Aug 28, 20264 min
Ethena Buys Out Seed Investors, Routes 95% of Revenue to ENA Buybacks
Ethena bought out locked seed investor tokens and proposed a fee switch sending 95% of net protocol revenue to ENA buybacks, cutting unlock overhang.
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.
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Aug 28, 20264m 18s
SEC Clears Evernorth XRP Treasury Company for Nasdaq Listing
Evernorth wins SEC registration to list on Nasdaq as an XRP treasury company under ticker XRPN, a regulatory green light for XRP as an institutional balance-sheet asset.
Aug 28, 20265m 16s
Servicemember Faces Insider Trading Charges Over $1M Polymarket Bet
US federal authorities are preparing insider trading charges against a servicemember who made over $1M on Polymarket using knowledge of military operations, per WSJ.
Aug 28, 20265m 07s
Abu Dhabi Royal Backs 49% Stake in Trump-Linked Crypto Bank
Sheikh Tahnoon's group reportedly holds a 49% stake in the holding company behind World Liberty's crypto bank plan, per a WSJ report. Here is what it means.
Aug 28, 20264m 16s
Bitwise's BSOL Sets Record Single-Day Volume for a Solana ETF
Bitwise president Teddy Fusaro says the BSOL Solana ETF logged its highest single-day trading volume ever, as SOL climbs 7.8% in 24 hours.
Aug 28, 20265m 06s
New Zealand's ACT Party Floats a Crypto Capital Gains Tax Waiver
New Zealand's ACT Party proposes exempting cryptocurrency from capital gains tax, a policy that would leave crypto holders taxed only on income, not appreciation.
Aug 28, 20264m 04s
MoonPay 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 payments.
Aug 28, 20264m 36s
Bitcoin 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.
Aug 27, 20262m 54s
Nexo 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.
Aug 27, 20264m 01s
Arthur 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.