Jul 3, 20264m 34s
K Wave Media Sells Every Bitcoin It Owned and Pivots to AI
Nasdaq-listed K Wave Media has sold all its Bitcoin, ending a 10,000 BTC treasury plan and redirecting $485M toward AI data centers and GPU computing.
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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Jul 3, 20264m 25s
Riot Platforms Moves 500 BTC to NYDIG Custody, Signaling a Possible Sale
Riot Platforms deposited 500 BTC worth $30.7M into NYDIG custody on July 3, a move on-chain watchers read as a sale setup with Bitcoin at $61,339.
Jul 3, 20264m 31s
Russia Sets a September 1 Launch Date for the Digital Ruble
Bank of Russia Governor Elvira Nabiullina says the country is ready to launch its digital ruble CBDC on September 1, moving from pilot to a nationwide rollout.
Jul 3, 20264m 58s
Europol Cracks 500 BTC From an Irish Drug Trafficker's Stash
Europol says it supplied decryption resources to help Irish police recover 500 more Bitcoin from convicted trafficker Clifton Collins. The seizure signals sharper state crypto-forensics.
Jul 3, 20264m 30s
Trump Cleared $1 Billion on Crypto as Retail Buyers Took Losses
A WSJ investigation says President Trump earned about $1 billion from crypto ventures while many retail buyers of his tokens lost money. Here is the breakdown.
Jul 3, 20264m 40s
VALR Builds Perpetuals on Hyperliquid, a First for Any CEX
Africa's largest crypto exchange VALR has launched a perpetuals product built directly on Hyperliquid, the first time a centralized exchange has done so.
Jul 3, 20264m 08s
Weak US Jobs Data Lifts Bitcoin Toward $70K as Rate Fears Ease
A softer US jobs report cooled rate-hike worries and pushed Bitcoin back above $61K. Here is the macro read and why traders are eyeing $70,000.
Jul 2, 20263m 16s
Ledger Joins Open USD as a Launch Partner With Clear Signing
Ledger is a launch partner for the Open USD stablecoin, bringing device-level Clear Signing to a new dollar token held in self-custody rather than by a third party.
Jul 2, 20263m 31s
Oobit Opens Its Crypto Card to Brazil's 170M Consumers
Oobit has gone live in Brazil, plugging its tap-to-pay crypto card into local payment rails. Here is what changes for Brazilian cardholders.
Jul 2, 20264m 36s
OFAC Sanctions 134 ISIS-K Crypto Wallets, Tether Freezes the Funds
OFAC added 134 ISIS-K wallet addresses to its sanctions list, 131 of them on Tron, and Tether froze the tokens. Stablecoins now behave like enforceable rails.