC's new exemption.
INTERPOL's Operation Serengeti III arrested 1,462 suspects across 21 countries, recovered over $105M, and shut two illegal crypto mining centres in Angola.
Senator Richard Blumenthal opened a probe into a reported $6.3 million deal between Tether and Nxum, a firm co-founded by ex-Trump crypto adviser Bo Hines.
PayPal executive Steve Everett says the company can distribute $1B in dividends using its PYUSD stablecoin, pushing stablecoins toward corporate treasury rails.
The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase Ireland EUR3.25M ($3.6M) for safeguarding and outsourcing breaches tied to underfunded customer accounts from 2020 to 2025.
South Korea's top financial regulator says the Digital Asset Basic Act is in final-stage talks, covering exchange licensing and stablecoin issuance rules.
HSBC is rolling out RedCoin, a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin, to the 3.3 million people already using its PayMe app, per WuBlockchain. Here is what it means.
A 30-country operation led by the UAE and INTERPOL identified over $39B in funds and crypto tied to scams, with 960+ arrests and raids on 29 fraud centers.
