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  • Wednesday · 4 min

    India's FIU Flags 15 Offshore Crypto Platforms for AML Lapses

    India's Financial Intelligence Unit issued PMLA non-compliance notices to 15 offshore crypto exchanges and swap platforms and asked for their apps and URLs to be blocked. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/india-fiu-flags-15-offshore-crypto-platforms-aml-september-2026/

  • Wednesday · 4 min

    XRP Funds Draw Inflows as Bitcoin, Ether, Solana ETFs Bleed

    XRP ETFs stood out with fresh inflows on September 9, 2026, while Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana funds logged outflows, hinting at an institutional rotation. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-etf-inflows-stand-out-bitcoin-ether-solana-outflows-september-2026/

  • Wednesday · 4 min

    Block Files With OCC for Builders Bank, a Bitcoin and Stablecoin Custody Bank

    Block filed with the OCC to launch Builders Bank & Trust, an uninsured national trust bank offering custody for Bitcoin and stablecoins. Here is what the filing means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/block-occ-builders-bank-trust-bitcoin-stablecoin-custody-september-2026/

  • Wednesday · 4 min

    Iran Turns to Bitcoin and Tether to Move Money Past US Sanctions

    Iran is quietly using Bitcoin and USDT to keep trade and currency flowing under US sanctions, per an FT report. Here is what it signals for crypto's role as payment rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/iran-crypto-bitcoin-usdt-bypass-us-sanctions-september-2026/

  • Wednesday · 3 min

    Kraken's Krak Pays Up to 250 Euro a Month for Salary Deposits

    Kraken is offering Krak users up to 250 euro a month for routing salary into the app across 24 European countries. Here is who qualifies and how it works. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kraken-krak-250-euro-salary-bonus-24-european-countries-september-2026/

  • Wednesday · 5 min

    Uniswap's UNI Burn Rate Tops $250M a Year, Adams Says

    Uniswap founder Hayden Adams says the protocol's 7-day annualized UNI burn rate has crossed $250M, up from about $200M days earlier. Here is what the number means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uniswap-uni-burn-record-250m-annual-rate-september-2026/

  • Wednesday · 4 min

    Trump Names Hyperliquid as CFTC Studies Its U.S. Compliance Path

    President Trump publicly named Hyperliquid on Sept. 7, 2026, as the CFTC studies a path to U.S. compliance for the decentralized derivatives platform. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-names-hyperliquid-cftc-us-compliance-path-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 3 min

    KuCoin Pay Brings Scan & Pay to Brazil, Argentina, and Peru

    KuCoin's Scan & Pay is now live in Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, letting users pay merchants directly with USDT instead of selling crypto to a bank first. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kucoin-scan-and-pay-launches-brazil-argentina-peru-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 5 min

    Cronos Rolls Back Its Chain to Recover $111M, Reigniting Immutability Debate

    Cronos executed a controversial blockchain rollback to recover $111 million in crypto, reopening the debate over emergency powers and whether a chain can be truly immutable. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cronos-blockchain-rollback-111-million-recovery-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 4 min

    Uzbekistan Starts Som Stablecoin Payment Pilot With 20+ Merchants

    Uzbekistan's Humo Digital begins a sandbox trial of its som-pegged HUMO stablecoin, backed by government securities, with 20+ merchants under central bank oversight. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uzbekistan-humo-som-stablecoin-payment-pilot-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 4 min

    Korea's Budget Office: Won Stablecoins Could Cut Merchant Fees $3.8B

    South Korea's National Assembly Budget Office estimates won-denominated stablecoins could save merchants up to 5.15 trillion won a year in card fees. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-budget-office-won-stablecoins-merchant-fees-3-8-billion-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 4 min

    Bitcoin Short-Term Whale Profits Hit Record $9.07B, Stirring Sell-Off Fears

    Bitcoin short-term whale holders are sitting on a record $9.07B in unrealized profit as BTC trades near $78,430. Here is what the concentration signal means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-short-term-whale-profits-record-9-billion-selloff-risk-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 5 min

    Liquid Network White-Hats Return 3,400 BTC, $47M Still Out

    White-hat hackers have returned 3,400 of 4,000 Bitcoin drained from Blockstream's Liquid Network. 598 BTC worth $47M remains outstanding as the network stays paused. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/liquid-network-whitehat-returns-3400-btc-47m-outstanding-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 4 min

    Swiss Stablecoin Sandbox Hits Testing Phase as SIX and TWINT Join

    Switzerland's CHFD franc stablecoin sandbox entered live testing on Sept 8, 2026, with exchange operator SIX and payment app TWINT joining nine pilot companies. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/swiss-stablecoin-sandbox-six-twint-testing-phase-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 4 min

    Canary Capital's Staked Tron ETF Set to List on Cboe Sept. 9

    Canary Capital's Staked Tron ETF (TRXS) lists on Cboe on September 9, the first US fund to pair Tron price exposure with onchain staking rewards. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/canary-capital-staked-tron-etf-cboe-launch-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 4 min

    Philippines Central Bank Proposes 12-Month Freeze on Payment Licenses

    The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas proposed a 12-month freeze on new payment-system operator registrations to rebuild its licensing framework. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/philippines-central-bank-payment-system-registration-freeze-september-2026/

  • Tuesday · 5 min

    Ethereum Foundation Picks FOCIL and Frame Transactions for Hegota

    The Ethereum Foundation named FOCIL and Frame Transactions the two 'must ship' EIPs for the Hegota upgrade, setting the protocol's near-term priorities. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-foundation-focil-frame-transactions-hegota-upgrade-september-2026/

  • Monday · 2 min

    Ether Fi Passes $100M in All-Time Onramp and Offramp Volume

    Ether Fi says its Cash rails have moved more than $100M in cumulative onramp and offramp volume. Here is what the funding milestone means for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ether-fi-100m-onramp-offramp-volume-milestone-september-2026/

  • Monday · 3 min

    Coldcard Hacker Drains $7.7M Across 293 Separate Bitcoin Vaults

    The Coldcard breach attacker is emptying 293 Bitcoin vaults in order of size, moving $7.7M so far, nearly half of the third-wave haul. What it means for self-custody. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coldcard-hacker-drains-7-7-million-293-vaults-september-2026/

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