SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Real-world asset perpetual futures reached 99.2% of Bitcoin perp volume on Hyperliquid and Binance, per Cointelegraph. What the tokenized asset surge means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/rwa-perpetual-futures-bitcoin-volume-hyperliquid-binance-july-2026/

Aviva Investors launched a tokenized share class of its US Dollar Liquidity Fund on the XRP Ledger after Central Bank of Ireland approval. What it signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aviva-investors-tokenized-usd-fund-xrp-ledger-july-2026/

Open USD, a stablecoin backed by 140+ firms including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and BlackRock, launches on Ethereum from day one. What the consortium signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/open-usd-visa-mastercard-stripe-ethereum-stablecoin-july-2026/

Celsius bankruptcy recovery shares begin trading on Nasdaq, yet a lock-up blocks 37 million from immediate sale. Here is what the restriction means for creditors. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/celsius-bankruptcy-shares-nasdaq-lockup-july-2026/

SoFi reported 388,336 crypto products live in Q2 2026 but only $1.2M in net crypto transaction revenue. The gap shows how thin retail crypto spending still is. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sofi-388k-crypto-products-1-2m-q2-revenue-july-2026/

Brian Armstrong says Coinbase's USDC revenue-share deal with Circle auto-renews in perpetuity on the same terms, locking in the exchange's stablecoin income. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-circle-usdc-deal-auto-renews-perpetuity-july-2026/

Coinbase reported its third consecutive quarterly loss as trading volume slowed. Here is what the earnings signal for the largest US crypto exchange and its users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-third-straight-quarterly-loss-trading-slowdown-july-2026/

Coinbase is launching US500 perpetual futures in August, letting US traders go long or short on the 500 largest American companies from a crypto exchange. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-us500-perpetual-futures-stock-index-july-2026/

Coinkite issued a seed-security warning for older Coldcard Mk3 devices after a 594 BTC theft. What self-custody users should check now, as of July 31, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coldcard-mk3-seed-warning-594-btc-theft-july-2026/

South Korea's finance minister confirmed the country's crypto tax will start in January 2027, ending years of delays for Korean investors and exchanges. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-crypto-tax-january-2027-july-2026/

US publicly held debt crossed 100% of GDP for the first time since World War 2. Bitcoin sits near $63,900 as the hard-money case gets tested, not confirmed. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-debt-100-percent-gdp-bitcoin-hard-money-july-2026/

SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency will write crypto market rules itself if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act, shifting the fight to the regulator. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-ready-crypto-rules-clarity-act-stalls-july-2026/

OFAC sanctioned two Iranian-linked firms tied to an IRGC scheme that forced Strait of Hormuz shipping to pay insurance premiums, some in digital assets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-treasury-sanctions-iran-maritime-crypto-extortion-july-2026/

The Fed left rates unchanged and the US dollar posted its steepest two-week drop. Crypto barely moved. Here is what the muted reaction says about positioning. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fed-holds-rates-dollar-two-week-low-crypto-july-2026/

Tokenized equity holder accounts reached a record 759K, up 92% in 30 days and 522% year-to-date per RWA.xyz. Here's what the onchain stock boom means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-equity-holders-record-759k-rwa-july-2026/

Ten European institutions including ABN AMRO, DekaBank and Natixis CIB launched RL1, a member-owned blockchain built for tokenized assets and regulated markets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/european-banks-rl1-blockchain-cooperative-tokenized-assets-july-2026/

El Salvador's president argues the 2008 financial crisis never ended, only moved, restating his case for Bitcoin as sovereign money. Here is the context. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bukele-2008-crisis-never-ended-bitcoin-july-2026/

Robinhood reported record second-quarter revenue of $1.3B and beat EPS estimates on record trading volume, a signal of where retail crypto demand sits in mid-2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/robinhood-record-1-3b-q2-revenue-retail-crypto-july-2026/

Gate.io opened Soft Staking on the USD1 stablecoin, paying up to 8% APR with no lock-up. Here is what the yield product means for Gate Card users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gate-io-soft-staking-8-apr-usd1-july-2026/

Kenya lowered the minimum capital for stablecoin issuers by 40% to 300M shillings while giving its central bank power to restrict, suspend, or delist stablecoins. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kenya-stablecoin-capital-cut-central-bank-control-july-2026/

A UK policy sprint has named cross-border payments as the leading near-term use case for stablecoins, a signal that could reshape how crypto cards handle international spend. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uk-policy-sprint-stablecoins-cross-border-payments-july-2026/

Myanmar's Parliament passed an anti-scam bill setting prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto fraud and running online scam centers. Here is what it covers. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/myanmar-anti-scam-bill-crypto-prison-terms-july-2026/

Bitcoin miner Core Scientific reported Q2 revenue of $164.2M, more than double a year earlier, as AI and HPC colocation reshapes its business away from pure mining. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/core-scientific-q2-revenue-doubles-164m-ai-hpc-july-2026/

South Korea's FSC is drafting a government-backed digital asset bill covering stablecoins and exchanges, while opposition lawmakers move to repeal the crypto tax. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-stablecoin-rules-crypto-tax-repeal-july-2026/

Senate Majority Leader John Thune named the Clarity Act a priority to pass before the August recess, moving crypto market-structure rules up the calendar. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/thune-prioritizes-clarity-act-august-recess-july-2026/