SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

KB Kookmin Bank will run US dollar cross-border payments on JPMorgan's Kinexys blockchain, marking one of Asia's largest lenders moving settlement onchain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-largest-bank-jpmorgan-kinexys-cross-border-payments-july-2026/

Five years after El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender, crypto handles only 0.7% of the country's $5B remittance market. A look at why adoption stalled. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/el-salvador-bitcoin-law-five-years-remittance-adoption-july-2026/

Onchain real-world assets passed $30B, a 10x jump since early 2024. Here is what is driving tokenized treasuries, credit, and commodities, and where crypto users fit in. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/rwa-tokenization-30b-onchain-milestone-july-2026/

The ten largest publicly traded Bitcoin holders now control roughly a million BTC, turning corporate treasuries into a structural force in the market. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/top-10-public-firms-million-bitcoin-power-bloc-july-2026/

Bitmart says it will close, days after BitMEX exited. Two centralized exchange shutdowns in a week point to a consolidation squeeze and custody risk for users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmart-closure-after-bitmex-exchange-consolidation-july-2026/

Russia's State Duma passed Bill No. 1194918-8, classifying crypto as property and legalizing cross-border trade while keeping the domestic payment ban intact. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-duma-crypto-property-cross-border-trade-july-2026/

Bloomberg reports Trump's $1.4 billion in crypto gains has become the biggest obstacle to his sweeping bill, as lawmakers balk at the conflict of interest. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-1-4b-crypto-windfall-obstacle-legislation-july-2026/

Real-world assets on Robinhood Chain jumped roughly fivefold to about $70M in under two weeks as tokenized GameStop, Nvidia and SpaceX shares traded in larger size. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/robinhood-chain-tokenized-stocks-5x-rwa-70m-july-2026/

Coinbase now lets users borrow up to $100,000 in USDC against jitoSOL while keeping staking rewards, with borrowed funds available instantly. What it means for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-usdc-borrow-jitosol-staked-sol-100k-july-2026/

Two Ethereum cross-chain bridges lost $31.7M within hours on July 25, 2026, and a third protocol paused staking to contain the damage. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-bridges-31-7m-exploit-third-protocol-halts-staking-july-2026/

White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says Senate Democrats already secured limits on Trump's crypto dealings in the CLARITY Act and should accept the deal. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/senate-democrats-clarity-act-accept-victory-witt-july-2026/

Argentina's Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger has proposed a bill letting investment funds hold digital assets, opening the door to institutional crypto exposure. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/argentina-investment-funds-buy-crypto-bill-july-2026/

The Council of the EU imposed transaction bans on 14 crypto platforms outside the bloc, per TRM Labs, cutting off their access to EU users and payment rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eu-transaction-ban-14-non-eu-crypto-platforms-july-2026/

Samsung plans to bring stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet, putting digital-asset payments on one of the world's most-installed phone wallets. Here's what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/samsung-wallet-stablecoin-support-mainstream-payments-july-2026/

BNY Mellon plans to enable round-the-clock settlement for conventional and tokenized US Treasuries by 2027, per Bloomberg. A look at what continuous settlement means for crypto rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bny-mellon-24-7-settlement-tokenized-treasuries-2027-july-2026/

A class-action lawsuit accuses BitMEX of engineering forced liquidations to seize about 623 BTC in customer collateral as the exchange winds down operations. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmex-class-action-engineered-liquidations-623-btc-july-2026/

The Magnificent Seven had their worst day since April 2025, wiping out $800B, but Bitcoin barely moved. A look at the crypto decoupling thesis as of July 24, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-holds-firm-800b-ai-stock-selloff-decoupling-july-2026/

BlackRock, Fidelity, Coinbase, Strategy and five others pledged $15M over three years to fund Bitcoin open-source developers through a new consortium. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blackrock-fidelity-coinbase-bitcoin-security-consortium-15m-july-2026/

Ondo Finance's broker-dealer Oasis Pro Markets received SEC and FINRA authorization to offer tokenized equities and funds to US investors. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ondo-oasis-pro-sec-finra-tokenized-securities-july-2026/

Uniswap launched Permissioned Pools on v4, an open-source standard that enforces compliance rules on-chain so regulated assets can trade against AMM liquidity. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uniswap-permissioned-pools-v4-onchain-compliance-regulated-assets-july-2026/

Brian Armstrong says 4 billion people worldwide cannot access US-grade financial services, framing crypto rails as the fix rather than speculation or trading. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-armstrong-4-billion-unbanked-crypto-financial-access-july-2026/

Ripple took a strategic stake in compliance firm Notabene to route RLUSD stablecoin payments through its enterprise transaction network. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-notabene-investment-rlusd-enterprise-payments-july-2026/

Binance is working with anti-trafficking nonprofit STOP THE TRAFFIK to detect crypto tied to human trafficking and child exploitation. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-stop-the-traffik-anti-trafficking-partnership-july-2026/

BancaStato now lets customers buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, and Solana inside its banking app via Sygnum. Here is what the launch signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bancastato-swiss-bank-regulated-crypto-trading-sygnum-july-2026/

A second VerusCoin bridge exploit drained about $7.54M in unbacked tokens via forged payouts on July 23, 2026, repeating a pattern seen in an earlier attack. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/veruscoin-ethereum-bridge-exploit-7-54m-unbacked-payouts-july-2026/