Apr 24, 20265m 19s
Pokemon Collectors Turn to Blockchain Records as Values Surge
Pokemon card values have turned collectibles into a multibillion-dollar asset class, pushing owners toward museum-grade vaults and blockchain provenance.
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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Apr 23, 20264m 21s
US Military Runs a Bitcoin Node and Frames Crypto as Power Projection vs China
The US military is running its own Bitcoin node and views crypto as a tool of strategic power projection against China, according to a new CoinDesk report.
Apr 23, 20263m 31s
Kalshi Bans Three US Candidates for Trading Their Own Campaigns
Kalshi says new monitoring tools caught three US political candidates placing trades tied to their own campaigns. All three are now permanently banned.
Apr 23, 20264m 26s
NiceHash User Turns $750 Into $235K by Solo Mining Bitcoin Block 945711
A NiceHash EasyMining customer paid roughly $750 for rented hashpower and hit Bitcoin block 945711 solo, netting about $235,000 in subsidy and fees.
Apr 23, 20264m 27s
Bitcoin Stalls Near $80K as Recent Buyers Bail on Oil Shock
Bitcoin hit $79,485 intraday on April 22, then slipped back as oil prices rose and short-term holders who bought near the ceiling took the exit.
Apr 23, 20264m 21s
Anatoly Yakovenko Dares Devs to Break Solana's New Immutable Percolator
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko deployed an immutable Percolator binary and put a bounty on anyone who can exploit it, raising the stakes for the scheduler.
Apr 23, 20264m 04s
Crypto Fear and Greed Index Jumps 14 Points in a Day, Biggest Move Since January
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index rose from 32 to 46 in 24 hours, the largest single-day climb in three months as BTC holds $78K.
Apr 23, 20264m 12s
New Documentary Names Hal Finney and Len Sassaman as Bitcoin's Co-Creators
Finding Satoshi, a new documentary, argues Hal Finney and Len Sassaman jointly built Bitcoin. Here is what the film claims and why the theory holds up.
Apr 23, 20263m 47s
KelpDAO Hacker Swaps 75,700 ETH Into Bitcoin Worth $175M
The KelpDAO exploiter converted nearly all 75,700 ETH, roughly $175M, into BTC over 36 hours, locking in gains and complicating recovery.
Apr 23, 20263m 59s
Uniswap Founder Hayden Adams Says Dead Internet Theory Is Looking Real
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams says his X follower count jumped from a few hundred to ~600 a day, pointing to AI bots as proof of the dead internet theory.