Sep 30, 20263m 30s
Payy Post-Mortem Blames Noir Verifier Flaw for $1.9M Bridge Loss
Payy's post-mortem pins its September 24 bridge exploit on a flaw in Aztec's Noir/Barretenberg verifier that accepted an invalid burn proof, draining ~1.92M USDC.
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 30, 20264m 36s
North Korea-Linked Hackers Route Stolen Bitget Funds Through Chainflip and CoW
SlowMist says suspected North Korean hackers moved stolen Bitget assets through Chainflip and CoW, exposing the cross-chain laundering playbook behind the hack.
Sep 30, 20264m 47s
Binance Pay Goes Live at PayPay Merchants Across Japan
Binance Pay now works at PayPay-accepting merchants across Japan, connecting crypto balances to one of the country's largest QR payment networks for retail spending.
Sep 30, 20264m 56s
SEC's Atkins Says Agency Will Give Onchain Fundraising Clarity Anyway
SEC Chair Paul Atkins told CNBC the agency is proceeding to clarify how to raise money onchain even after the CLARITY Act failed in Congress.
Sep 30, 20264 min
ECB Opens Digital Euro Testing to Fintechs and Payment Firms
The ECB is inviting fintechs and payment firms to test digital euro features, with 2027 workshops on AI-enabled and machine-to-machine payments.
Sep 29, 20264m 38s
Tether Freezes $550M in Iran-Linked USDT This Year
Tether says it helped authorities freeze nearly $550M in Iran-linked USDT in 2026, showing how centralized stablecoin issuers act as compliance agents.
Sep 29, 20264m 40s
CleanSpark Unit Closes $2.28B Senior Secured Note Offering
CleanSpark subsidiary CSDC Finance closed a $2.276B private offering of senior secured notes, one of the largest debt raises tied to a listed Bitcoin miner.
Sep 29, 20265m 04s
FCA Wins Confiscation Order to Repay Victims of £1.5M Crypto Fraud
The UK's FCA secured a confiscation order so victims of a £1.5m crypto investment fraud can recover lost funds, a rare full-restitution outcome in crypto cases.
Sep 29, 20264m 48s
White House Blames Democrats for Stalled Crypto Clarity Act
The White House publicly blamed Democrats for failing to pass the Crypto Clarity Act, escalating pressure on US crypto market structure legislation.
Sep 29, 20263m 12s
Bitget Restarts BTC Withdrawals as Phased Resumption Begins
Bitget restarted Bitcoin withdrawals at 08:00 UTC on Sept 28 after its Sept 24 security incident, saying the flaw is fixed and user balances are intact.