May 29, 20265m 01s
Saylor Floats Selling Bitcoin to Fund STRC's 11.5% Yield
Michael Saylor said Strategy may sell Bitcoin to cover STRC preferred dividends at 11.5%. The signal reverses years of pure accumulation rhetoric.
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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May 29, 20265m 36s
Sui Network Hit by Second Major Outage in Five Months
Sui experienced its second network stall in five months on May 28, raising fresh questions about validator coordination and chain reliability.
May 29, 20264m 17s
SpaceX Pre-IPO Market Flash-Crashes 45% on Hyperliquid
Hyperliquid's SpaceX pre-IPO market saw a 45% intraday drop, the latest reminder that synthetic private-company exposure on-chain carries its own risk profile.
May 29, 20264m 40s
Base Azul Hardfork Goes Live on Mainnet, Targets Faster Blocks
Coinbase's Base L2 activated the Azul hardfork on mainnet May 29, 2026. The upgrade focuses on transaction speed and protocol security on the OP Stack chain.
May 29, 20264m 47s
SEC Approves Paxos as First Blockchain-Native Clearing Agency in US
Paxos becomes the first blockchain-native registered clearing agency in the US, a regulatory milestone for tokenized settlement and TradFi convergence.
May 29, 20264m 46s
Ethereum Whales Stack 17.41M ETH, Hit 9-Week Accumulation High
Wallets holding 100K+ ETH now control 17.41M tokens, a 9-week high reached as ETH trades near $2,002 after a 6% weekly drop.
May 29, 20264m 15s
SEC's Hester Peirce Defends Crypto Privacy Tools as Financial Infrastructure
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce publicly defended crypto privacy tools, warning fellow regulators not to treat privacy-enhancing technologies as inherently suspicious.
May 29, 20264m 11s
Gemini Taps Grok for AI-Personalized Prediction Market Feeds
Crypto exchange Gemini is plugging Grok into its prediction market product to push personalized AI-curated feeds, following a broader exchange shift toward AI features.
May 29, 20264m 46s
Treasury's Bessent Reaffirms Anti-CBDC Stance, Backs Stablecoins
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent restated the administration's opposition to a US central bank digital currency, leaving stablecoins as the dollar's digital path.
May 28, 20264m 01s
Ether Slips Under $2,000 as Futures Open Interest Hits Record 16M ETH
Ether fell below $2,000 on May 28 as ETH futures open interest hit a record 16 million ETH, a leverage build that often precedes sharp liquidation events.