SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Zooko Wilcox says prior exploitation of the Orchard counterfeiting bug looks unlikely, but cryptography alone cannot confirm no fake ZEC was ever minted. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zcash-orchard-counterfeiting-bug-prior-exploitation-june-2026/

XRP spot ETFs pulled net inflows last week while Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana spot ETFs saw net outflows, a rotation that landed as XRP led the majors at $1.18. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-spot-etfs-inflows-btc-eth-sol-outflows-june-2026/

Charles Hoskinson says Cardano's disputed 1,096 BTC funded a 2016 crowdsale audit. The coins cost about $454,000 then and are worth roughly $72M now. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cardano-hoskinson-1096-btc-2016-audit-dispute-june-2026/

Bitcoin rose to $65,740 and oil fell nearly 5% after the US and Iran reached an interim deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with signing set for Switzerland Friday. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-iran-peace-deal-strait-of-hormuz-reopen-june-2026/

Illinois passed the first U.S. state tax on digital asset trading: 0.2% per covered transaction, registration rules, and Class 3 felony charges for unregistered brokers. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/illinois-digital-asset-privilege-tax-02-percent-felony-june-2026/

Three US-listed spot HYPE ETFs gathered $161M in net inflows a month after launch, with only one outflow day, even as broad crypto sentiment stayed in fear. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hype-spot-etfs-161m-first-month-inflows-june-2026/

A Quantstamp investigation links the $32M Humanity Protocol hack to North Korean actors who used a fake Bithumb email to get in, per a June 14 report. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/north-korea-humanity-protocol-32m-hack-fake-bithumb-email-june-2026/

MiCA's transitional permission ends July 1, 2026. With only 194 firms licensed, ~75% of registered EU crypto companies may lose the right to operate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eu-mica-transition-deadline-exchange-cutoff-july-2026/

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas told licensed crypto firms to stop listing privacy-enhancing coins like Monero, citing travel-rule and AML compliance gaps. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/philippines-bsp-bars-vasps-privacy-coins-june-2026/

The SEC has cleared a T. Rowe Price multi-asset crypto ETF that could hold BTC, ETH, and SOL in one wrapper, per Cointelegraph. Here is what it signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-approves-t-rowe-price-multi-asset-crypto-etf-june-2026/

Hyperliquid's HIP-3 framework let builders list equity and S&P 500 index perpetuals fully onchain, which Cointelegraph says helped drive $200B in volume. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-hip-3-onchain-stocks-sp500-perps-200b-june-2026/

Eleanor Terrett says the CLARITY Act crypto market-structure bill cannot logistically clear Congress by July 4th. What the slipped timeline means for US crypto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/clarity-act-july-4-deadline-impossible-terrett-june-2026/

India's Income Tax Department issued over 44,000 VDA tax notices and surfaced about $104M in undisclosed income, per The Economic Times. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/india-44000-vda-tax-notices-104m-undisclosed-income-june-2026/

Cointelegraph says ETH is tracking toward a third consecutive red quarter, a first in its history. ETH trades near $1,685 as of June 14, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-third-consecutive-red-quarter-first-ever-june-2026/

Reuters estimates the Trump family earned about $616M from the $TRUMP meme coin while buyers lost more than $700M, a sharp winner-loser split as of June 14, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-meme-coin-616m-family-buyers-lost-700m-reuters-june-2026/

Wirex restructured its Wirex One cashback into five tiers with rewards valued in USD and full-tier earning on every eligible transaction. What changes for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/wirex-one-cashback-five-usd-tiers-revamp-june-2026/

Strategy's CEO says the company sold 32 BTC to 'inoculate the market and test our selling process,' the first disclosed sale from the largest corporate bitcoin holder. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-sells-32-btc-test-selling-process-june-2026/

Bitcoin's June 13 difficulty adjustment of 10.3% is the second-largest of 2026 and 11th-largest ever, landing as average miner production cost nears spot BTC. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-difficulty-drop-10-percent-miners-breakeven-june-2026/

Brian Armstrong says gold and silver futures now trade around the clock on Coinbase Derivatives in the US, extending a metals push that began with USDC-settled perps in May 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-24-7-gold-silver-futures-us-derivatives-june-2026/

Binance's first-week data for direct stock and ETF trading shows over 80% of volume from emerging markets, $400M+ in stock AUM, and a young, small-ticket user base. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-stock-trading-first-week-emerging-markets-june-2026/

SpaceX jumped as much as 30% in its Nasdaq debut and closed up 19%, the world's largest IPO. The listing settles weeks of crypto pre-IPO bets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/spacex-nasdaq-debut-30-percent-pop-largest-ipo-june-2026/

Zimbabwe's finance minister now requires crypto businesses to register with the Financial Intelligence Unit and pay $500 a year, ending the 2018 ban era. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zimbabwe-crypto-registration-500-fee-fiu-june-2026/

A US appeals court has rejected Sam Bankman-Fried's bid to overturn his fraud conviction and 25-year sentence, leaving the FTX verdict intact as of June 12, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sbf-loses-appeal-fraud-conviction-25-year-sentence-june-2026/

Circle moved $4B in USDC to Coinbase on HyperEVM, the largest single USDC transfer on record per Arkham. Here is what the flow signals for stablecoin liquidity. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/circle-4b-usdc-coinbase-hyperevm-largest-ever-june-2026/

Poland's president has vetoed the country's MiCA implementation bill for a third time, leaving Poland the EU's only member without a domestic crypto licensing path with the July 1 deadline near. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/poland-president-third-veto-mica-crypto-bill-july-deadline-june-2026/