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Listen to the SpendNode podcast for narrated crypto audio news and analysis on policy, stablecoins, payments, market structure, and crypto cards.

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August 24 · 4 min
Pakistan Opens Crypto Licensing With a September 5 Registration Deadline
Pakistan's virtual asset regulator launched a licensing regime and set a September 5 registration deadline, pulling one of the world's largest crypto user bases onshore. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/pakistan-crypto-licensing-regime-september-5-deadline-august-2026/
August 24 · 4 min
Germany Widens MiCA Lead as EU Adds 6 New Crypto Banks to Register
Germany now has 79 MiCA-authorized crypto asset service providers, the most in the EU, as six new banks join the bloc's register. Here is what it signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/germany-mica-lead-79-casps-six-banks-eu-register-august-2026/
August 24 · 4 min
Ray Dalio Warns of US Debt Crisis Within Three Years as Bitcoin Rallies
Ray Dalio says the US could hit a debt crisis within three years. Bitcoin is up 21% in a week to $76,969, and traders are reading it as a macro hedge. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ray-dalio-us-debt-crisis-three-years-bitcoin-new-cycle-august-2026/
August 24 · 4 min
Bessent's $4B Bond Buyback Aimed at Yields, Got a Bitcoin Surge
The Treasury's $4B bond buyback was meant to pull yields lower. Instead Bitcoin ran to $77,105 as traders read it as another debasement signal. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bessent-4-billion-bond-buyback-bitcoin-surge-august-2026/
August 24 · 4 min
OKX Pushes Stocks, Gold, and Commodities Onchain as Tokenized TradFi Grows
OKX is promoting tokenized stocks, gold, indices, and commodities onchain, citing 5x+ growth in tokenized TradFi. Here is what the move means for crypto users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/okx-tokenized-stocks-gold-commodities-onchain-august-2026/
August 24 · 4 min
Ledger Patches a Signing-Flow Bug in Its Ethereum App
Ledger's CTO says a vulnerability in certain Ethereum signing flows has been fixed. Here is what hardware wallet users should check and update now. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ledger-ethereum-app-signing-vulnerability-fixed-august-2026/
August 24 · 4 min
Solana Opens Validator Votes on a Constitution, Disinflation, and Fees
Solana validators are voting on three protocol changes at once: a formal Constitution, faster SOL disinflation, and a fee-market overhaul. Here is what each does. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-validator-vote-constitution-disinflation-fee-reform-august-2026/
August 24 · 5 min
Phantom Wallet Ends Sui Support September 24: What Happens to Your Assets
Phantom Wallet is dropping Sui on September 24, 2026, forcing users to migrate. Here is what the delisting means and how to move your SUI safely. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/phantom-wallet-ends-sui-support-september-24-2026/
August 24 · 5 min
Trump's Hyperliquid Plan Hits a Wall of Existing US Law
Trump says the CFTC will bring Hyperliquid onshore in a fully compliant way. Legal analysts say current US derivatives law does not allow it. Here is the gap. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-hyperliquid-cftc-legal-limits-mariotti-august-2026/
August 23 · 5 min
Secret Network Mints 1.08B SCRT, Diluting Supply 75% to Survive
Secret Network minted 1.079B SCRT overnight, diluting supply 75%, to fund operations after SCRT Labs said it will exit the Layer 1 on September 1, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/secret-network-75-percent-supply-dilution-scrt-labs-exit-august-2026/
August 23 · 3 min
Term Labs Loses $8.5M in Governance Exploit Hitting Vaults
DeFi lending protocol Term Labs was drained of $8.5M through a governance exploit affecting its vaults, per WuBlockchain. Here is what is known so far. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/term-labs-8-5-million-governance-exploit-vaults-august-2026/
August 23 · 3 min
Coinbase Lifts USDC Rewards to 6.5% in Bitcoin for Coinbase One
Coinbase is paying Coinbase One members 6.5% on USDC balances for one month, settled in Bitcoin with weekly payouts. Here is what changes for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-one-6-5-percent-btc-rewards-usdc-august-2026/
August 23 · 4 min
23 of the OCC's 40 New Bank Charter Bids Include Digital Assets
More than half of recent de novo bank charter applications to the OCC involve digital assets, a sign that crypto is moving into the federal banking perimeter. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/occ-bank-charters-23-of-40-digital-assets-august-2026/
August 23 · 4 min
Bitcoin Futures Hit Record Leverage as Open Interest Tops Daily Volume
Bitcoin futures open interest set a record on Aug 15, 2026, with more leveraged positions open than the whole market trades in a day. Here is the liquidation math. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-futures-record-leverage-open-interest-august-2026/
August 23 · 4 min
G20 Crypto Regulation: Why the US Still Trails Its Peers
Brian Armstrong says most G20 nations already regulate crypto trading while the US stays fragmented. Here is where US rulemaking stands as of August 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/g20-crypto-regulation-us-outlier-armstrong-august-2026/
August 23 · 3 min
Ledger Wallet Adds In-App Fiat-to-Stablecoin Swaps via Noah
Ledger Wallet now converts USD and EUR to USDT or USDC inside the app, powered by Noah. Here is what the in-app funding change means for Ledger card users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ledger-wallet-cash-to-stablecoin-noah-fiat-conversion-august-2026/
August 23 · 4 min
BitMart Weighs a Restart and Creditor Payouts Weeks After Shutdown
BitMart is considering creditor repayments and a phased restart less than a month after announcing it would shut down. What the reversal means for deposits. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmart-restart-creditor-payouts-shutdown-reversal-august-2026/
August 23 · 4 min
El Salvador Hits 7,751 BTC as Its Daily Buying Streak Rolls On
El Salvador's treasury reached 7,751 BTC worth about $599M as of August 23, 2026, extending a one-coin-a-day accumulation policy that has outlasted its IMF deal. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/el-salvador-7751-btc-daily-buy-august-2026/
August 22 · 4 min
Crypto Wipes $2.7B in Shorts as Bitcoin Rips 22% in a Week
A 72-hour squeeze wiped $2.7B in short positions as Bitcoin climbed to $77,285 and XRP jumped 6.8% in a day. The leverage math behind the move, as of August 22, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-2-7-billion-shorts-liquidated-72-hours-august-2026/
August 22 · 3 min
Binance Pay Reaches 3,700+ Merchants in Bhutan, No Fees Through 2026
Binance Pay now works at 3,700+ merchants in Bhutan through DK Bank QR codes, with zero transaction fees through 2026. What it means for spending crypto abroad. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-pay-bhutan-3700-merchants-zero-fees-august-2026/

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