Sep 7, 20262m 44s
Ether Fi Passes $100M in All-Time Onramp and Offramp Volume
Ether Fi says its Cash rails have moved more than $100M in cumulative onramp and offramp volume. Here is what the funding milestone means for cardholders.
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 7, 20263m 44s
Coldcard Hacker Drains $7.7M Across 293 Separate Bitcoin Vaults
The Coldcard breach attacker is emptying 293 Bitcoin vaults in order of size, moving $7.7M so far, nearly half of the third-wave haul. What it means for self-custody.
Sep 7, 20264m 22s
DBS and Citi Launch 24/7 Cross-Border Payments on Swift's Blockchain Ledger
DBS and Citi will settle instant USD cross-border payments using tokenized deposits on Swift's blockchain-based shared ledger, a concrete step toward always-on bank money.
Sep 7, 20264m 52s
Bank of Korea: Dollar Stablecoins Can Weaken Local Currencies
A Bank of Korea study finds demand for dollar-backed stablecoins can pressure local currencies when global exchanges list direct fiat pairs. Here is what it means.
Sep 7, 20264m 14s
Bankless Co-Founder Sells ETH, Rotates Into LIT and ZEC for 369% Gains
David Hoffman took heat for selling ETH, then rotated into LIT and ZEC. WuBlockchain reports the trade posted gains up to 369%. Here is what the pivot signals.
Sep 7, 20264m 17s
Liquid Network White-Hat Offers to Return $320M in Drained BTC
The purported white-hat behind Liquid Network's $320M Elements exploit is negotiating a return of nearly 4,000 BTC to Blockstream's federation. Here is where it stands.
Sep 7, 20264m 51s
Harmony Proposes Shutting Down Its Layer-1, Moving ONE to Ethereum
Harmony proposed sunsetting its layer-1 chain and airdropping ONE as an ERC-20 on Ethereum, weeks after a mint exploit forged nearly 4 billion tokens.
Sep 6, 20265m 32s
Liquid Network's $320M Loss Traced to an Elements Mint Bug
The ~$320M drain on Blockstream's Liquid was not a multisig break. About 4,000 L-BTC was minted by an Elements bug, then routed through SideSwap.
Sep 6, 20265m 23s
Nearly 4,000 BTC Drained From Blockstream's Liquid Peg
Attackers calling themselves whitehats drained close to 4,000 BTC from Blockstream's Liquid sidechain peg, reviving questions about federated custody.
Sep 6, 20263m 49s
FBI Seizes $15B+ in Crypto, Shuts 500+ Scam Investment Sites
FBI Director Kash Patel says Operation Blackout seized over $15 billion in cryptocurrency, took down 500+ fraudulent investment sites, and closed scam compounds.