SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

A whitehat moved 3,832 NFTs from hundreds of wallets after a suspected Magic Eden vulnerability, per Cointelegraph. What NFT holders should check now. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/magic-eden-whitehat-moves-3832-nfts-suspected-vulnerability-september-2026/

MultiversX resumed mainnet blocks on Sept. 24 after halting the chain over an exploit, but Kraken kept EGLD trading cancel-only, signaling lingering caution. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/multiversx-restarts-mainnet-after-exploit-halt-kraken-egld-september-2026/

Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman project tokenized assets will jump from about $40B today to $2.3T, a roughly 57x forecast that reframes onchain finance. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/morgan-stanley-2-3-trillion-tokenized-assets-forecast-september-2026/

The Fed proposed reserve and capital rules for dollar stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, with a 60-day comment window. Here is what it means for holders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/federal-reserve-proposes-stablecoin-rules-genius-act-september-2026/

The DTCC is launching a blockchain tokenization service aimed at the $114 trillion in assets its infrastructure already touches, per CEO Frank La Salla. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/dtcc-tokenization-service-114-trillion-assets-september-2026/

The European Banking Authority called for crypto lending and DeFi protocol access to fall under MiCA as the EU reviews and expands its crypto rulebook. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eba-crypto-lending-defi-mica-regulation-september-2026/

The Information says Tether has funds trapped at EQIBank, a banking partner now facing liquidation risk. Here is what it means for USDT holders and stablecoin users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-funds-stuck-eqibank-liquidation-risk-september-2026/

Brazil now requires traders to report self-custody wallet transactions above $10,000, extending oversight beyond exchanges to non-custodial activity. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/brazil-mandatory-reporting-self-custody-crypto-trades-10k-september-2026/

ONDO climbed above $0.50 to a new year-to-date high after Ondo Finance released a BlackRock-powered tokenized portfolio, per CoinGecko. Here is what moved. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blackrock-tokenized-portfolio-ondo-ytd-high-september-2026/

Bitget has confirmed more than $350 million stolen in a major security breach, one of the largest exchange hacks of 2026. Here is what users need to know. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitget-confirms-350m-exchange-hack-september-2026/

On-chain trackers flagged over $170M in assets draining from Bitget Wallet users and converting to ETH, a suspected breach that revives hot-wallet custody fears. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitget-wallet-suspected-breach-170m-swapped-eth-september-2026/

The CFTC says US commodities firms can invest in tokenized assets and keep blockchain records, removing a regulatory hurdle for institutional tokenized finance. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-us-commodities-firms-invest-tokenized-assets-september-2026/

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest is tokenizing its venture fund on Ethereum with Securitize, putting private holdings like OpenAI and Anthropic onchain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ark-invest-tokenizes-venture-fund-ethereum-securitize-september-2026/

All 11 Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee are pushing for a public hearing on prediction markets, raising the odds of tighter oversight. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/senate-democrats-hearing-crypto-prediction-markets-september-2026/

The Trump administration is considering an initiative to promote dollar-backed stablecoins overseas to defend the greenback's reserve status, Bloomberg reports. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-administration-dollar-stablecoins-overseas-currency-dominance-september-2026/

CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the agency will use existing authority to build a crypto market structure framework. What it means for settlement and card users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-selig-go-time-crypto-market-structure-framework-september-2026/

Jupiter Card can now be topped up with any token a user holds in a single tap, turning a whole Solana wallet into spendable balance. Here is what changes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jupiter-card-fund-any-token-one-transaction-september-2026/

Almost $20 million in XRP was drained from 6,678 wallets across six attack waves between Sept. 15 and 20, 2026. Here is what is known and how to protect your keys. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-20m-drained-6678-wallets-multi-wave-attack-september-2026/

CFTC Chair Mike Selig says the agency is preparing for onchain systems, mass tokenization, 24/7 trading, and agentic finance. Here is what the shift signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-mike-selig-tokenization-onchain-24-7-agentic-finance-september-2026/

Mastercard and SoFi are moving $25 billion in annual card payment volume onto blockchain rails, one of the largest steps yet toward on-chain settlement for everyday spending. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mastercard-sofi-25-billion-card-payments-blockchain-september-2026/

BitMEX stopped all trading at 04:00 UTC on Sept 23, 2026. Owner HDR Global cites a strategic review. Here is what users must do with their remaining funds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmex-shuts-down-100x-leverage-pioneer-closure-september-2026/

Liquid's peg-outs are still frozen after a $320M exploit, and Bull Bitcoin has warned some users they face up to a 30-day wait to move L-BTC back to Bitcoin. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/liquid-network-hack-bull-bitcoin-30-day-peg-out-wait-september-2026/

NYSE Group and Blockchain.com signed an MOU to give the platform's 44 million users access to tokenized US stocks, a step toward onchain equities at scale. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nyse-blockchain-com-tokenized-stocks-44-million-accounts-september-2026/

MoonPay is acquiring private markets platform NorCap for $60M+ in stock, gaining an SEC-registered broker-dealer and transfer agent to build tokenized asset rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/moonpay-acquires-norcap-sec-broker-dealer-tokenization-september-2026/

Sandeep Nailwal posted that it is time to burn 100M Polygon tokens, roughly 1% of supply. Here is what the deflationary call means and what it does not confirm yet. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/polygon-sandeep-nailwal-100m-pol-burn-september-2026/