SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

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/

Bybit is offering 2X cashback on eligible spend through a limited-time Summer Virtual Card. Here is what cardholders should check before activating. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bybit-summer-virtual-card-2x-cashback-july-2026/

Revolut secured a full banking license in Australia and pledged $280M to take on the country's Big Four banks, per a July 21 Cointelegraph report. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/revolut-full-australian-banking-license-280m-big-four-july-2026/

Celsius co-founders Daniel Leon and Nuke Goldstein have agreed to pay the FTC more than $6M, adding to Alex Mashinsky's $10M settlement from April. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/celsius-co-founders-ftc-6m-settlement-july-2026/

Vietnam has decreed penalties of up to $7,700 for unlicensed crypto trading and AML breaches, effective September 2026, moving from policy talk to enforcement. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vietnam-7700-fines-unlicensed-crypto-trading-aml-september-2026/

The London Stock Exchange plans round-the-clock trading in early 2027 to win back retail investors drawn to crypto's always-on markets, per the FT. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/london-stock-exchange-24-7-trading-2027-crypto-competition-july-2026/

Michael Saylor's Strategy raised $263.5M through MSTR share sales, lifting its cash reserve to $3.225B while its Bitcoin stack holds at 843,775 BTC. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-263-5m-mstr-raise-843775-bitcoin-july-2026/

US agencies blew past the GENIUS Act's one-year deadline to write stablecoin rules, leaving issuer, custody and payment questions open before January. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-regulators-miss-genius-act-stablecoin-rulemaking-deadline-july-2026/

South Korea's central bank plans live CBDC transactions with nine banks in September, moving its digital won pilot from lab testing to real settlement. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bank-of-korea-cbdc-live-transactions-nine-banks-september-2026/

Polymarket puts a 93.5% probability on the Fed holding rates at its July 29 meeting. Here is how crypto traders are positioned as BTC sits at $63,873. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/polymarket-93-percent-fed-rate-hold-july-29-2026/

Cardano's Van Rossem hard fork went live July 20, cutting smart contract execution costs and setting up the Ouroboros Leios throughput upgrade due late 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cardano-van-rossem-hard-fork-leios-scaling-july-2026/

Hyperliquid's HIP-4 vote lets anyone deploy custom outcome markets by staking 500,000 HYPE, moving prediction-style markets into a permissionless model on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-hip-4-permissionless-outcome-markets-500k-hype-july-2026/