Sep 8, 20263m 23s
KuCoin Pay Brings Scan & Pay to Brazil, Argentina, and Peru
KuCoin's Scan & Pay is now live in Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, letting users pay merchants directly with USDT instead of selling crypto to a bank first.
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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Sep 8, 20265m 26s
Cronos Rolls Back Its Chain to Recover $111M, Reigniting Immutability Debate
Cronos executed a controversial blockchain rollback to recover $111 million in crypto, reopening the debate over emergency powers and whether a chain can be truly immutable.
Sep 8, 20264m 58s
Uzbekistan Starts Som Stablecoin Payment Pilot With 20+ Merchants
Uzbekistan's Humo Digital begins a sandbox trial of its som-pegged HUMO stablecoin, backed by government securities, with 20+ merchants under central bank oversight.
Sep 8, 20264m 06s
Korea's Budget Office: Won Stablecoins Could Cut Merchant Fees $3.8B
South Korea's National Assembly Budget Office estimates won-denominated stablecoins could save merchants up to 5.15 trillion won a year in card fees.
Sep 8, 20264m 27s
Bitcoin Short-Term Whale Profits Hit Record $9.07B, Stirring Sell-Off Fears
Bitcoin short-term whale holders are sitting on a record $9.07B in unrealized profit as BTC trades near $78,430. Here is what the concentration signal means.
Sep 8, 20265m 02s
Liquid Network White-Hats Return 3,400 BTC, $47M Still Out
White-hat hackers have returned 3,400 of 4,000 Bitcoin drained from Blockstream's Liquid Network. 598 BTC worth $47M remains outstanding as the network stays paused.
Sep 8, 20264m 07s
Swiss Stablecoin Sandbox Hits Testing Phase as SIX and TWINT Join
Switzerland's CHFD franc stablecoin sandbox entered live testing on Sept 8, 2026, with exchange operator SIX and payment app TWINT joining nine pilot companies.
Sep 8, 20264m 50s
Canary Capital's Staked Tron ETF Set to List on Cboe Sept. 9
Canary Capital's Staked Tron ETF (TRXS) lists on Cboe on September 9, the first US fund to pair Tron price exposure with onchain staking rewards.
Sep 8, 20264m 26s
Philippines Central Bank Proposes 12-Month Freeze on Payment Licenses
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas proposed a 12-month freeze on new payment-system operator registrations to rebuild its licensing framework. Here is what it means.
Sep 8, 20265m 09s
Ethereum Foundation Picks FOCIL and Frame Transactions for Hegota
The Ethereum Foundation named FOCIL and Frame Transactions the two 'must ship' EIPs for the Hegota upgrade, setting the protocol's near-term priorities.