Jun 22, 20264m 20s
Baillie Gifford Launches a Tokenized Corporate Bond Fund On-Chain
Baillie Gifford, a 118-year-old Scottish asset manager, has launched BAGEY, a UK-regulated tokenized corporate bond fund paying about 7%, with BNY on infra.
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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 22, 20265m 21s
OKX and NYSE Owner ICE Launch a Joint Venture Co-Chaired by Andrew Cuomo
OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the NYSE's parent, are forming a joint venture co-chaired by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to merge crypto and TradFi.
Jun 22, 20264m 12s
Hu Xiaowei of Prince Group Arrested in Tokyo Over $15B Scam
Hu Xiaowei, a figure tied to the Prince Group network behind a roughly $15B Bitcoin scam empire, was arrested in Tokyo, per WuBlockchain. Here is what it means.
Jun 22, 20265m 21s
Bank of England Drops Stablecoin Holding Caps and Eases Reserve Rules
The Bank of England scrapped proposed individual holding caps on sterling stablecoins and lowered its reserve floor, easing a plan it called overly conservative.
Jun 22, 20264m 39s
Toss Bank to Test Solana for Remittances and Stablecoin Settlement
South Korea's Toss Bank will pilot Solana for global remittances and stablecoin settlement, putting a public blockchain in front of roughly 15 million users.
Jun 22, 20264m 55s
Kraken's Fed Account Fight Could Reshape Crypto Payment Access
Kraken's push for direct Federal Reserve payment access could set the precedent for whether crypto firms ever bypass correspondent banks. Here is what is at stake.
Jun 22, 20264m 22s
Taiko Tells Users to Exit Bridges After a Verification Layer Breach
Taiko says its chain state verification mechanism is compromised, telling users to withdraw from bridges and asking exchanges to suspend TAIKO deposits.
Jun 22, 20264m 37s
Tech and Crypto Firms Pledge to Trace Wildlife-Trade Money On-Chain
Google, Meta, PayPal and Chainalysis have committed to fighting the illegal wildlife trade with AI detection and blockchain analytics, per a June 2026 report.
Jun 21, 20265m 12s
Philippines SEC Says Its RWA Tokenization Framework Is Ready
Philippines SEC Commissioner Rogelio Quevedo says the regulator's real-world-asset tokenization framework is ready, putting Manila among the first SE Asian markets with live rules.
Jun 21, 20265m 30s
Stablecoin Rules Turn Issuers Into Pseudo-Banks, Squeezing Small Players
Three US agencies have published GENIUS Act rules forcing stablecoin issuers into bank-grade supervision. The cost favors big issuers and points to consolidation by 2027.