Apr 30, 20264m 50s
Rakuten Lets 44M Pay Users Swap Loyalty Points for XRP
Rakuten Pay opened XRP conversion for 44 million users, putting a $23B loyalty network on rails that reach 5 million Japanese merchant locations.
SpendNode Podcast
Narrated analysis on crypto policy, stablecoins, payments, and market structure.
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Apr 30, 20264m 47s
Wasabi Protocol Loses $5M After Attacker Seizes Deployer Key
Wasabi Protocol lost roughly $5 million after an attacker took control of the deployer admin key and drained contracts across three chains.
Apr 30, 20264m 48s
Shinhan Card Pilots Stablecoin Payments on Solana Testnet
Shinhan Card, one of South Korea's largest card issuers, is testing stablecoin payments on the Solana testnet, signaling Korea's deepest card-rail crypto experiment yet.
Apr 30, 20264m 53s
Bybit Says Malaysia Watchlist Lift Came After Direct Regulator Talks
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou says Malaysia's Securities Commission removed the exchange from its alert list after months of formal engagement and policy discussions.
Apr 30, 20264m 52s
FBI, Dubai, and China Dismantle Nine Crypto Scam Centers in Joint Sweep
FBI, Dubai Police, and Chinese authorities dismantled nine crypto scam centers in a joint sweep, while European police separately arrested ten suspects.
Apr 30, 20264m 31s
Ripple Partners With Kbank to Bring Institutional Custody to Korea
Ripple is deploying its institutional custody stack inside Kbank, Korea's first internet-only bank, to power digital asset wallet services for clients.
Apr 30, 20264m 13s
WLFI Vote Opens on Plan to Unlock 62 Billion Locked Tokens
World Liberty Financial begins voting on a proposal to unlock 62.3B previously frozen WLFI tokens via staggered vesting plus a 4.5B insider burn.
Apr 29, 20263m 52s
Mashinsky Banned From Crypto Industry in $10M FTC Settlement
FTC settles with Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky for $10M and a permanent industry ban, sharply down from the original $4.7B judgment.
Apr 29, 20264m 55s
Steak 'n Shake Says Bitcoin Cuts Card Processing Fees in Half
Steak 'n Shake reports Bitcoin payments cost roughly half what credit card processing does, the first concrete merchant data on Lightning savings.
Apr 29, 20264m 16s
Powell Will Stay on Fed Board as Governor After May 15 Chair Exit
Jerome Powell tells reporters he will remain a Federal Reserve governor after his chair term ends May 15, keeping a seat at the policy table under Warsh.