SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

Qivalis secured an EMI license from Dutch central bank DNB with backing from 37 European banks, but MiCA white-paper rules keep its launch on hold. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/qivalis-dutch-emi-license-mica-launch-block-october-2026/

A WSJ investigation says Tether money flowed to Nxum, a firm co-founded by Bo Hines, while he worked in the White House on US stablecoin legislation. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-nxum-bo-hines-stablecoin-conflict-october-2026/

BingX EU secured a CASP license from Austria's FMA, letting the exchange passport regulated crypto services across all 29 European Economic Area countries. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bingx-eu-austria-casp-license-29-eea-countries-october-2026/

Solid published new unlock costs for its card tiers: Prime for 70,000 FUSE locked or $199 a year, and Ultra for 600,000 FUSE locked. Here is what changes for holders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solid-new-tier-pricing-fuse-prime-ultra-october-2026/

Pulsar Money is running a temporary 8% cashback rate for Pulsar Pro users on ChatGPT, Claude, X, Bolt and Uber payments through October 2026. Here is what it covers. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/pulsar-pro-8-percent-cashback-subscriptions-october-2026/

A UK claim demands BitMEX return $27M in Bitcoin, arguing 1,053 perpetual swap trades from 2018-2022 were void because the exchange lacked a license. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmex-uk-lawsuit-27m-bitcoin-unlicensed-derivatives-october-2026/

Standard Chartered now lets affluent UAE clients trade bitcoin and ether directly through the bank, moving past passive crypto products into native spot access. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/standard-chartered-direct-bitcoin-ether-trading-uae-october-2026/

WisdomTree says its tokenized assets under management are approaching $1.3 billion, up 65% year-to-date, as a traditional asset manager scales on-chain funds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/wisdomtree-tokenized-aum-1-3-billion-october-2026/

Ripple is integrating Stripe-owned Privy embedded wallets into the XRP Ledger as on-chain AI agent payments cross 14 million. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-stripe-privy-embedded-wallets-xrp-ledger-october-2026/

Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade reaches mainnet-beta on Oct. 21, cutting transaction finality times. Here is what the change means for payments and DeFi. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-alpenglow-upgrade-faster-finality-october-2026/

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has frozen deposits at Coins.ph over alleged gambling-firm ties, with license revocation on the table for the market leader. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coins-ph-bsp-regulatory-action-philippines-october-2026/

JPMorgan analysts estimate about $50 billion has moved into Bitcoin and digital assets so far in 2026, a figure that frames how deep institutional money now runs. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jpmorgan-50-billion-bitcoin-digital-assets-2026/

Metaplanet plans a $329M bond raise, with $149M to repay Bitcoin-backed debt and up to $179M for buybacks, after its stock fell nearly 90% from its peak. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/metaplanet-329m-bond-raise-bitcoin-debt-october-2026/

Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, has been added to the Bank of Russia's crypto exchange register, a signal that regulated digital-asset trading is moving mainstream. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sberbank-crypto-exchange-register-bank-of-russia-october-2026/

BNY and Citadel Securities completed a blockchain-based financing transaction using tokenized U.S. Treasuries, a sign on-chain settlement is reaching Wall Street's core plumbing. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bny-citadel-securities-tokenized-treasuries-financing-october-2026/

Bitwise filed SEC Form 25 to delist its Dogecoin ETF after assets fell from $2.5M to about $725K. Final trading is October 14, with cash payouts near October 22. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitwise-dogecoin-etf-liquidation-form-25-october-2026/

Starknet's new Shadow Accounts let users transact on public DeFi with confidential links to their main wallets. The first integration goes live this week. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/starknet-shadow-accounts-private-defi-october-2026/

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, the 'Crypto Mom' known for pushing clearer digital-asset rules, has departed, leaving the agency with two commissioners. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hester-peirce-exits-sec-crypto-mom-october-2026/

South Korea's regulator has moved to block website access to 27 crypto exchanges, including KuCoin, MEXC and BingX, over unregistered operations. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-blocks-27-crypto-exchanges-october-2026/

Nexo dropped the Bitcoin collateral threshold for its zero-interest credit line by 10x, opening borrow-against-BTC to smaller holders. Details and the risks. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nexo-btc-collateral-10x-zero-interest-credit-october-2026/

Moscow Stock Exchange will let its 40.1 million clients invest in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine reported on October 12, 2026. Here is what it means for access. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-moscow-exchange-bitcoin-40-million-investors-october-2026/

EverNorth began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker XRPN on Oct. 12, 2026, holding about 473 million XRP, making it the first publicly listed XRP treasury firm. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/evernorth-first-xrp-treasury-company-nasdaq-october-2026/

Michael Saylor's Strategy bought 250 BTC for $21.5M and repurchased $192M of STRC stock, pushing its treasury to 848,250 BTC as of October 12, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-250-btc-192m-strc-buyback-october-2026/

3iQ's UAE arm has secured in-principle approval for a Category 4 license from Abu Dhabi's FSRA, extending the Canadian digital asset manager's Gulf expansion. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/3iq-uae-category-4-license-abu-dhabi-october-2026/

A French parliamentary committee adopted an amendment forcing disclosure of self-custodied crypto above 100,000 euros, with fines up to 10,000 euros. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/france-crypto-wallet-reporting-100000-euros-october-2026/