May 23, 20264m 27s
Emmer Says CLARITY Act Has Momentum, Predicts Trump Signature
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says the CLARITY Act will reach President Trump's desk, citing the Senate Banking Committee's 15-9 bipartisan vote.
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 23, 20265m 08s
ICE and OKX Launch Perpetual Oil Futures on Brent and WTI Benchmarks
ICE Markets and OKX rolled out perpetual oil futures tied to Brent and WTI prices, giving 120M OKX retail users access to regulated energy contracts that never expire.
May 23, 20264m 34s
Bank of America Raises IBIT Stake, Trims Ether and Solana ETF Exposure
BofA's latest 13F shows the second-largest US bank lifting its IBIT position while cutting spot Ether and Solana ETF holdings into a crypto-wide drawdown.
May 23, 20265m 01s
SpaceX Waives Six-Month Lock-Up for Early Share Resale
SpaceX is letting employees sell shares before the usual six-month lock-up window, adding real liquidity to a stock already traded via crypto pre-IPO perps.
May 23, 20264m 04s
Crypto Slides as Dow Hits Record Close on Middle East Progress
Bitcoin lost 2.6% and Ethereum 3.1% on May 22 while the Dow closed at a record high. Fear and Greed dropped to 35 as majors sold off in unison.
May 23, 20264m 40s
ECB Rebuffs Bruegel Plan to Expand Euro Stablecoins as Too Risky
ECB rejected a Bruegel paper that asked the central bank to ease liquidity rules and backstop euro stablecoin issuers. Euros sit at 0.3% of the $300B market.
May 23, 20264m 29s
Tokenized Credit Hit $1B in 185 Days as VC Funds Lag Seven Years
Asset-backed private credit reached $1B in tokenized form in under six months, while tokenized venture capital took over seven years to clear the same bar.
May 22, 20264m 41s
JPMorgan: Tokenized Money Market Funds Capped at 10-15% Without Reform
JPMorgan says tokenized money market funds will stay under 10-15% of the stablecoin market until US securities rules let them clear without broker gating.
May 22, 20264m 10s
ZachXBT Flags $520K Polymarket Exploit on Polygon, Team Says User Funds Safe
Polymarket confirmed a compromised governance role drained roughly $520K from its Polygon contracts, but says user funds remain safe and trading continues.
May 22, 20264m 26s
THORChain Recovery Plan Rules Out New RUNE Minting After May 15 Exploit
THORChain proposed a recovery plan after the May 15 exploit, ruling out fresh RUNE issuance to repay affected users and forcing losses through protocol revenue instead.