SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

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/

SWI Group raised 800 million euros to build AI data centers after taking control of Genesis Digital Assets, a mining operation tied to the FTX collapse. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/swi-group-800m-ai-data-center-genesis-digital-assets-october-2026/

Two borrowers account for about 97% of supplied syrupUSDC in Aave's institutional Arc market, sitting at health factors just above 1.0, per CryptoSlate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-arc-two-positions-97-percent-syrupusdc-liquidation-risk-october-2026/

The SEC is proposing merit-based access to private markets, and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong called it a huge step. Here is what the proposal signals and its limits. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-merit-based-private-market-access-coinbase-october-2026/

A reconnect flaw in the Lightning Development Kit lets a malicious peer steal forwarded Bitcoin from unpatched apps. Patches v0.2.7 and v0.1.13 close the hole. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ldk-lightning-reconnect-bitcoin-theft-patch-october-2026/

Kyrgyzstan has ordered the state-owned issuer of its gold-backed stablecoin into liquidation, the formal end of a sovereign token effort after UK sanctions. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kyrgyzstan-liquidates-gold-backed-stablecoin-issuer-october-2026/

Coldcard's official X account was compromised and used to post a phishing scam dressed up as an urgent wallet security warning. Here is what hardware wallet users should do. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coldcard-x-account-compromised-phishing-scam-october-2026/

iVerify says P7 DarkSword spyware scans compromised iPhones for crypto wallets and pulls imToken data, Keychain passwords, and Apple Notes every 15 seconds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/iphone-spyware-p7-darksword-imtoken-wallets-october-2026/

OKX secured new funding at a $25 billion valuation with backing from Circle, Ripple, and Standard Chartered's SC Ventures, per Coin Bureau on Oct. 11, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/okx-25-billion-valuation-circle-ripple-october-2026/

Ledger confirmed an unauthorized implant inside a customer's wallet as losses near $93.4M, pointing to a supply-chain attack through reseller CryptoBilis. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ledger-cryptobilis-hardware-implant-93-million-theft-october-2026/

CFTC Chair Michael Selig says US crypto leadership is a national priority, warning that failing to lead means handing the sector to rival nations. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-chair-us-crypto-capital-or-adversaries-october-2026/

France is advancing an exit tax that would apply to crypto holders relocating abroad with more than 800,000 euros in assets, adding to Europe's tightening tax rules. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/france-exit-tax-crypto-holders-800000-euros-october-2026/

Beijing has called for building a national blockchain network as part of its economic strategy, a notable move from a country that still bans crypto trading. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-national-blockchain-network-economic-strategy-october-2026/

Visa research shows nearly half of Asia-Pacific consumers plan to use stablecoins within five years, yet 41% wrongly believe they always rise in value. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/visa-asia-pacific-stablecoin-adoption-education-gap-october-2026/

A decade-old XRP Ledger vulnerability that could have created XRP from nothing was quietly patched. Here is what the fix means for holders and payment users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-ledger-patches-decade-old-bug-october-2026/

Hyperliquid's cumulative protocol revenue has passed $1.4 billion, with more than $1.26 billion routed into operations and buybacks, per WuBlockchain data. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-1-4-billion-cumulative-revenue-october-2026/

Solid turned on euro-denominated cards for EU spending with no FX fees. Fund with EURC, or hold soUSD and enable Credit mode. Here is what changes for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solid-euro-cards-zero-fx-fees-october-2026/