Mar 25, 20265m 31s
Ripple Joins Singapores Central Bank Sandbox to Test RLUSD-Powered Trade Settlements
Ripple partners with Unloq in the MAS BLOOM initiative to pilot automated cross-border trade finance using RLUSD on the XRP Ledger.
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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Mar 25, 20265m 50s
Tether Hires a Big Four Firm to Audit Its 184 Billion Dollar USDT Reserves for the First Time
Tether engages an unnamed Big Four accounting firm for its first full independent audit, covering reserves, liabilities, and controls. Circle stock drops 20%.
Mar 25, 20265m 25s
Crypto Cards Roundup March 25 - Mastercard Buys BVNK for $1.8B, Gemini Adds Crypto Bill Pay, Uphold Launches Exa Credit Card
Crypto Cards Roundup March 25 - Mastercard Buys BVNK for $1.8B, Gemini Adds Crypto Bill Pay, Uphold Launches Exa Credit Card
Mar 24, 20265m 06s
Kentucky Passed a Bill That Would Force Wallet Makers to Reset Your Seed Phrase
Kentucky HB 380 passed the House 85-0 with a buried amendment requiring hardware wallet providers to help reset seed phrases. Critics say it outlaws self-custody.
Mar 24, 20265m 03s
Invesco Takes Over Superstates 900 Million Dollar Tokenized Treasury Fund
Invesco assumes investment management of Superstate's USTB fund, joining BlackRock and Franklin Templeton in the tokenized Treasury race now worth 12 billion dollars.
Mar 24, 20264m 57s
Bitcoin Just Had a Rare Two-Block Reorg as Three Mining Pools Raced for the Same Chain
Foundry USA mined seven consecutive blocks and orphaned two from AntPool and ViaBTC in a rare chain split at block 941,881.
Mar 24, 20265m 26s
The SEC Just Sent Its Crypto Securities Framework to the White House for Review
The SEC submitted a proposed interpretation framework to the White House that would clarify which digital assets qualify as securities under federal law.
Mar 24, 20264m 51s
Citadel-Backed EDXM Launches a Blockchain Korean Won Derivative to Crack Asia FX
EDXM International, backed by Citadel Securities, launches a blockchain-based Korean won derivative targeting Asia's FX market as Korea opens won trading 24/7.
Mar 24, 20264m 37s
Polymarket and Kalshi CEOs Back the Same 35 Million Dollar Prediction Market Fund
Rival prediction market CEOs Shayne Coplan and Tarek Mansour are both investing in 5c(c) Capital, a new $35M fund targeting prediction market infrastructure.
Mar 23, 20264m 59s
Strategy Files for 44.1 Billion Dollars in New ATM Offerings to Buy More Bitcoin
Strategy registers $21B in new MSTR common stock, $21B in STRC preferred, and $2.1B in STRK preferred, nearly doubling its capital-raising firepower.