SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Ethereum's staking ratio reached an all-time high of 32.4%, with 39M ETH worth about $80B now locked, even as ETH trades under $2,000 on June 2, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-staking-ratio-record-32-4-percent-june-2026/

Charles Schwab, with roughly $10 trillion in client assets, is aiming to launch spot crypto trading for registered investment advisors in 2027. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/charles-schwab-crypto-spot-trading-advisors-2027-june-2026/

The US Senate is expected to take the CLARITY Act back to the floor this week, picking up the digital asset market structure bill after the Memorial Day recess. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/clarity-act-senate-debate-resumes-june-2026/

Robinhood closed its C$250M WonderFi acquisition on June 1, 2026, entering Canada with Bitbuy and Coinsquare and pushing its international base to 1M. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/robinhood-closes-wonderfi-acquisition-canada-june-2026/

A jury convicted Citron Research founder Andrew Left of securities fraud over trading against his own published calls. The crypto-markets read. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/andrew-left-citron-securities-fraud-guilty-june-2026/

The world's largest derivatives exchange now trades Bitcoin, ETH, SOL and XRP futures and options around the clock, ending the weekend CME gap. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cme-group-24-7-crypto-futures-options-trading-june-2026/

Radiant Capital is winding down operations after a $50M cross-chain exploit it never recovered from. Here is what the shutdown means for DeFi lending risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/radiant-capital-wind-down-50m-exploit-june-2026/

Tria Season 3 caps cashback and leads with a points-and-mystery-box program instead of the old staking boost. We break down the new math and whether Tria still competes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tria-season-3-cashback-downgrade/

Binance launched commission-free equities trading for eligible non-US and non-UK users and previewed tokenized 'bStocks', as BTC sits at $71,364 on June 1, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-commission-free-stock-trading-bstocks-june-2026/

Japan's LDP asked Finance Minister Katayama on June 1 to legalize crypto ETF trading and push yen stablecoins against the $315B dollar-token market. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-ldp-crypto-etf-yen-stablecoin-proposal-june-2026/

BitMine Immersion added 26,497 ETH on June 1, 2026, lifting its treasury to 5.42M ETH (~$10.7B) even as ether fell to $1,978 in a broad selloff. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-26497-eth-purchase-5-42m-treasury-june-2026/

Michael Saylor's Strategy disclosed selling 32 BTC for about $2.5M in late May, the first sale on record for a firm built on never selling Bitcoin. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-sells-32-bitcoin-2-5m-filing-june-2026/

US spot Bitcoin ETFs have lost $2.96B over 10 straight days, pushing 2026 net flows negative for the first time. AUM fell from $104B to $94B. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-etf-ytd-flows-turn-negative-3b-june-2026/

US spot Bitcoin ETFs lost $1.42B in net outflows for the week of May 25-31, the third-highest weekly drawdown on record, per WuBlockchain data. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-etf-1-42b-weekly-outflow-third-highest-june-2026/

A solo home miner running a roughly $300 machine solved a full Bitcoin block worth about $232K against 149 million-to-1 odds. Here is the math behind the win. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solo-home-miner-wins-232k-bitcoin-block-june-2026/

Bank of England's Megan Greene predicts stablecoin demand fades within five years as tokenized bank deposits take over. What it means for crypto payment rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/boe-greene-stablecoin-demand-fade-tokenized-deposits-june-2026/

A developer known as Florent recovered 1,003 ETH worth about $2M that had been stuck in a 2016 ICO smart contract for nine years. Here is what it means for on-chain funds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/developer-rescues-1003-eth-2016-ico-contract-june-2026/

Coinbase has switched on direct Indian rupee deposits and withdrawals in India, cutting out third-party rails for one of crypto Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-direct-inr-deposits-withdrawals-india-june-2026/

Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US grabbed roughly $1B of Iranian crypto. Only $344M is documented, and the path into the Bitcoin reserve is far from clear. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-iran-1b-crypto-seizure-bitcoin-reserve-may-2026/

Coinbase is offering new One Card users $50 in Bitcoin for spending $100 in the first 30 days, on top of up to 4% back in BTC. Here is who qualifies. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-one-card-50-bitcoin-signup-bonus-may-2026/

Cointelegraph flags that ETH has never closed three straight red quarters. With ether at $2,024 on May 31, Q2 2026 is the test. Here's the setup. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eth-third-straight-red-quarter-record-watch-may-2026/

Gravity Bridge lost about $5.4M on May 30 in a suspected signing-key compromise. Stolen USDC, ETH, and USDT moved through Binance and ChangeNow. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gravity-bridge-5-4m-key-compromise-exploit-may-2026/

Vietnam's Finance Ministry has proposed allowing SMEs to pledge digital and virtual assets as loan collateral, a step toward formalizing crypto in credit markets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vietnam-crypto-collateral-sme-loans-may-2026/

An ETF mirroring Republican lawmaker disclosures shows IBIT at 4% of holdings and Intel at 7.72%, tracking the same assets President Trump has promoted. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gop-lawmaker-portfolios-bitcoin-etf-intel-may-2026/

An attacker drained $7.3M in BNB from more than 1,400 DxSale liquidity lockers dating to 2021, using a privileged fee reset and a backdated lock expiry. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/dxsale-7-3m-legacy-locker-exploit-backdoor-may-2026/