Jun 9, 20263m 32s
Wirex Joins Visa's Agentic Ready Program for AI Agent Payments
Wirex says it has joined Visa's Agentic Ready programme to test agent-initiated payments with consent controls. No fee or product change yet 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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Jun 9, 20264m 46s
UK Regulator Moves to Let Retail Funds Hold 10% in Crypto ETNs
The FCA has proposed letting UCITS and NURS retail funds hold up to 10% of assets in crypto ETNs, the next step after lifting its retail ban in October 2025.
Jun 9, 20264m 08s
Morpho Raises $175M From a16z and Paradigm to Build Onchain Credit
Lending protocol Morpho raised $175M led by Paradigm, a16z crypto, and Ribbit Capital. It already holds ~$11B in deposits and powers Coinbase and Kraken loans.
Jun 9, 20264m 47s
Ethena Teams With $480B Janus Henderson on Tokenized CLO Funds
Ethena has partnered with $480B asset manager Janus Henderson to allocate and distribute tokenized CLO funds, pushing structured credit onchain.
Jun 9, 20264m 34s
Japan's Three Megabanks Plan a Joint Stablecoin for FY2026
MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho are targeting a joint stablecoin launch in FY2026, Nikkei reports, with a yen token first and a dollar version due late 2026.
Jun 9, 20264m 14s
Humanity's $36M Exploit Traced to a Multisig on One Laptop
A CoinDesk post-mortem says the Humanity Protocol drain happened because its multisig signing keys all lived on a single compromised laptop. The lesson for self-custody.
Jun 9, 20264m 11s
Trump Family Cleared at Least $2.3B From Its Crypto Ventures, Reuters Says
Reuters puts the Trump family's crypto profit at a minimum of $2.3 billion across its main ventures, landing while the market sits in Extreme Fear.
Jun 9, 20264m 23s
SBI Shinsei Bank Will Pay Depositors in BTC, ETH, and XRP
SBI Shinsei Bank, a roughly 1 trillion yen Japanese lender, plans to reward depositors in Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP, pushing crypto rewards into regulated banking.
Jun 9, 20264m 21s
Bitso's Peso Stablecoin MXNB Goes Live on Base
Base says MXNB, a Mexican peso stablecoin from Bitso, is launching on the network, adding a local-currency option to its growing stablecoin roster.
Jun 9, 20264m 32s
Circle's cirBTC Goes Live on Ethereum for Institutional DeFi
Circle launched cirBTC, a 1:1 bitcoin-backed token, on Ethereum for institutional DeFi collateral. Here is what the USDC issuer's move into tokenized BTC means.