SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

The World Gold Council projects tokenized gold growing from $45B today to $170B by 2031. Here is what the forecast says about real-world assets moving on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-gold-170-billion-world-gold-council-october-2026/

The CFTC argued in a court filing that CME Group cannot challenge its perpetual futures policy because the exchange has not shown any harm from the approach. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-defends-perpetual-futures-policy-cme-legal-challenge-october-2026/

MoneyGram's new consumer app embeds stablecoin rails for cross-border transfers, letting users send and hold money globally without touching crypto directly. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/moneygram-stablecoin-app-borderless-money-october-2026/

France's National Assembly adopted an amendment taxing gains when crypto is swapped into MiCA e-money tokens, passing 38-37 with a January 2027 start. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/france-national-assembly-stablecoin-swap-tax-mica-october-2026/

Mt. Gox's trustee pushed the creditor repayment deadline back a year to October 31, 2027, extending one of crypto's longest-running settlement cases. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mt-gox-trustee-delays-creditor-repayment-october-2027/

Ramp has applied to the OCC for a national trust bank charter that would let it offer fiduciary investment management and bank-level digital asset custody. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ramp-occ-national-trust-bank-charter-crypto-custody-october-2026/

Russia wants crypto trades funneled through authorized brokers and exchanges, raising the question of whether wallet-to-wallet transfers can survive state oversight. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-crypto-authorized-brokers-exchanges-october-2026/

BlackRock has filed with the SEC for an iShares Bitcoin Managed Protect ETF that pairs IBIT upside with a built-in downside buffer for investors. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blackrock-bitcoin-managed-protect-etf-october-2026/

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino pushed back on a US Senate report linking USDT to Iran, citing a 94% drop in Iran-linked stablecoin volumes and early freezes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-ardoino-rejects-senate-iran-sanctions-report-october-2026/

Coinbase said it is working with Thunes to connect its stablecoin rails to local bank accounts and mobile wallets worldwide. The last-mile settlement angle for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-thunes-stablecoin-local-payments-october-2026/

Sparkasse, Germany's largest banking group, will let its roughly 40 million customers buy Bitcoin directly, a major step for mainstream crypto access in Europe. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/german-savings-bank-sparkasse-bitcoin-40-million-october-2026/

Bitmine added 12,535 ETH to reach 6,041,481 ETH, now 99% of the way to its target of holding 5% of Ethereum's total supply. Here is what the position means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-6-million-eth-approaching-5-percent-ethereum-supply-october-2026/

The XRP Ledger patched its forthcoming lending system with a Friday bug-fix upgrade, but the protocol still needs 10 more validator votes out of 29 to go live. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-ledger-lending-protocol-validator-vote-october-2026/

JPMorgan is deploying its JPM Coin deposit token on public Ethereum for institutional clients, per Bloomberg. Here is what the move means for onchain settlement. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jpmorgan-jpm-coin-ethereum-institutional-october-2026/

South Korea's finance ministry will reportedly meet major crypto exchanges this week as pressure builds to postpone the 20% crypto tax due in January 2027. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-crypto-tax-delay-finance-ministry-exchanges-october-2026/

Marathon Digital, the largest publicly listed Bitcoin miner, sent 1,000 BTC to Binance and Gate over five days, a pattern that often precedes exchange selling. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mara-transfers-1000-btc-binance-gate-october-2026/

Crypto lending vaults now hold over $10B, up from $4B at the start of last year. US and European regulators are intensifying scrutiny of the high-yield sector. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-lending-vaults-10b-aum-regulatory-scrutiny-october-2026/

China's stronger-than-expected GDP print lifted Bitcoin, the Kospi and Nasdaq futures on Oct. 19, 2026. Here is what the risk-on move means for crypto holders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-asian-markets-rally-china-gdp-october-2026/

Qubic froze its chain after an attacker drained about 1,400 wallets that used weak seed phrases. The team says 87.1% of stolen funds remain onchain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/qubic-freezes-chain-attacker-drains-1400-wallets-october-2026/

Gate has launched Gate Money, a payments product sitting alongside Gate Card and Gate Pay. Here is what the move means for Gate cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gate-launches-gate-money-crypto-spending-october-2026/

Cysic paused its cross-chain bridge after an unauthorized mint created 10 million CYS. The team says the issue was limited to bridge messaging and minting. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cysic-bridge-halted-unauthorized-mint-10m-cys-october-2026/

El Salvador says its national Bitcoin holdings now top 7,800 BTC, worth about $640M at current prices. A look at the numbers behind the sovereign reserve. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/el-salvador-bitcoin-reserves-7800-btc-october-2026/

Turkish authorities have officially confirmed the detention of HEX founder Richard Heart and the seizure of $7.15 million in assets, escalating an earlier Istanbul arrest. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/turkey-confirms-richard-heart-detention-assets-october-2026/

Nine US corporations have filed objections to tokenized versions of their shares trading on OKXICE, raising fresh questions about consent, IP, and RWA risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nine-us-companies-object-tokenized-shares-okxice-october-2026/

New data shows investors in Italy, Portugal, and Singapore control 66.9% of geolocated tokenized US Treasuries, with American holders in the minority. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-us-treasuries-offshore-concentration-october-2026/