SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

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/

Fiserv's digital asset platform goes live on Solana with Bank of North Dakota's Roughrider Coin, letting 90+ banks and credit unions settle payments in seconds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fiserv-digital-asset-platform-solana-roughrider-coin-october-2026/

New York and Wyoming financial regulators will share exam data and fast-track licenses for established crypto firms, a first-of-its-kind state pact. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/new-york-wyoming-joint-crypto-oversight-fast-track-licenses-october-2026/

A federal judge rejected nine alleged fraud victims' bid to contest forfeiture of 127,271 seized BTC, a stash worth roughly $10.7B at current prices. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-court-blocks-fraud-victims-127k-seized-bitcoin-october-2026/

Kalshi is wrapping up a funding round valuing the prediction market near $40 billion, its likely last private raise before an IPO that could land as soon as 2027. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kalshi-40b-valuation-ipo-2027-october-2026/

HSBC has named its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin RedCoin, with a launch planned for H2 2026 starting with P2P and merchant payments. What it signals for payments. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hsbc-redcoin-hong-kong-dollar-stablecoin-october-2026/

Base's Cobalt upgrade adds conditional transactions plus issuer controls, including compliance checks, stock splits, and forced token transfers for tokenized assets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/base-cobalt-upgrade-tokenized-asset-issuer-controls-october-2026/

SEC Chair Paul Atkins framed the agency's regulatory shift on crypto as a 'generational opportunity' to advance US leadership in digital finance. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-atkins-generational-opportunity-digital-finance-october-2026/

MetaMask confirmed it is responding to a security incident affecting part of its infrastructure. Here is what is confirmed and what wallet users should do now. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/metamask-security-incident-wallet-infrastructure-october-2026/

The CFTC is seeking to define event contracts as swaps, a move that would strengthen its claim to exclusive federal authority over prediction markets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-event-contracts-swaps-prediction-markets-october-2026/

ESMA wants authority to order crypto firms to freeze suspect assets, pull scam websites, and ban misleading ads as part of its MiCA review response. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/esma-stronger-powers-police-crypto-mica-october-2026/

US prosecutors charge a former Georgia banker with routing about $932K in customer funds to Coinbase accounts controlled by co-conspirators for a bribe. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/georgia-banker-charged-932k-fraud-coinbase-october-2026/

RedotPay now lets cardholders connect a Web3 wallet and fund their account in one tap, with no deposit address to copy. Here is what changes for users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/redotpay-web3-wallet-one-tap-top-up-september-2026/

Bitget published SlowMist's findings on its September 24 breach, pointing to a zero-day in a third-party security product and a custom attacker withdrawal tool. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitget-slowmist-findings-zero-day-third-party-tool-september-2026/

The UK's FCA opened its authorisation gateway on September 30, 2026, letting crypto firms apply to become regulated. Here is what changes for the market. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fca-opens-crypto-authorisation-gateway-september-2026/

Wallets holding 10 to 10,000 BTC bought more than 41,000 coins in 10 days, per Santiment, lifting whale balances to a six-week high while spot BTC trades near $83,000. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-whales-accumulate-41k-btc-six-week-high-september-2026/

House Oversight Chair James Comer sent records demands to Crypto.com, Hyperliquid, and PredictIt owner Aristotle Exchange over prediction market insider trading. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/house-oversight-comer-crypto-com-hyperliquid-prediction-market-probe-september-2026/

Illinois published draft rules explaining how its proposed 0.2% digital asset transaction tax would apply to stablecoin transfers, DeFi swaps, and other onchain activity. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/illinois-crypto-tax-rules-defi-stablecoins-september-2026/

Payy's post-mortem pins its September 24 bridge exploit on a flaw in Aztec's Noir/Barretenberg verifier that accepted an invalid burn proof, draining ~1.92M USDC. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/payy-post-mortem-noir-verifier-flaw-1-9m-usdc-september-2026/