May 23, 20265m 01s
SpaceX Waives Six-Month Lock-Up for Early Share Resale
SpaceX is letting employees sell shares before the usual six-month lock-up window, adding real liquidity to a stock already traded via crypto pre-IPO perps.
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Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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.
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May 23, 20264m 04s
Crypto Slides as Dow Hits Record Close on Middle East Progress
Bitcoin lost 2.6% and Ethereum 3.1% on May 22 while the Dow closed at a record high. Fear and Greed dropped to 35 as majors sold off in unison.
May 23, 20264m 40s
ECB Rebuffs Bruegel Plan to Expand Euro Stablecoins as Too Risky
ECB rejected a Bruegel paper that asked the central bank to ease liquidity rules and backstop euro stablecoin issuers. Euros sit at 0.3% of the $300B market.
May 23, 20264m 29s
Tokenized Credit Hit $1B in 185 Days as VC Funds Lag Seven Years
Asset-backed private credit reached $1B in tokenized form in under six months, while tokenized venture capital took over seven years to clear the same bar.
May 22, 20264m 41s
JPMorgan: Tokenized Money Market Funds Capped at 10-15% Without Reform
JPMorgan says tokenized money market funds will stay under 10-15% of the stablecoin market until US securities rules let them clear without broker gating.
May 22, 20264m 10s
ZachXBT Flags $520K Polymarket Exploit on Polygon, Team Says User Funds Safe
Polymarket confirmed a compromised governance role drained roughly $520K from its Polygon contracts, but says user funds remain safe and trading continues.
May 22, 20264m 26s
THORChain Recovery Plan Rules Out New RUNE Minting After May 15 Exploit
THORChain proposed a recovery plan after the May 15 exploit, ruling out fresh RUNE issuance to repay affected users and forcing losses through protocol revenue instead.
May 22, 20264m 06s
Qivalis Euro Stablecoin Now Backed by 37 Banks Across 15 Countries
Qivalis has tripled its backing from 12 to 37 European banks across 15 countries as the MiCA-regulated euro stablecoin pushes toward H2 2026 launch.
May 22, 20264m 32s
Bitcoin Implied Volatility Drops to 7-Month Low Despite Macro Risks
BTC's options-implied volatility fell to a seven-month low this week even as oil rallied on Iran tensions and BTC slipped under $77,400.
May 22, 20265m 14s
Alt ETFs Draw Inflows May 21 While BTC and ETH Spot ETFs Bleed
May 21 ETF flows split: HYPE, SOL and XRP spot ETFs saw net inflows while BTC and ETH spot ETFs posted outflows as Bitcoin slid to $77,300.