SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Visa is partnering with OpenAI to let AI agents pay over its global network using tokenized credentials, pushing agentic commerce onto mainstream card rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/visa-openai-agent-payments-tokenized-credentials-june-2026/

Ripple released an XRPL AI Starter Kit giving developers tools to build agentic payment apps that move XRP and RLUSD autonomously on the XRP Ledger. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-xrpl-ai-starter-kit-agentic-payments-rlusd-june-2026/

Delaware's House Bill 441 cleared committee on June 10, 2026, proposing a total ban on crypto kiosks. Existing machines would shut off at once and come out within 90 days. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/delaware-bill-ban-crypto-atms-kiosks-june-2026/

New York's financial regulator proposed its first formal stablecoin rules, updating its 2022 framework to match the federal GENIUS Act, with a 60-day comment window. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nydfs-first-stablecoin-rules-genius-act-alignment-june-2026/

Botanix, a venture-funded Bitcoin Layer 2 that raised $11.5M, is winding down. Users must withdraw assets by July 9 or the validator Federation sweeps the rest. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/botanix-bitcoin-l2-shutdown-withdraw-july-9-june-2026/

A May CPI print seen at a three-year high pushed Bitcoin and gold down together. BTC sits at $61,248 and Fear & Greed reads 14 as of June 10, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-gold-fall-together-rate-hike-bet-hot-cpi-june-2026/

US spot Bitcoin ETF assets have fallen to $77.58B, the same level as Trump's November 2024 win, after a $169.54B peak. Over $5B left in four weeks. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-etfs-flat-since-trump-election-aum-erodes-june-2026/

Bitcoin just recorded its worst weekly performance since the November 2022 FTX collapse, per Bloomberg, with BTC near $61,260 and Fear & Greed at 14. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/btc-worst-week-since-ftx-collapse-extreme-fear-june-2026/

CME Group is launching Nasdaq CME crypto index futures covering Bitcoin, Ether and Solana, bundling three assets into one regulated contract during extreme fear. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cme-nasdaq-crypto-index-futures-btc-eth-sol-june-2026/

DefiLlama added pre-IPO perpetual futures for Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Quantinuum on Aster and Lighter, putting synthetic exposure to private firms onchain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/defillama-pre-ipo-perps-openai-anthropic-spacex-june-2026/

Gate says more than $60M has been committed to SpaceX through its IPO Access product, as OKX pushes the same pre-IPO pitch and exchanges chase private-equity demand. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gate-ipo-access-spacex-60m-pre-ipo-june-2026/

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/