Apr 19, 20264m 39s
BitMEX's Quantum Canary Says Don't Freeze Bitcoin Until Quantum Is Real
BitMEX Research published a Bitcoin canary fund proposal on April 16, 2026 as an alternative to BIP-361's mandatory five-year quantum migration deadline.
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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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Apr 19, 20263m 44s
AAVE Falls 22% as Whales Exit Amid KelpDAO Fallout
AAVE fell 22% after whales cut positions when the $294M KelpDAO bridge hack froze rsETH collateral on Aave. Here is what the selling tells the market.
Apr 19, 20265m 13s
KelpDAO Bridge Drained for $292M, Making It 2026's Biggest DeFi Hack
An attacker drained 116,500 rsETH, about $292M, from KelpDAO's LayerZero bridge on April 18, 2026. Aave, SparkLend, and Fluid froze affected markets.
Apr 19, 20265m 04s
Russia's Largest Bank Sberbank Is Getting Ready to Offer Crypto Trading
Sberbank, which serves over 100 million Russian retail customers, is preparing a crypto trading rollout per TASS, landing days after Russia's new bill.
Apr 19, 20264m 27s
Iran Quoted Bitcoin for Hormuz Oil Tolls. Stablecoins Did the Settling.
Iran named Bitcoin for Strait of Hormuz oil tolls, but insiders told Cointelegraph stablecoins handle most of the actual settlement. Here's what that split means.
Apr 18, 20265m 32s
FSB Flags a Triple Whammy in Private Credit as Bitcoin Sits at $76,705
The Financial Stability Board warned that private credit markets could trigger a triple whammy shock. Here is what it means for crypto.
Apr 18, 20265m 41s
Vitalik Warns of DNS Registrar Attack on Ethereum Gateway eth.limo
Vitalik Buterin has flagged a DNS registrar attack on eth.limo, the ENS gateway service, and is warning users to stay cautious during the team's response.
Apr 18, 20264m 32s
Russia Files a Bill to Make Unregistered Crypto Services a Crime
A new draft law would put criminal penalties on crypto exchanges, P2P desks and OTC operators serving Russian users without official registration.
Apr 18, 20264m 51s
X's Cashtags Feature Did $1 Billion in Trading Volume in 48 Hours
X's new Cashtags feature drove $1 billion in trading volume in its first two days after Wealthsimple wired it into its Canadian brokerage feed.
Apr 18, 20264m 58s
White House Issues Russian Oil Tanker License to Head Off Price Spike
The US issued a license April 17 letting buyers take Russian oil already loaded on tankers. Crypto rallied: BTC +3.7%, ETH +4%, XRP +3.6%.