Jul 20, 20264m 32s
The CLARITY Act's Fate Now Rests on Trump's Ethics Problem
Cointelegraph says the CLARITY Act market structure bill hinges on Trump's conflicts of interest, and the odds of a clean passage aren't looking great.
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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Jul 20, 20264m 52s
Allbridge Core Pauses Bridge After $1.65M Flash Loan Exploit
Allbridge Core halted its cross-chain bridge after a $1.65M flash loan attack manipulated its stablecoin swap pricing. Here is what happened and why bridges keep failing this way.
Jul 20, 20264m 11s
Japanese Logistics Firm Taps JPYC to Pay Thousands of Drivers
A Japanese logistics company plans to pay thousands of transportation contractors in JPYC, the regulated yen stablecoin, in one of Asia's first high-volume payroll rollouts.
Jul 19, 20265m 30s
UK's New Wallet Rule Puts Crypto Firms at 14-Year Criminal Risk
A UK offence effective July 17, 2026 ties delayed wallet identification to criminal liability of up to 14 years, forcing crypto firms to rebuild custody records.
Jul 19, 20264m 44s
Japan, South Korea and Russia Advance Crypto Rules in One Week
Japan recognizes crypto as a financial product, South Korea plans tokenized treasuries, and Russia opens USDT and USDC trading to qualified investors.
Jul 19, 20264m 53s
2,000 Institutions Now Hold Bitcoin in Q1 2026 SEC Filings
Roughly 2,000 institutional investors disclosed Bitcoin exposure in their Q1 2026 SEC filings, a fresh sign of how far ownership has spread beyond retail.
Jul 19, 20264m 42s
Bitcoin Japan Is Raising $60M and Has Never Bought a Single Bitcoin
A firm branded Bitcoin Japan is raising $60M despite holding zero BTC, the latest example of a treasury-company name outrunning its actual balance sheet.
Jul 19, 20264m 44s
South Korea Probes 30 Crypto Manipulation Cases Under New Law
South Korean authorities are investigating 30 crypto market manipulation cases under the country's new digital asset law, an early test of its enforcement teeth.
Jul 19, 20264m 28s
Zcash's New Zakura Node Aims for 50,000 Private Transactions a Second
Zcash developers released Zakura v1.0.0, a node built to push private payments from about 1 transaction per second toward the 50,000 TPS that Visa handles.
Jul 19, 20264m 13s
Bitcoin ETFs May Track Gold's 22-Year Adoption Path, Bloomberg Says
Bloomberg Intelligence says Bitcoin ETFs are set to mirror gold's 22-year ETF maturation, giving investors a timeline for institutional crypto adoption.