SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

A US judge has approved a $38 billion settlement over Visa and Mastercard swipe fees. Here is what the interchange deal means for crypto cards and cashback. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/visa-mastercard-38b-swipe-fee-settlement-approved-june-2026/

Onchain crypto card payment volume reached a record $833 million in May 2026, up 180% year over year, pushing cumulative spend past $9 billion as prices fell. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/onchain-crypto-card-spending-record-833m-may-june-2026/

Wirex says it has joined Visa's Agentic Ready programme to test agent-initiated payments with consent controls. No fee or product change yet for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/wirex-visa-agentic-ready-agent-payments-june-2026/

The FCA has proposed letting UCITS and NURS retail funds hold up to 10% of assets in crypto ETNs, the next step after lifting its retail ban in October 2025. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uk-fca-retail-funds-10-percent-crypto-etn-june-2026/

Lending protocol Morpho raised $175M led by Paradigm, a16z crypto, and Ribbit Capital. It already holds ~$11B in deposits and powers Coinbase and Kraken loans. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/morpho-175m-a16z-paradigm-onchain-credit-june-2026/

Ethena has partnered with $480B asset manager Janus Henderson to allocate and distribute tokenized CLO funds, pushing structured credit onchain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethena-janus-henderson-tokenized-clo-funds-june-2026/

MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho are targeting a joint stablecoin launch in FY2026, Nikkei reports, with a yen token first and a dollar version due late 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-megabanks-joint-stablecoin-fy2026-june-2026/

A CoinDesk post-mortem says the Humanity Protocol drain happened because its multisig signing keys all lived on a single compromised laptop. The lesson for self-custody. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/humanity-protocol-36m-exploit-multisig-laptop-june-2026/

Reuters puts the Trump family's crypto profit at a minimum of $2.3 billion across its main ventures, landing while the market sits in Extreme Fear. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-family-crypto-ventures-23b-profit-june-2026/

SBI Shinsei Bank, a roughly 1 trillion yen Japanese lender, plans to reward depositors in Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP, pushing crypto rewards into regulated banking. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sbi-shinsei-bank-crypto-rewards-depositors-june-2026/

Base says MXNB, a Mexican peso stablecoin from Bitso, is launching on the network, adding a local-currency option to its growing stablecoin roster. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/base-bitso-mxnb-peso-stablecoin-launch-june-2026/

Circle launched cirBTC, a 1:1 bitcoin-backed token, on Ethereum for institutional DeFi collateral. Here is what the USDC issuer's move into tokenized BTC means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/circle-cirbtc-live-ethereum-institutional-defi-june-2026/

Yuga Labs says it pulled 68 NFTs, among them 29 Bored Apes and 2 CryptoPunks, out of a Flooring Protocol exploit. The rescue underlines pooled-custody risk in DeFi. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/yuga-labs-rescues-nfts-flooring-protocol-exploit-june-2026/

Wallets linked to Humanity Protocol were drained for more than $19 million and the H token fell over 80%, per WuBlockchain. Here is what is known so far. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/humanity-protocol-wallets-drained-19m-h-token-crash-june-2026/

Crypto lending deposits have fallen from a $125B October 2025 peak to about $60B, Cointelegraph reports, as extreme fear grips the market in June 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-lending-deposits-halve-125b-60b-june-2026/

A New York suit claims title to 39,069 dormant Bitcoin wallets holding 3.8M BTC. A June 2 spend from one address and a June 5 court stay reset the case. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/dormant-bitcoin-239b-lawsuit-title-key-possession-june-2026/

Sam Bankman-Fried has formally applied for a presidential pardon, Yahoo Finance reports, three years into a 25-year sentence for the FTX fraud. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sbf-applies-trump-presidential-pardon-june-2026/

South Korea's KOSPI fell more than 8% and hit trading halts Monday, yet Bitcoin rebounded above $63,000 and crypto turned green across the board. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kospi-falls-8-percent-bitcoin-rebounds-63k-june-2026/

BitMine Immersion made its biggest ether purchase of 2026, adding 126,971 ETH during a sharp selloff and lifting total holdings to 5.54 million ether. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-buys-127k-eth-dip-extreme-fear-june-2026/

Zcash developers propose Ironwood, a new shielded pool with a turnstile checkpoint, to restore supply verification after a bug in Orchard could have minted fake ZEC. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zcash-ironwood-pool-restore-supply-verification-orchard-june-2026/

JPMorgan turned cautious on crypto and warned that Strategy's cash reserves cover only about 6.3 months of obligations, landing during Extreme Fear on June 8, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jpmorgan-cautious-strategy-63-month-cash-runway-june-2026/

A wallet tied to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin moved 110,000 ETH into Sky vaults as extra collateral on $259M in DAI debt, per Onchain Lens, as ETH fell. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/lubin-110k-eth-sky-vault-collateral-dai-june-2026/

Morgan Stanley now lets eligible wealth management clients borrow against Bitcoin and Ethereum through a Galaxy deal, testing crypto as Wall Street collateral. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/morgan-stanley-galaxy-bitcoin-lending-collateral-june-2026/

XRP held above $1.10 after a slide to four-month lows, part of a broad relief bounce that left the Fear and Greed index pinned at 15 on June 8, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-steadies-above-110-crypto-bounce-extreme-fear-june-2026/

A 3% oil spike adds risk-off pressure to a crypto market already down double digits on the week, with Fear and Greed at 14 as of June 8, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/oil-jumps-3-percent-crypto-pressure-extreme-fear-june-2026/