Jul 20, 20264m 31s
US Regulators Miss GENIUS Act Deadline on Stablecoin Rulemaking
US agencies blew past the GENIUS Act's one-year deadline to write stablecoin rules, leaving issuer, custody and payment questions open before January.
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.
Episode Archive - Page 51
Full catalog
Jul 20, 20264m 23s
Bank of Korea Sets September for Live CBDC Tests With 9 Banks
South Korea's central bank plans live CBDC transactions with nine banks in September, moving its digital won pilot from lab testing to real settlement.
Jul 20, 20264m 20s
Polymarket Traders Price a 93% Chance the Fed Holds Rates on July 29
Polymarket puts a 93.5% probability on the Fed holding rates at its July 29 meeting. Here is how crypto traders are positioned as BTC sits at $63,873.
Jul 20, 20264m 15s
Cardano Activates Van Rossem Hard Fork, Its First Run by Voters
Cardano's Van Rossem hard fork went live July 20, cutting smart contract execution costs and setting up the Ouroboros Leios throughput upgrade due late 2026.
Jul 20, 20264m 34s
Hyperliquid Opens Permissionless Outcome Markets Under HIP-4
Hyperliquid's HIP-4 vote lets anyone deploy custom outcome markets by staking 500,000 HYPE, moving prediction-style markets into a permissionless model on-chain.
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.
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.