SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Ripple gave itself a 2028 deadline to swap out the XRP Ledger's cryptography before quantum machines can break it, calling the threat 'credible.' Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-2028-quantum-proof-xrp-ledger-deadline-april-2026/

WSJ reports Senate Democrats plan to grill Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh on perceived gaps in his financial disclosures at Tuesday's confirmation hearing. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/warsh-senate-democrats-disclosure-gaps-fed-chair-confirmation-hearing-april-2026/

Paul Atkins told a conference audience on April 20 that the SEC has ended 'regulation through enforcement' against crypto. What the shift actually means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-chair-atkins-ends-regulation-through-enforcement-crypto-april-2026/

Poland's parliament again failed to override a presidential veto on its crypto bill, leaving it the only EU member state without a national MiCA framework. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/poland-mica-crypto-bill-veto-override-fails-only-eu-country-april-2026/

RAVE cryptocurrency fell 98% to $0.50 in two days, wiping $6.7 billion in market cap after insider dumps and exchange blacklists. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/rave-token-98-percent-collapse-6-7-billion-market-cap-april-2026/

OKX launched Agent Trade Kit, letting traders write strategies in plain English right as tech earnings season starts. Here is what shipped and the risks. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/okx-agent-trade-kit-ai-trading-tech-earnings-april-2026/

Brian Armstrong says Coinbase is piloting AI agents trained on the work of legendary former employees, operating like teammates on Slack and email. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-ai-agents-legendary-former-employees-slack-email-april-2026/

Aave confirmed the rsETH sitting in its V3 and V4 markets on Ethereum is fully backed, but the markets stay frozen while KelpDAO bridge risk is reviewed. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-rseth-fully-backed-frozen-v3-v4-april-2026/

Vercel says a third-party AI tool's compromised Google Workspace OAuth was the entry point for its breach, a supply chain risk crypto devs should map out. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vercel-security-breach-third-party-ai-tool-oauth-google-workspace-april-2026/

RaveDAO-linked wallets offloaded about 23 million RAVE on April 20, driving a roughly 35% drop one day after ZachXBT, Binance, and Bitget flagged the project. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ravedao-insider-dump-23-million-tokens-april-2026/

Aave's total value locked fell by $6 billion in days after the KelpDAO bridge drain, exposing how liquid restaking collateral can turn a niche exploit systemic. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-6-billion-tvl-drop-kelpdao-structural-risk-defi-lender-april-2026/

Uniswap says $500 million in protocol volume has flowed through Bankr, an agentic trading interface. It's the first real threshold for AI-routed DEX activity. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bankr-500-million-uniswap-agentic-trading-april-2026/

BitMEX Research published a Bitcoin canary fund proposal on April 16, 2026 as an alternative to BIP-361's mandatory five-year quantum migration deadline. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmex-research-quantum-canary-bitcoin-bip-361-april-2026/

AAVE fell 22% after whales cut positions when the $294M KelpDAO bridge hack froze rsETH collateral on Aave. Here is what the selling tells the market. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-22-percent-crash-whales-exit-kelpdao-contagion-april-2026/

An attacker drained 116,500 rsETH, about $292M, from KelpDAO's LayerZero bridge on April 18, 2026. Aave, SparkLend, and Fluid froze affected markets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kelpdao-294-million-layerzero-bridge-rseth-aave-frozen-april-2026/

Sberbank, which serves over 100 million Russian retail customers, is preparing a crypto trading rollout per TASS, landing days after Russia's new bill. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sberbank-russia-largest-bank-crypto-trading-rollout-april-2026/

Iran named Bitcoin for Strait of Hormuz oil tolls, but insiders told Cointelegraph stablecoins handle most of the actual settlement. Here's what that split means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/iran-bitcoin-hormuz-oil-tolls-stablecoins-settlement-april-2026/

The Financial Stability Board warned that private credit markets could trigger a triple whammy shock. Here is what it means for crypto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fsb-triple-whammy-private-credit-warning-crypto-april-2026/

Vitalik Buterin has flagged a DNS registrar attack on eth.limo, the ENS gateway service, and is warning users to stay cautious during the team's response. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vitalik-warning-eth-limo-dns-registrar-attack-april-2026/

A new draft law would put criminal penalties on crypto exchanges, P2P desks and OTC operators serving Russian users without official registration. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-bill-criminalize-unregistered-crypto-services-april-2026/

X's new Cashtags feature drove $1 billion in trading volume in its first two days after Wealthsimple wired it into its Canadian brokerage feed. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/x-cashtags-1-billion-trading-volume-wealthsimple-48-hours-april-2026/

The US issued a license April 17 letting buyers take Russian oil already loaded on tankers. Crypto rallied: BTC +3.7%, ETH +4%, XRP +3.6%. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-russia-oil-tanker-license-crypto-rally-april-2026/

Polymarket prediction-market traders now price a US-Iran peace deal by June 30 at 74%, and crypto is rallying 3%+ across BTC, ETH, and XRP. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/polymarket-us-iran-peace-deal-74-percent-odds-june-2026/

Gate has opened its first Pre-IPO subscription, giving retail users tokenized exposure to SpaceX under ticker SPCX, with the window closing in 48 hours. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gate-io-first-pre-ipo-spacex-spcx-subscription-april-2026/

Cointelegraph reports central banks hold record gold reserves this century. Bitcoin sits at $77,134, up 2.9% in 24 hours. Here is what that parallel signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/central-banks-record-gold-reserves-bitcoin-77000-april-2026/