SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Weekly inflows into XRP and Solana spot ETFs fell more than 94% as institutional demand for altcoin products pulled back sharply, even as Bitcoin ETFs kept drawing cash. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-sol-etf-inflows-crash-94-percent-october-2026/

OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the NYSE, filed with the SEC to put tokenized shares of more than 60 US-listed companies on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/okx-nyse-parent-file-tokenized-us-stock-platform-october-2026/

S&P Global Ratings launched a Vault Risk Assessment framework for onchain digital asset lending vaults, a market now holding $10B in deposits. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sp-global-defi-vault-risk-framework-10b-october-2026/

Zcash has registered a Washington lobbying operation targeting the CLARITY Act and two digital asset tax proposals, putting privacy coins into direct US policy fights. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zcash-washington-lobbyist-crypto-policy-october-2026/

Bitcoin Core merged a fix for a SIGHASH_SINGLE gap that could leave a transaction's recipient unbound, letting funds move without breaking the signature. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-core-patches-sighash-single-signing-flaw-october-2026/

The Independent Community Bankers of America is suing the OCC, arguing national trust charters hand crypto firms a side door into the US banking system. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/banking-group-sues-occ-crypto-trust-charters-october-2026/

Russia's Finance Ministry paid some of its own employees in digital rubles, the first government payroll in the CBDC a month after the nationwide rollout began. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-finance-ministry-digital-ruble-staff-payroll-october-2026/

Japan has added crypto exchange Garantex to its Russia asset freeze list, extending coordinated international sanctions to crypto infrastructure used to move value across borders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-sanctions-garantex-russia-asset-freeze-october-2026/

Trump has tapped Jay Clayton, the former SEC chair behind the Ripple lawsuit, to lead a new Super Intelligence Force with a 120-day reporting mandate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-names-jay-clayton-sec-ripple-ai-czar-october-2026/

A Philippine court froze 25 crypto wallets and 86 bank accounts tied to a lawmaker in a flood control plunder case, showing how seizure powers now reach on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/philippine-court-freezes-25-crypto-wallets-plunder-probe-october-2026/

OnRe Finance put reinsurance on Solana, with CEO Dan Roberts explaining the move. A look at what onchain reinsurance means and where the risks sit. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/reinsurance-onre-finance-solana-onchain-october-2026/

Bitwise's Ryan Rasmussen says a sovereign wealth fund in its institutional survey is selling gold and FX reserves to fund Bitcoin buys. Here is what it signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sovereign-wealth-fund-sells-gold-fx-reserves-bitcoin-october-2026/

Nexo Tags is live, letting users send and receive crypto between Nexo accounts with an @username instead of a wallet address. One permanent tag per account. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nexo-tags-username-crypto-transfers-october-2026/

South Korea has published official rules letting stocks, bonds and funds be issued and traded on blockchain, a major step for regulated tokenized securities. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-tokenized-securities-rules-stocks-bonds-funds-october-2026/

Circle asked the European Commission to revise MiCA's mandatory bank deposit rules for stablecoin reserves, warning they expose issuers to bank credit risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/circle-pushes-back-mica-reserve-rules-october-2026/

The SEC has approved 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ether ETPs for US listing and trading, bringing triple-leverage crypto exposure into mainstream brokerage accounts. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-approves-3x-leveraged-bitcoin-ether-etps-october-2026/

The SEC's October 1 crypto custody proposal lets advisers self-custody when no qualified custodian exists, but models $433,833 in annual cost per firm. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-crypto-custody-rule-adviser-costs-october-2026/

From today, crypto firms can apply for FCA authorisation under the UK's new regime, a landmark step toward a fully regulated market by 2026 and beyond. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fca-opens-gateway-regulated-crypto-october-2026/

An AI voice scam targeting Italy's Fideuram private bank moved at least 36 million euros into crypto, per WuBlockchain. Here is what it means for holders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fideuram-ai-voice-scam-36m-crypto-october-2026/

Zano's post-mortem details how an attacker minted 36.9M unauthorized ZANO over a month using a Gateway Address flaw, forcing a chain rollback. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zano-exploit-36-9m-unauthorized-tokens-blockchain-rollback-october-2026/

Core Lightning developers issued an urgent advisory as attackers target nodes running version 26.06.7 or earlier. Operators were told to upgrade immediately. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/core-lightning-attacks-unpatched-bitcoin-nodes-october-2026/

NEAR Intents says it has identified the attacker behind a $3.8M exploit and gave them a 48-hour window to respond, per Cointelegraph. Here is what is known. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/near-intents-identifies-38m-exploit-hacker-48-hour-ultimatum-october-2026/

The IMF approved a $139M disbursement for El Salvador after granting a waiver for a breach of the Bitcoin conditions attached to its loan program. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/imf-approves-139m-el-salvador-bitcoin-waiver-october-2026/

Bitget has rebuilt its $300M protection fund after absorbing a $388M breach. The backstop sits apart from customer reserves, and claims still face review. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitget-restores-300m-protection-fund-388m-breach-october-2026/

Porsche is shutting its Web3 initiative and Pioneers Circle community. The 911 NFTs stay onchain, the Discord goes read-only, and branded NFT hype cools. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/porsche-winds-down-web3-pioneers-circle-october-2026/