SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Crypto has poured $189M into the 2026 US midterms, more than its entire 2024 cycle, making it the single largest source of corporate political money right now. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-189m-2026-midterms-largest-corporate-donor-july-2026/

The Bank of Italy authorized fintech Hodli to actively manage client crypto assets under MiCA, the first such license in Italy and a step beyond custody. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hodli-italy-first-mica-crypto-portfolio-manager-july-2026/

A new federal financial disclosure shows President Trump earned more than $1 billion from crypto ventures last year, the Wall Street Journal reports, raising fresh conflict questions. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-1-billion-crypto-income-disclosure-july-2026/

The SEC is asking the public to weigh in on a new regulatory framework for novel ETFs, including crypto funds and prediction-market products. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-novel-etf-framework-crypto-public-comment-july-2026/

Oobit now lets users cash out Solana directly to a bank account via SEPA, ACH, and Faster Payments, with no swap to a stablecoin first. Here is what changes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/oobit-sol-direct-bank-payout-sepa-ach-june-2026/

Circle's CRCL stock fell about 8% on June 30, 2026 after Open Standard unveiled Open USD, a consortium stablecoin backed by Stripe, Coinbase, Visa and BlackRock. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/open-usd-stablecoin-circle-falls-stripe-coinbase-blackrock-june-2026/

Ondo's 430+ tokenized stocks and ETFs are now trading on Uniswap across Ethereum and BNB Chain, pulling real-world equities into on-chain DeFi. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ondo-tokenized-stocks-uniswap-ethereum-bnb-june-2026/

The Supreme Court overturned a 91-year-old precedent and cleared the President to remove independent agency commissioners at will, reshaping who controls the SEC and CFTC. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/scotus-removal-power-independent-agencies-sec-cftc-june-2026/

The Nasdaq-listed Solana Company signed an MoU to help build Kazakhstan's Alatau City crypto cluster, part of a roadshow that drew $6B in investment interest. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-company-kazakhstan-alatau-city-crypto-megacity-june-2026/

Carl Rinsch was sentenced to 30 months for wire fraud after spending $11M of Netflix money on Dogecoin, stock options and Rolls-Royces. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/47-ronin-director-dogecoin-netflix-fraud-30-months-june-2026/

The Bank of England and FCA set out a joint regime for systemic stablecoin issuers on June 30, 2026, with a temporary £40 billion issuance cap per coin. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uk-boe-fca-systemic-stablecoin-40b-issuance-cap-june-2026/

The FCA published binding crypto rules covering trading, custody, staking and stablecoins, with authorization applications opening September 30, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fca-landmark-crypto-rules-uk-global-hub-june-2026/

AUSTRAC's crypto travel rule goes live July 1, 2026, forcing Australian exchanges to collect sender and recipient details on every transfer, with no minimum amount. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/australia-crypto-travel-rule-july-2026/

CryptoQuant data shows 84% of Binance-listed altcoins trading under their 200-day average as the slump nears eight months and fear hits 17. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-altcoins-84-percent-below-200-day-average-june-2026/

The yen hit 162.27 per dollar on June 30, 2026, its weakest since 1986. Here is what a fragile yen and BOJ intervention risk mean for crypto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japanese-yen-1986-low-162-dollar-crypto-carry-trade-june-2026/

ESMA register data shows the EU has granted 244 MiCA crypto licenses as the deadline lands, with Germany and France leading national authorizations. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eu-244-mica-crypto-licenses-germany-france-lead-june-2026/

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest added Circle, Coinbase, Bullish and Robinhood shares as crypto sentiment hit Extreme Fear. Here is what the buying signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ark-invest-buys-circle-coinbase-bullish-stocks-june-2026/

Securitize, the tokenization firm behind BlackRock's BUIDL fund, is set to trade on the NYSE as SECZ on July 2 after Cantor Equity Partners II shareholders approved the merger. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/securitize-nyse-listing-secz-cantor-spac-june-2026/

Ether Fi says its self-custodial Cash card has reached 100,000 cardholders and is now targeting one million. Here is what the milestone signals for users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ether-fi-100000-cardholders-milestone-june-2026/

Bitmine added 27,084 ETH last week to reach 5.7 million ETH, nearing 5% of Ethereum's supply, buying through a slump as Tom Lee blamed quarter-end window dressing. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-eth-holdings-5-7-million-near-5-percent-supply-june-2026/

Strategy approved a framework that lets it sell Bitcoin to fund operations, authorized $2B in buybacks, and raised its STRC dividend to 12% as BTC sits near $60K. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-bitcoin-monetization-program-2b-buyback-strc-dividend-june-2026/

Galaxy Digital cut its CLARITY Act forecast to 50% and Polymarket sits at 44% as a Trump housing-bill standoff eats the Senate's July calendar. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/clarity-act-passage-odds-fall-50-percent-trump-demands-june-2026/

Ukraine has moved over 8.3 million USDT seized from an alleged hacking ring into a state-held wallet, the first time the country has formally custodied confiscated crypto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ukraine-state-managed-seized-crypto-8-3m-first-june-2026/

CryptoQuant says over 550,000 BTC moved to Binance and OKX deposit addresses as Bitcoin retests $60,074 and the Fear & Greed index sits at 16 (Extreme fear). Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-550k-btc-exchange-inflows-60k-retest-june-2026/

MiCA's final transition window closes July 1, 2026. With 244 licensed CASPs against 3,000+ legacy firms, ESMA wants the rest to wind down. Here is the fallout. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eu-mica-deadline-unlicensed-crypto-firms-wipeout-june-2026/