SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

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/

SlowMist says suspected North Korean hackers moved stolen Bitget assets through Chainflip and CoW, exposing the cross-chain laundering playbook behind the hack. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/north-korea-hackers-route-bitget-funds-chainflip-cow-september-2026/

Binance Pay now works at PayPay-accepting merchants across Japan, connecting crypto balances to one of the country's largest QR payment networks for retail spending. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-pay-live-paypay-merchants-japan-september-2026/

SEC Chair Paul Atkins told CNBC the agency is proceeding to clarify how to raise money onchain even after the CLARITY Act failed in Congress. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-atkins-onchain-fundraising-clarity-clarity-act-september-2026/

The ECB is inviting fintechs and payment firms to test digital euro features, with 2027 workshops on AI-enabled and machine-to-machine payments. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ecb-digital-euro-testing-fintechs-2027-september-2026/

Tether says it helped authorities freeze nearly $550M in Iran-linked USDT in 2026, showing how centralized stablecoin issuers act as compliance agents. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-freezes-550m-iran-linked-usdt-september-2026/

CleanSpark subsidiary CSDC Finance closed a $2.276B private offering of senior secured notes, one of the largest debt raises tied to a listed Bitcoin miner. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cleanspark-csdc-2-3b-senior-secured-notes-september-2026/

The UK's FCA secured a confiscation order so victims of a £1.5m crypto investment fraud can recover lost funds, a rare full-restitution outcome in crypto cases. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fca-secures-restitution-crypto-fraud-victims-september-2026/