SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Jupiter Mobile is making its top 4% cashback tier easier to hold from July 1: invite 2 friends who each spend $20 before June ends. Here is what changes for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jupiter-mobile-4-percent-cashback-referral-tier-july-2026/

Oobit is opening its Agent Cards, payment cards controlled by an AI agent, to all users after a business-first launch. A public waitlist is now live. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/oobit-agent-cards-public-waitlist-june-2026/

The European Parliament's ECON committee backed the digital euro 43-14 on June 23, 2026, setting zero-knowledge privacy, holding caps, and a 2029 launch target. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eu-econ-committee-digital-euro-bill-vote-june-2026/

Japan's $214B SBI Group will issue a regulated yen-linked stablecoin as early as this week, per Nikkei, putting a licensed megabank-scale issuer behind the yen on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sbi-group-regulated-yen-stablecoin-june-2026/

A Nasdaq tech selloff dragged crypto lower on June 23, 2026. BTC sat at $62,204, ETH at $1,650 and SOL down 7% as the Fear and Greed Index hit 19. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-market-drops-nasdaq-tech-selloff-june-2026/

Allfunds Blockchain, a platform administering close to EUR 1.8 trillion across 3,300 institutions, is extending tokenized funds to Solana via ioBuilders' Asseto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/allfunds-tokenized-funds-solana-june-2026/

THORChain restarted all network activity more than a month after a $10M exploit, deploying security upgrades and a full vault migration before reopening swaps. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/thorchain-resumes-trading-vault-migration-10m-exploit-june-2026/

The KOSPI fell 9.99% and halted trading after Korea's FSS admitted it rushed leveraged ETFs. Bitcoin dropped below $63,000 as $714M in crypto liquidated. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-kospi-crash-etf-misstep-bitcoin-below-63000-june-2026/

Ripple has secured preliminary approval toward a full MiCA license, a step that would let it passport regulated crypto services across all 30 EEA countries. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-preliminary-mica-license-eu-casp-june-2026/

The US Senate voted 85-5 for a housing affordability bill that bars the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail digital dollar through 2030. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-senate-housing-bill-cbdc-ban-2030-june-2026/

Five former Ethereum Foundation researchers launched Ethlabs on June 23, 2026, funded by Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin to keep core protocol work going. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethlabs-ethereum-rd-nonprofit-bitmine-sharplink-lubin-june-2026/

Altura redeemed $8.5M in USDT in 24 hours and began an orderly vault wind-down after a verifier dropped MainStreet. No hack, just a confidence run on yield. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/altura-vault-85m-redemption-mainstreet-contagion-june-2026/

Monevium Ltd entered special administration on 18 June 2026. Payment firms sit outside the FSCS, so customers rely on safeguarding alone to recover funds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/monevium-special-administration-fca-emoney-june-2026/

South Korea's FIU has called on FATF to extend the crypto Travel Rule to smaller transfers, lowering the de minimis reporting floor for VASPs worldwide. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-fiu-fatf-travel-rule-smaller-transfers-june-2026/

Trump signed executive orders directing a national quantum computing effort targeting 2028. Here is what the timeline means for crypto wallet and card security. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-quantum-computer-order-2028-crypto-security-june-2026/

A new Ethereum proposal would let validators redirect up to 10% of staking rewards to ecosystem funding, an estimated $120M-plus a year. Critics call it a tax. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-validator-redirected-revenue-10-percent-staking-june-2026/

Bitcoin OTC desk balances have fallen to record lows, with about 400,000 BTC drained since 2022, even as spot prices slide and ETF outflows extend. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-otc-desk-balances-record-low-400k-drain-june-2026/

Strategy added $300M to its USD reserve for a third straight week, lifting it to $1.4B, while buying just 520 BTC. The goal: defend its stumbling STRC preferred. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-cash-reserve-1-4b-strc-stumble-june-2026/

Bank of Korea's Project Hangang deposit-token pilot now spans nine banks and is testing bank-issued tokens for live government subsidy payments. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bank-of-korea-project-hangang-phase2-nine-banks-june-2026/

MoneyGram is now a Solana validator and is running its own MGUSD stablecoin across Stellar and Tempo, betting global remittances move onto stablecoin rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/moneygram-solana-validator-mgusd-stablecoin-june-2026/

Baillie Gifford, a 118-year-old Scottish asset manager, has launched BAGEY, a UK-regulated tokenized corporate bond fund paying about 7%, with BNY on infra. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/baillie-gifford-bagey-tokenized-bond-fund-june-2026/

OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the NYSE's parent, are forming a joint venture co-chaired by former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to merge crypto and TradFi. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/okx-ice-joint-venture-cuomo-cochair-june-2026/

Hu Xiaowei, a figure tied to the Prince Group network behind a roughly $15B Bitcoin scam empire, was arrested in Tokyo, per WuBlockchain. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/prince-group-hu-xiaowei-tokyo-arrest-15b-scam-june-2026/

The Bank of England scrapped proposed individual holding caps on sterling stablecoins and lowered its reserve floor, easing a plan it called overly conservative. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bank-of-england-drops-stablecoin-holding-caps-june-2026/

South Korea's Toss Bank will pilot Solana for global remittances and stablecoin settlement, putting a public blockchain in front of roughly 15 million users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/toss-bank-solana-remittance-stablecoin-poc-june-2026/