SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Brian Armstrong says 4 billion people worldwide cannot access US-grade financial services, framing crypto rails as the fix rather than speculation or trading. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-armstrong-4-billion-unbanked-crypto-financial-access-july-2026/

Ripple took a strategic stake in compliance firm Notabene to route RLUSD stablecoin payments through its enterprise transaction network. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-notabene-investment-rlusd-enterprise-payments-july-2026/

Binance is working with anti-trafficking nonprofit STOP THE TRAFFIK to detect crypto tied to human trafficking and child exploitation. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-stop-the-traffik-anti-trafficking-partnership-july-2026/

BancaStato now lets customers buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, and Solana inside its banking app via Sygnum. Here is what the launch signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bancastato-swiss-bank-regulated-crypto-trading-sygnum-july-2026/

A second VerusCoin bridge exploit drained about $7.54M in unbacked tokens via forged payouts on July 23, 2026, repeating a pattern seen in an earlier attack. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/veruscoin-ethereum-bridge-exploit-7-54m-unbacked-payouts-july-2026/

Bank of America's Bull & Bear Indicator reached 9.6, a contrarian sell signal at its highest since December 2020, while crypto sentiment sits in fear. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bofa-bull-bear-indicator-3-year-high-crypto-july-2026/

The SEC will pay $150,000 and overhaul its record retention after Coinbase sued over nearly a year of destroyed text messages from Gary Gensler's tenure. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-settles-coinbase-lawsuit-gensler-lost-texts-july-2026/

Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans to bring the Clarity Act to a floor vote as soon as next week, even without a bipartisan deal with Democrats. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/thune-clarity-act-senate-floor-vote-next-week-no-democratic-deal-july-2026/

Senate Democrats say they oppose the current Crypto Clarity Act draft yet are working with Republicans to get it over the finish line, signaling bipartisan movement. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/senate-democrats-crypto-clarity-act-bipartisan-negotiations-july-2026/

A court filing alleges US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, while banking Tether at Cantor Fitzgerald, helped block less favorable crypto legislation. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/lutnick-tether-banker-blocked-crypto-legislation-court-filing-july-2026/

Revolut reached a $115B valuation in a secondary share sale, making it Europe's most valuable private company, per WSJ. Here is what it means for crypto cards. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/revolut-115b-valuation-europe-most-valuable-private-company-july-2026/

Onchain security firm Blockaid flagged a $24.15M USDC drain on the AFX-operated bridge, the latest reminder that cross-chain rails remain the softest target in crypto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/afx-bridge-24m-usdc-exploit-blockaid-cross-chain-july-2026/

A vulnerability in Zilliqa's Ledger app could expose private keys, prompting Upbit to flag ZIL as a cautionary asset. Here is what holders need to know. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zilliqa-ledger-app-flaw-private-keys-upbit-cautionary-july-2026/

A 515M NIGHT bridge exploit hit Cardano's ecosystem, yet ADA climbed 8% as the Van Rossem hard fork upgrade dominated market attention. Here is what happened. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cardano-night-bridge-exploit-515m-ada-hard-fork-july-2026/

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency has launched a specialized unit to trace money laundering and terrorism financing through digital assets. Here's what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/pakistan-fia-crypto-crime-unit-money-laundering-july-2026/

Bitget publicly stated it is not licensed, registered, or regulated by Singapore's MAS. Here is what the disclosure means for Bitget card users in Singapore. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitget-not-mas-licensed-singapore-regulatory-disclosure-july-2026/

SecondFi is shutting down after a $2.6M ADA theft tied to a wallet vulnerability. Users still wait on recovery tools. What it means for custody risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/secondfi-shutdown-2-6m-ada-theft-wallet-flaw-july-2026/

Block released Buzz, an open-source, decentralized groupchat platform for human teams and AI agents built to cut reliance on Slack and GitHub. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/block-buzz-decentralized-slack-github-alternative-july-2026/

Movement Labs raised $141M for its Move-based network and is now bankrupt with almost no revenue, per WuBlockchain and DeFiLlama data. Here is what went wrong. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/movement-labs-bankruptcy-141m-raise-near-zero-revenue-july-2026/

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital launched a digital asset index that screens tokens for real revenue and utility instead of price momentum. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sp-dow-jones-pantera-revenue-crypto-index-july-2026/

Wanchain's Cardano-BNB bridge was exploited, and Cardano's Charles Hoskinson says AI-powered attacks are hitting all software, not just crypto. Here is the context. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/wanchain-cardano-bnb-bridge-hack-ai-accelerated-exploits-july-2026/

Pavel Durov says Telegram will give all users a native non-custodial Gram wallet this summer, promising instant zero-fee crypto transactions across the app. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/telegram-non-custodial-gram-wallet-1-billion-users-july-2026/

RedotPay launched Withdraw, letting users move crypto to external wallets, send stablecoins for local-currency payout, and convert across currencies. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/redotpay-withdraw-crypto-stablecoin-off-ramp-july-2026/

Bitcoin miner IREN's shares jumped 16% after $2.8B in new AI cloud contracts pushed its year-end run-rate revenue target above $4 billion. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/iren-2-8b-ai-cloud-contracts-4b-revenue-target-july-2026/

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought 170,634 SPCX shares worth $20.5M while selling Robinhood stock, a rotation toward Solana-linked equity as SOL trades near $78. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ark-invest-20-5m-spcx-shares-solana-bet-july-2026/