SpendNode Podcast: Crypto News & Analysis

The US Treasury has dropped a proposed rule that would have forced reporting of crypto transfers over $10,000 to self-hosted wallets. Here is what changes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-treasury-scraps-10k-crypto-reporting-rule-private-wallets-october-2026/

Google Cloud is retiring its Blockchain Node Engine and RPC on December 15, 2026, and moving customers to QuickNode. What the exit means for crypto infrastructure. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/google-cloud-shuts-down-blockchain-node-engine-rpc-october-2026/

FinCEN withdrew its proposed crackdown on crypto mixers and unhosted wallet monitoring, saying the mixer rule risked chilling legitimate financial activity. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fincen-abandons-crypto-mixer-unhosted-wallet-rules-october-2026/

Bitcoin treasury firm Strive set an optional $500M buyback ceiling for its SATA shares, $215.3M above its Oct. 2 cash of $284.7M, and moved to trim dividends. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strive-500m-sata-buyback-exceeds-cash-reserve-october-2026/

Solana debuts a delivery-versus-payment settlement standard built with J.P. Morgan input, letting institutions settle trades atomically on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-jp-morgan-institutional-settlement-standard-october-2026/

Crypto super PAC Fairshake is putting $1M each behind six House incumbents, all backers of the stalled CLARITY Act, as the bill waits in the Senate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fairshake-pac-6m-house-incumbents-clarity-act-october-2026/

Strategy added 334 BTC last week to reach 848,000 Bitcoin and booked a $21B digital asset gain for Q3, while steering more cash toward STRC buybacks. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-holds-848000-bitcoin-21b-q3-gain-october-2026/

Chainalysis data shows unique P2P stablecoin wallets in China grew 43x from Q1 2024 to Q2 2026, a sign capital controls are pushing users on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-stablecoin-p2p-wallets-grew-43x-october-2026/

Tom Lee's BitMine added 15,112 ETH worth about $41M, pushing holdings to 6,016,414 ETH and 99% of the way to owning 5% of all Ethereum supply. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-buys-15112-ethereum-nearing-5-percent-supply-october-2026/

Hyperliquid perpetual futures data is now live on the Bloomberg Terminal, putting an onchain derivatives venue in front of institutional desks for the first time. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-perpetual-futures-bloomberg-terminal-october-2026/

The US Treasury disrupted a $2 million Hamas fundraising network that moved money through crypto, a fresh sign of how terror-finance enforcement now reaches onchain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/treasury-sanctions-crypto-hamas-fundraising-network-october-2026/

Weekly inflows into XRP and Solana spot ETFs fell more than 94% as institutional demand for altcoin products pulled back sharply, even as Bitcoin ETFs kept drawing cash. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-sol-etf-inflows-crash-94-percent-october-2026/

OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the NYSE, filed with the SEC to put tokenized shares of more than 60 US-listed companies on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/okx-nyse-parent-file-tokenized-us-stock-platform-october-2026/

S&P Global Ratings launched a Vault Risk Assessment framework for onchain digital asset lending vaults, a market now holding $10B in deposits. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sp-global-defi-vault-risk-framework-10b-october-2026/

Zcash has registered a Washington lobbying operation targeting the CLARITY Act and two digital asset tax proposals, putting privacy coins into direct US policy fights. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zcash-washington-lobbyist-crypto-policy-october-2026/

Bitcoin Core merged a fix for a SIGHASH_SINGLE gap that could leave a transaction's recipient unbound, letting funds move without breaking the signature. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-core-patches-sighash-single-signing-flaw-october-2026/

The Independent Community Bankers of America is suing the OCC, arguing national trust charters hand crypto firms a side door into the US banking system. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/banking-group-sues-occ-crypto-trust-charters-october-2026/

Russia's Finance Ministry paid some of its own employees in digital rubles, the first government payroll in the CBDC a month after the nationwide rollout began. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-finance-ministry-digital-ruble-staff-payroll-october-2026/

Japan has added crypto exchange Garantex to its Russia asset freeze list, extending coordinated international sanctions to crypto infrastructure used to move value across borders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-sanctions-garantex-russia-asset-freeze-october-2026/

Trump has tapped Jay Clayton, the former SEC chair behind the Ripple lawsuit, to lead a new Super Intelligence Force with a 120-day reporting mandate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-names-jay-clayton-sec-ripple-ai-czar-october-2026/

A Philippine court froze 25 crypto wallets and 86 bank accounts tied to a lawmaker in a flood control plunder case, showing how seizure powers now reach on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/philippine-court-freezes-25-crypto-wallets-plunder-probe-october-2026/

OnRe Finance put reinsurance on Solana, with CEO Dan Roberts explaining the move. A look at what onchain reinsurance means and where the risks sit. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/reinsurance-onre-finance-solana-onchain-october-2026/

Bitwise's Ryan Rasmussen says a sovereign wealth fund in its institutional survey is selling gold and FX reserves to fund Bitcoin buys. Here is what it signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sovereign-wealth-fund-sells-gold-fx-reserves-bitcoin-october-2026/

Nexo Tags is live, letting users send and receive crypto between Nexo accounts with an @username instead of a wallet address. One permanent tag per account. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nexo-tags-username-crypto-transfers-october-2026/

South Korea has published official rules letting stocks, bonds and funds be issued and traded on blockchain, a major step for regulated tokenized securities. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-tokenized-securities-rules-stocks-bonds-funds-october-2026/