SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

The EU is recommending member states exclude crypto from tax-advantaged savings accounts, cutting off a mainstream on-ramp for retail investors across the bloc. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eu-crypto-exclusion-tax-advantaged-savings-accounts-september-2026/

Grayscale Research's Zach Pandl argues AI's appetite for financial data is reviving demand for privacy coins, with Zcash's zero-knowledge cryptography as a candidate solution. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zcash-ai-financial-privacy-grayscale-zach-pandl-september-2026/

Donald Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital is investing roughly $300M into Polymarket, one of the largest political-backed bets on a crypto prediction market to date. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-jr-1789-capital-300-million-polymarket-september-2026/

Q2 13F filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street, and Millennium Management among the largest XRP ETF holders, a rare institutional footprint for a long-contested token. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-etf-top-holders-goldman-jane-street-millennium-q2-2026/

Japan's FSA has asked for a tax-filing exemption for trust-type stablecoins from April 2027, treating them as payment tools rather than income-generating assets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-fsa-tax-filing-exemption-trust-stablecoins-2027-september-2026/

Glassnode says Bitcoin is 'in transition' as institutional inflows collide with peak leverage and early holder selling. BTC sits at $78,738 on Sept 1, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-market-in-transition-institutional-inflows-leverage-distribution-september-2026/

Ireland is excluding crypto from a new tax-advantaged state savings scheme that covers 203 billion euros in deposits, while shares, bonds, funds and ETFs qualify. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ireland-bars-crypto-state-savings-scheme-203b-august-2026/

An Ankr ankrFLOW contract flaw enabled an attacker to remove about $410,000 in WFLOW from MORE Markets and realize roughly $246,000 after slippage. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/more-markets-flow-evm-lending-exploit-9-3-million-august-2026/

The CFTC ordered former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez to pay about $172,000 for trading presidential mention markets on speeches he saw first. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-perez-prediction-market-insider-trading-fine-august-2026/

Chainalysis filed seven counts against the U.S. government, accusing ICE of rigging a $95M blockchain analytics contract. Here is what the dispute means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/chainalysis-sues-us-government-ice-95-million-contract-august-2026/

Bitcoin developers have made quantum-safe transactions possible and proposed a soft fork to defend the network against future quantum computers. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-quantum-safe-transactions-post-quantum-soft-fork-august-2026/

CFTC data shows a 115.7M XRP-equivalent net short just as US spot XRP ETFs post their best week at $110.49M in inflows. Here is the setup and the risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-115-million-token-short-etf-inflows-squeeze-risk-august-2026/

Russia's regulated crypto trading framework is projected to clear $46 billion in volume in its first year, WuBlockchain reports, as Moscow formalizes onramps under sanctions. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-regulated-crypto-trading-46-billion-first-year-august-2026/

Robinhood Chain's 24-hour app revenue passed Ethereum and Hyperliquid L1 and ran nearly 6x Base's, per Wu Blockchain data, as of August 31, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/robinhood-chain-app-revenue-overtakes-ethereum-august-2026/

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong urged Congress to pass the Clarity Act, arguing the market structure bill helps consumers, banks, and law enforcement alike. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-armstrong-clarity-act-market-structure-push-august-2026/

Cronos paused block production after an attacker drained an estimated $75M from lending protocol Tectonic. Here is what happened and what it means for users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cronos-tectonic-exploit-chain-halt-75m-august-2026/

A record $9.7B in short liquidations hit crypto over seven days as prices climbed. Here is what drove the squeeze and what it signals for leverage and funding. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-97-billion-short-squeeze-largest-liquidation-august-2026/

Crypto.com launched a new Airdrop Arena event sharing $150,000 in RENDER for CRO allocators through Sept 28, with a 120% points boost at 1,500 CRO. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-com-airdrop-arena-render-150k-august-2026/

Avici says every affected Solana card balance is refunded in full, plus an extra 10% cashback, after a contract exploit its partner Rain has now patched. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/avici-solana-card-refunds-complete-10-percent-cashback-august-2026/

Deribit is removing its public Proof of Reserves page on September 1, 2026, ending daily balance verification for customers. Here's what changes for traders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/deribit-removes-public-proof-of-reserves-september-2026/

Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT as collateral for loans, per TASS, moving crypto into mainstream credit rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sberbank-bitcoin-ethereum-usdt-loan-collateral-august-2026/

BNB Chain's bStocks launch pushes it to the top spot for tokenized equities, per Messari. Here is what the shift means for onchain stocks and traders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bnb-chain-bstocks-largest-tokenized-equities-august-2026/

Tria says a Solana card contract flaw at issuing partner Rain hit 636 users and $431,945 in card balances. Wallets were untouched, and every affected user is being refunded in full. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tria-rain-solana-card-vulnerability-636-users-refund-august-2026/

Jupiter Card's partner paused card-balance withdrawals as a precaution during a Solana card ecosystem security incident. Withdrawals have resumed; funds were never at risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jupiter-card-solana-security-incident-withdrawals-resume-august-2026/

Polygon Labs pushed an emergency client upgrade after the Austin and Kyoto hardforks. Nodes on old Bor or Heimdall binaries have already dropped out of consensus. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/polygon-urgent-client-upgrade-validator-consensus-august-2026/