SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Hawaii will ban crypto ATMs and kiosks statewide from October 1, becoming the fourth US state to restrict the machines as scam losses mount. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hawaii-crypto-atm-ban-fourth-us-state-october-2026/

Tron's stablecoin supply grew by $1B in seven days, more than 10x the next chain, per Token Terminal. What the concentration means for on-chain payments. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tron-stablecoin-1-billion-week-surge-august-2026/

The SEC's Division of Investment Management gave Franklin Templeton no-action relief to let registered funds hold its on-chain FOBXX money fund and use it as collateral. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-franklin-templeton-onchain-money-fund-custody-relief-august-2026/

The Bank of England will test stablecoin and digital pound settlement in cross-border trade finance, letting exporters get paid in stablecoins while importers settle digitally. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bank-of-england-stablecoin-digital-pound-cross-border-pilot-august-2026/

A Solana validator outage disrupted 102 of 699 nodes on August 13, 2026, but the network kept producing blocks and never halted. Here's what happened. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-validator-outage-102-of-699-nodes-august-2026/

Securitize's Q2 2026 report shows record $4.3B in average tokenized AUM and 147% higher transaction volume, yet revenue fell 5% and net loss hit $21.7M. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/securitize-record-tokenized-aum-q2-net-loss-august-2026/

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Invesco and Citadel Securities joined nearly 40 firms testing tokenized assets on blockchain in a live Wall Street trial, per Bloomberg. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jpmorgan-goldman-40-firm-wall-street-tokenized-asset-trial-august-2026/

Russia's proposed $58,000 retail crypto limit applies per broker, not as a blanket annual cap, a distinction that reshapes how much residents can legally trade. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-58k-retail-crypto-cap-per-broker-august-2026/

Bullish ($BLSH) reported quarterly revenue tracking near $87M before the open on August 13, up more than 50% from a year earlier as institutional derivatives volume climbs. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bullish-blsh-q2-revenue-growth-institutional-derivatives-august-2026/

Crypto.com now offers U.S. tokenized stocks and ETFs to European Economic Area users in-app, placing equities exposure next to card balances and crypto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-com-tokenized-us-stocks-etfs-eea-august-2026/

KuCoin Pay has partnered with DCSPay to let users spend stablecoins via QR at online and offline merchants, with 24/7 settlement across 190+ countries. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kucoin-pay-dcspay-stablecoin-payments-august-2026/

Michael Saylor's Strategy released a public Bitcoin credit model showing credit spreads, undercollateralization risk and BTC floor prices across its $53B position. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/saylor-strategy-public-bitcoin-credit-model-august-2026/

Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager with $2.9T under management, raised its MicroStrategy holdings 148% to 1.32M shares, a leveraged proxy for Bitcoin. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/amundi-boosts-mstr-position-148-percent-bitcoin-august-2026/

Itau, Latin America's biggest private bank, joined an ANBIMA-led pilot with OpenAssets to tokenize fixed-income securities on public blockchain rails in Brazil. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/itau-tokenized-fixed-income-securities-anbima-pilot-august-2026/

Harmony, the Layer 1 behind the ONE token, was exploited in an unauthorized mint of 4 billion ONE, reviving old questions about its bridge and validator security. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/harmony-one-4-billion-token-unauthorized-mint-exploit-august-2026/

An XRP cross-chain bridge lost about $200,000 after its software counted spoofed deposits as real ones, letting an attacker mint and withdraw funds it never received. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-bridge-drained-200k-fake-deposits-august-2026/

Russia's central bank proposed letting Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT trade on regulated exchanges, a reversal after the country's new crypto law passed. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bank-of-russia-bitcoin-ethereum-usdt-regulated-exchanges-august-2026/

The OCC is pushing to revive new bank chartering and explicitly backing digital asset firms, a shift that could give crypto companies a federal on-ramp. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/occ-digital-asset-bank-charters-august-2026/

MoneyGram expanded its Ramps service to Solana, giving developers one API to move fiat in and out of crypto across its global cash network. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/moneygram-ramps-solana-global-fiat-access-august-2026/

The SEC and CFTC filed parallel suits against Goliath Ventures and founder Christopher Delgado over an alleged $400M crypto Ponzi that promised liquidity-pool yield. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-cftc-goliath-ventures-400m-crypto-ponzi-august-2026/

KuCoin says it earned ISO 22301:2019 business continuity certification, adding to its ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II credentials. What it means for KuCard users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kucoin-iso-22301-business-continuity-certification-august-2026/

Coinbase received ADGM financial-services permission covering the arranging of investment deals and custody for its tokenized-securities hub. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-fsra-license-abu-dhabi-tokenization-hub-august-2026/

Coinbase policy chief Faryar Shirzad says the CLARITY Act has become a bipartisan crypto market structure bill with hundreds of Democratic amendments. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/clarity-act-bipartisan-comprehensive-package-democratic-amendments-august-2026/

A Bitcoin hard fork built on BIP-110 has produced only 2 blocks since Saturday while the main chain added about 300, exposing a chain with almost no hashrate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-bip-110-fork-stalls-2-blocks-failed-hard-fork-august-2026/

Forensic data shows the top five addresses now hold nearly 83% of the bitcoin stolen in the Coldcard hack, a concentration that could shape recovery odds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coldcard-stolen-bitcoin-83-percent-five-wallets-august-2026/