SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Solid partnered with TransFi to let cardholders fund and cash out in 16 local currencies across Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Gulf, and the euro area. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solid-transfi-local-currency-deposits-16-currencies-september-2026/

Arthur Hayes links France's debt crisis to a European bank exit from US repo markets, Fed balance sheet expansion, and a possible Ethereum run to $10K by year-end. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/france-debt-crisis-arthur-hayes-ethereum-10k-september-2026/

The House canceled two weeks of September session, and the CLARITY Act, crypto's top legislative priority, could now slip past the November election. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/house-delays-september-session-clarity-act-delay-september-2026/

Polymarket launched perpetual futures with up to 20x leverage across crypto, stocks, indices, and commodities, pushing the prediction market into leveraged derivatives. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/polymarket-20x-leverage-perpetual-futures-launch-september-2026/

Revolut secured conditional approval from the OCC for a US national bank charter, a step that could reshape how the fintech handles deposits, cards, and crypto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/revolut-occ-conditional-bank-charter-september-2026/

A U.S. banking agency granted OpenReserve preliminary approval to operate, one of the first blockchain-native banks to clear a federal regulator. Here's what it signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/openreserve-blockchain-bank-us-banking-approval-september-2026/

The IMF says El Salvador has not used public money to buy Bitcoin since June 2025 and expects no further accumulation, quietly ending a landmark policy. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/imf-el-salvador-bitcoin-accumulation-halt-september-2026/

Thai businessmen are suing Tether over $42M in USDT frozen in a pig-butchering scam case, testing when a stablecoin issuer can be held liable for locking funds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-42-million-lawsuit-thai-businessmen-frozen-usdt-september-2026/

Solana rolled out Payment Channels, letting AI agents set a spending limit once and settle usage in a single on-chain transaction instead of signing every call. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-payment-channels-ai-agents-onchain-settlement-september-2026/

Bitcoin's correlation with gold just hit its strongest level since 2020, per Bitwise. BTC trades at $80,941 as the 'digital gold' thesis gains ground. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-gold-correlation-6-year-high-september-2026/

Trading firm Jane Street signed a reported $13 billion cloud contract with Crusoe, the former Bitcoin miner now building AI data centers. Here is why it matters. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jane-street-crusoe-13-billion-ai-cloud-contract-september-2026/

Coinbase has filed SEC registrations to bring single-stock perpetual futures to U.S. traders, a crypto-native derivative now aimed at equities. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-single-stock-perpetual-futures-sec-filing-september-2026/

Michael Saylor's Strategy has raised $20.9 billion in equity this year, ranking fourth among all U.S. issuers, to fund its Bitcoin accumulation as BTC trades near $80,945. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-fourth-largest-us-equity-issuer-20-9-billion-bitcoin-september-2026/

ASIC gave crypto firms until September 30 to apply for an Australian Financial Services licence or face fines up to 10% of annual turnover from October 1. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/australia-asic-crypto-license-deadline-10-percent-turnover-fine-september-2026/

Nomura's crypto arm Laser Digital is partnering with Keyring Network to launch institutional-grade fixed income products in DeFi, starting on Euler Finance. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nomura-laser-digital-euler-finance-institutional-fixed-income-september-2026/

Standard Chartered, a $367B global bank, launched institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading in the UAE, deepening the Middle East's push to become a regulated crypto hub. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/standard-chartered-institutional-crypto-trading-uae-september-2026/

Dollar-backed stablecoins now park billions in short-term US Treasuries, turning private crypto tokens into a steady buyer of government debt. Here is what that shift means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/stablecoins-treasury-debt-buyer-last-resort-september-2026/

SEC Chair Paul Atkins told Fox Business he anticipates the CLARITY Act will pass the Senate and reach Trump's desk. Here is what the market structure bill changes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-chair-atkins-clarity-act-senate-passage-september-2026/

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong welcomed Anthony Armstrong to the board on September 3, 2026, with a stated goal of building the financial system for AI agents. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-anthony-armstrong-board-ai-financial-system-september-2026/

Thailand's SEC now enforces the crypto Travel Rule, requiring exchanges to verify self-custodial wallet ownership and keep transfer records for five years. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/thailand-crypto-travel-rule-self-custody-wallet-checks-september-2026/

CrowdStrike and the DOJ isolated 15,000+ machines infected by Sality, an eight-year malware operation that stole Bitcoin and Ethereum from victims worldwide. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sality-botnet-dismantled-crypto-theft-crowdstrike-doj-september-2026/

The SEC has proposed its first transfer agent rule overhaul in four decades, adding Form TA-2 questions about share registers kept on distributed ledgers. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-transfer-agent-overhaul-tokenization-september-2026/

Bitfinex Securities listed tokenized notes tracking Strategy, STRC, Metaplanet, H100 Group and Capital B, tradable against USD, USDT and Bitcoin for non-US investors. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitfinex-securities-tokenized-notes-strategy-metaplanet-september-2026/

US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged their strongest month of 2026 in August, cutting year-to-date net outflows by 66% as BTC rallied about 25%. Here's what the reversal means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-etfs-best-month-2026-btc-up-25-august-september-2026/

Swiss service Pocket Bitcoin exposed compliance records linking 291 customers' names and addresses to public Bitcoin wallets. Funds were safe, but privacy was not. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/pocket-bitcoin-leak-291-users-identities-wallets-september-2026/