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  • September 7 · 4 min

    Bankless Co-Founder Sells ETH, Rotates Into LIT and ZEC for 369% Gains

    David Hoffman took heat for selling ETH, then rotated into LIT and ZEC. WuBlockchain reports the trade posted gains up to 369%. Here is what the pivot signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bankless-hoffman-eth-sale-lit-zec-rotation-september-2026/

  • September 7 · 4 min

    Liquid Network White-Hat Offers to Return $320M in Drained BTC

    The purported white-hat behind Liquid Network's $320M Elements exploit is negotiating a return of nearly 4,000 BTC to Blockstream's federation. Here is where it stands. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/liquid-network-whitehat-returns-320m-btc-blockstream-september-2026/

  • September 7 · 4 min

    Harmony Proposes Shutting Down Its Layer-1, Moving ONE to Ethereum

    Harmony proposed sunsetting its layer-1 chain and airdropping ONE as an ERC-20 on Ethereum, weeks after a mint exploit forged nearly 4 billion tokens. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/harmony-shuts-down-layer-1-migrates-one-ethereum-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 5 min

    Liquid Network's $320M Loss Traced to an Elements Mint Bug

    The ~$320M drain on Blockstream's Liquid was not a multisig break. About 4,000 L-BTC was minted by an Elements bug, then routed through SideSwap. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/liquid-network-elements-bug-320m-mint-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 5 min

    Nearly 4,000 BTC Drained From Blockstream's Liquid Peg

    Attackers calling themselves whitehats drained close to 4,000 BTC from Blockstream's Liquid sidechain peg, reviving questions about federated custody. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blockstream-liquid-peg-4000-btc-whitehat-drain-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 3 min

    FBI Seizes $15B+ in Crypto, Shuts 500+ Scam Investment Sites

    FBI Director Kash Patel says Operation Blackout seized over $15 billion in cryptocurrency, took down 500+ fraudulent investment sites, and closed scam compounds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fbi-operation-blackout-15-billion-crypto-seized-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 4 min

    Altcoins Flip Bitcoin in Open Interest: Reading the Leverage Shift

    Altcoins now hold more open interest than Bitcoin for the first time, per Cointelegraph. Here is what the derivatives shift signals for volatility ahead. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/altcoins-flip-bitcoin-open-interest-leverage-shift-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 5 min

    Pencil Finance Funds 1,000 Student Loans Entirely On-Chain

    Pencil Finance says it financed 1,000 Southeast Asian student loans on-chain, routing about $1M through a blockchain lending pool built for real-world credit. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/pencil-finance-1000-student-loans-onchain-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 3 min

    Traders Bet Over $1M on CLARITY Act Failure Before Key Vote

    Anonymous traders have wagered more than $1 million that crypto's CLARITY Act will fail days before a make-or-break vote, pricing in real skepticism. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/traders-bet-1-million-clarity-act-failure-vote-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 5 min

    Tether-Backed Orionx Shuts Down After $7M Custody Gap Found

    Chilean exchange Orionx is closing after a forensic audit found over $7M in customer assets moved to outside wallets. What it means for exchange custody risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/orionx-chile-exchange-shutdown-7-million-custody-gap-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 4 min

    Robinhood's Weekly DEX Volume Hits Record $10.47B, Nearly Doubling

    Robinhood chain's weekly DEX trading volume reached a record $10.47B, almost doubling week-over-week as onchain trading adoption accelerates. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/robinhood-dex-volume-record-10-billion-september-2026/

  • September 6 · 4 min

    Kyrgyzstan Pilots Digital Som and Expands Crypto Licensing Push

    Kyrgyzstan plans to pilot its digital som CBDC while expanding crypto licensing and stablecoin infrastructure, signaling a coordinated regulatory push in Central Asia. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kyrgyzstan-digital-som-cbdc-crypto-licensing-stablecoin-september-2026/

  • September 5 · 4 min

    Trezor Breach Exposes 80K+ Customers After ShipMonk Deletion Failed

    Trezor says a ShipMonk breach exposed roughly 80,689 customers after shipping records that were supposedly deleted were found intact. What crypto holders should do. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trezor-shipmonk-breach-80000-customers-exposed-september-2026/

  • September 5 · 5 min

    Compound's $24M Governance Vote Exposes DAO Emergency Brake Gaps

    A Compound proposal moved $24M in reserves after 82% of its support landed in the final 34 minutes. The vote was legal, and that is the problem for DAO safety. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/compound-24-million-governance-vote-dao-emergency-brake-september-2026/

  • September 5 · 4 min

    Bitcoin ETF Inflows Hit $3.8B in Strongest Three-Week Run of 2026

    US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in nearly $1B last week and $3.8B over three weeks, their best stretch of 2026, even as BTC slipped below $80,000. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-etf-inflows-3-8-billion-strongest-three-week-stretch-september-2026/

  • September 5 · 4 min

    BTC Digital Regains Nasdaq Compliance After Shares Hold Above $1

    Bitcoin miner BTC Digital restored its Nasdaq listing compliance by keeping shares above $1 for 10 straight sessions, clearing a delisting deadline. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/btc-digital-regains-nasdaq-compliance-dollar-threshold-september-2026/

  • September 5 · 4 min

    Bitcoin Falls Below $80K as Hot Jobs Data Lifts Hawkish Fed Bets

    August payrolls rose 162,000, more than five times the prior year's monthly average. Bitcoin slid under $80,000 as rate-cut odds faded ahead of Sept. 11 CPI. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-falls-below-80k-hot-jobs-data-hawkish-fed-september-2026/

  • September 5 · 4 min

    Pineapple Financial Puts $1B+ in Mortgage Records on Injective

    Pineapple Financial has moved over $1 billion in mortgage records onto Injective and plans to bring more than $10 billion of data on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/pineapple-financial-mortgage-records-injective-onchain-september-2026/

  • September 5 · 4 min

    US Treasury's FinCEN Flags $12.7B Tied to Suspected Crypto Scams

    FinCEN has identified $12.7 billion linked to suspected crypto scams. Here is what the figure means for fraud detection and how cardholders can lower their risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-treasury-fincen-12-7-billion-crypto-scams-september-2026/

  • September 5 · 4 min

    Robinhood Chain Hit by 14-Minute Outage as Corporate Backlash Builds

    Robinhood Chain halted block production for 14 minutes on Sept. 4 while AMC's CEO attacked its stock tokens, testing the L2 at the peak of its growth. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/robinhood-chain-outage-corporate-backlash-september-2026/

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