SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

China is preparing a commercial rollout of mBridge, a blockchain-based multi-CBDC settlement network that has cleared 470B yuan and is pitched against SWIFT. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-mbridge-cbdc-commercial-rollout-swift-rival-june-2026/

A Brazilian Chamber of Deputies committee advanced Bill 4212/25, which would stop any future CBDC from replacing cash, becoming forced legal tender, or enabling surveillance. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/brazil-cbdc-ban-bill-4212-cash-surveillance-june-2026/

A bipartisan House bill would cap crypto ATM transactions, force scam warnings, and require refunds for fraud after Americans lost $333M to kiosk scams in 2025. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/stop-crypto-atm-scams-act-2000-daily-cap-june-2026/

Kraken opened CFTC-regulated perpetual futures to US customers through Bitnomial on June 15, 2026, ending years of offshore-only access to a $60T market. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kraken-cftc-perpetual-futures-onshore-us-june-2026/

BitMine added 76,881 ETH this week after a $274M preferred stock raise, lifting its stack to 5.62M ETH, or 4.66% of circulating supply, as ETH jumped 7.7%. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-76881-eth-purchase-4-66-percent-supply-june-2026/

Bybit has tied Western Union into its conversion flow, letting users across Latin America turn local currencies into USDPT in a few steps. Here is the detail. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bybit-western-union-usdpt-latam-conversions-june-2026/

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/