SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Google Cloud is retiring its Blockchain Node Engine and RPC on December 15, 2026, and moving customers to QuickNode. What the exit means for crypto infrastructure. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/google-cloud-shuts-down-blockchain-node-engine-rpc-october-2026/

FinCEN withdrew its proposed crackdown on crypto mixers and unhosted wallet monitoring, saying the mixer rule risked chilling legitimate financial activity. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fincen-abandons-crypto-mixer-unhosted-wallet-rules-october-2026/

Bitcoin treasury firm Strive set an optional $500M buyback ceiling for its SATA shares, $215.3M above its Oct. 2 cash of $284.7M, and moved to trim dividends. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strive-500m-sata-buyback-exceeds-cash-reserve-october-2026/

Solana debuts a delivery-versus-payment settlement standard built with J.P. Morgan input, letting institutions settle trades atomically on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-jp-morgan-institutional-settlement-standard-october-2026/

Crypto super PAC Fairshake is putting $1M each behind six House incumbents, all backers of the stalled CLARITY Act, as the bill waits in the Senate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fairshake-pac-6m-house-incumbents-clarity-act-october-2026/

Strategy added 334 BTC last week to reach 848,000 Bitcoin and booked a $21B digital asset gain for Q3, while steering more cash toward STRC buybacks. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-holds-848000-bitcoin-21b-q3-gain-october-2026/

Chainalysis data shows unique P2P stablecoin wallets in China grew 43x from Q1 2024 to Q2 2026, a sign capital controls are pushing users on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-stablecoin-p2p-wallets-grew-43x-october-2026/

Tom Lee's BitMine added 15,112 ETH worth about $41M, pushing holdings to 6,016,414 ETH and 99% of the way to owning 5% of all Ethereum supply. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-buys-15112-ethereum-nearing-5-percent-supply-october-2026/

Hyperliquid perpetual futures data is now live on the Bloomberg Terminal, putting an onchain derivatives venue in front of institutional desks for the first time. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-perpetual-futures-bloomberg-terminal-october-2026/

The US Treasury disrupted a $2 million Hamas fundraising network that moved money through crypto, a fresh sign of how terror-finance enforcement now reaches onchain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/treasury-sanctions-crypto-hamas-fundraising-network-october-2026/

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/