Jun 23, 20264m 48s
Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin Back New Ethereum R&D Nonprofit
Five former Ethereum Foundation researchers launched Ethlabs on June 23, 2026, funded by Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin to keep core protocol work going.
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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Jun 23, 20264m 38s
An $8.5M Vault Wind-Down Shows How Fast DeFi Yield Confidence Breaks
Altura redeemed $8.5M in USDT in 24 hours and began an orderly vault wind-down after a verifier dropped MainStreet. No hack, just a confidence run on yield.
Jun 23, 20265m 30s
Monevium Enters FCA Special Administration With No FSCS Cover
Monevium Ltd entered special administration on 18 June 2026. Payment firms sit outside the FSCS, so customers rely on safeguarding alone to recover funds.
Jun 23, 20264m 22s
South Korea Pushes FATF to Apply the Travel Rule to Small Transfers
South Korea's FIU has called on FATF to extend the crypto Travel Rule to smaller transfers, lowering the de minimis reporting floor for VASPs worldwide.
Jun 23, 20264m 43s
Trump Orders a US Push for a Powerful Quantum Computer by 2028
Trump signed executive orders directing a national quantum computing effort targeting 2028. Here is what the timeline means for crypto wallet and card security.
Jun 22, 20264m 58s
Ethereum Proposal Would Redirect Up to 10% of Validator Rewards
A new Ethereum proposal would let validators redirect up to 10% of staking rewards to ecosystem funding, an estimated $120M-plus a year. Critics call it a tax.
Jun 22, 20264m 25s
Bitcoin OTC Desk Balances Hit Record Lows After a 400,000 BTC Drain
Bitcoin OTC desk balances have fallen to record lows, with about 400,000 BTC drained since 2022, even as spot prices slide and ETF outflows extend.
Jun 22, 20264m 38s
Strategy Builds Its Cash Reserve to $1.4B as STRC Costs Bite
Strategy added $300M to its USD reserve for a third straight week, lifting it to $1.4B, while buying just 520 BTC. The goal: defend its stumbling STRC preferred.
Jun 22, 20263m 56s
Bank of Korea Expands Project Hangang to Nine Banks for Government Payments
Bank of Korea's Project Hangang deposit-token pilot now spans nine banks and is testing bank-issued tokens for live government subsidy payments.
Jun 22, 20264m 49s
MoneyGram Becomes a Solana Validator in a Multi-Chain Stablecoin Bet
MoneyGram is now a Solana validator and is running its own MGUSD stablecoin across Stellar and Tempo, betting global remittances move onto stablecoin rails.