May 18, 20264m 58s
SOL and XRP ETFs Pull Inflows as BTC and ETH ETFs Bleed Last Week
Cointelegraph reports SOL and XRP spot ETFs took net inflows last week while BTC and ETH spot ETFs posted net outflows, deepening a flow divergence.
SpendNode Podcast
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.
Episode Archive - Page 114
Full catalog
May 18, 20263m 44s
Crypto Longs Lose $563M in 24 Hours as ETH and BTC Lead Wipeout
Leveraged crypto longs lost $563M in 24 hours per CoinDesk, with ether and bitcoin positions taking the worst hits as ETH fell 3.1% and BTC slid 1.5%.
May 18, 20265m 04s
Anthropic to Brief G20 Financial Stability Board on Claude Mythos Cyber Risks
Anthropic will brief the G20's Financial Stability Board on cyber vulnerabilities surfaced by its Claude Mythos AI model, per FT. Implications for crypto.
May 18, 20264m 46s
Verus-Ethereum Bridge Drained for $11.4M in Suspected Exploit
PeckShield flagged a Verus-Ethereum bridge exploit on May 18, 2026, with attackers funneling roughly $11.4M through Tornado Cash.
May 18, 20265m 26s
VanEck and Grayscale File Fresh BNB ETF Amendments, Likely Next for SEC Nod
VanEck and Grayscale filed amended BNB ETF proposals on May 17, positioning the products as the next major altcoin spot ETFs in line for SEC approval.
May 18, 20264m 19s
KuCoin Australia Launches KuCard With Mastercard Rails
KuCoin Australia rolls out its KuCard on Mastercard rails as the exchange leans into a regulatory-first identity ahead of broader AUSTRAC compliance work.
May 17, 20264m 53s
Iran Launches Hormuz Safe, a Bitcoin Insurance Product for Persian Gulf Cargo
Iran says its new Hormuz Safe program insures Persian Gulf cargo shipments in Bitcoin and claims $10B in revenue. Here is what the announcement actually says.
May 17, 20265 min
Aave Restores rsETH WETH LTVs Across Six Chains After Recovery
Aave V3 has restored WETH loan-to-value ratios on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Mantle and Linea in line with the rsETH technical recovery plan.
May 17, 20264m 49s
HYPE ETFs Post Strongest Altcoin Debut of 2026 as Inflow Test Looms
Bitwise BHYP recorded $4.31M in day-one volume on May 15, the largest opening day of any altcoin ETF launched in 2026. Inflow data lands next.
May 17, 20264m 56s
Solana Posts $1B Spot ETF Milestone, European Asset Manager Allocation
Solana's official X account flagged $1B in cumulative spot ETF assets and an allocation from Europe's largest asset manager in a May 17 status post.