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.
The US Treasury says the OCC's final rule implementing the GENIUS Act creates the first federal framework for payment stablecoins, a move Washington frames as cementing US dominance in digital assets.
Three firms, TSV LLC, OKXICE TSV and Perpetualscom, have filed with the SEC to run tokenized securities venues under its new Innovation Exemption.
Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade activated October 21, 2026, targeting 150ms finality. Here is what the faster settlement means for payments and spending.
French authorities propose making crypto exchanges vet DeFi protocols they offer access to and bear liability for them, a template that could spread across the EU.
President Trump plans to announce enforcement action against crypto scams targeting Americans, signaling a tougher federal stance on consumer fraud protection.
FINMA cleared the first Swiss-law retail ETF holding only Bitcoin, waiving diversification rules after ruling trading volume was deep enough to justify it.
MEXC is discontinuing services for users in Russia and Belarus, the latest major exchange to retreat from sanctioned markets. Here is what it means for access.
Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines, giving developers APIs, a toolkit, and a sandbox to test autonomous AI agent payments.
Federal court orders EminiFX and founder Eddy Alexandre to pay over $288M in restitution and penalties for a crypto and forex Ponzi scheme. What it means.
A Kazakhstan regulator has secured court injunctions against six crypto platforms, including Coinbase and HTX, tightening access across Central Asia.
