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.
USDC reaches $81.1B all-time high supply while processing 70% of stablecoin volume in February. AI agents settled 140M transactions in USDC this year.
Iranian drone debris struck the DIFC Innovation Hub, Token2049 is postponed to 2027, and crypto traders are leaving Dubai as the war reshapes the industry's favorite hub.
KRAKacquisition Corp is actively searching for crypto-native acquisition targets valued between 2 and 10 billion dollars, with stablecoins and DeFi in focus.
A federal appeals court ends Custodia's five-year fight for a Fed master account, just days after Kraken became the first crypto firm to get one.
TRUMP meme coin rallied 50% to $4.29 with $1.14B in volume after announcing a Mar-a-Lago gala luncheon for the top 297 token holders on April 25.
US Q4 GDP grew just 0.7% annualized vs the 1.4% estimate. Bitcoin climbed to $72,853 as markets price in faster Fed rate cuts.
Hong Kong is granting its first stablecoin licenses to HSBC, Standard Chartered, and OSL as early as March 24, chosen from 36 applicants under the Stablecoins Ordinance.
Tether aims to complete its first full audit by the end of 2026, per Bloomberg. After a decade of attestations, 189 billion in USDT reserves faces real scrutiny.
Alibaba leads MetaComp's $35M raise as the MAS-licensed stablecoin platform hits $10B in volume and plans StableX Network expansion across Asia and beyond.
South Korea's National Tax Service is developing an AI platform to track 8 billion annual crypto transactions ahead of its delayed 22% crypto gains tax in January 2027.
