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  • September 2 · 5 min

    Bitcoin ETFs Book Best Month of 2026 as BTC Jumps 25% in August

    US spot Bitcoin ETFs logged their strongest month of 2026 in August, cutting year-to-date net outflows by 66% as BTC rallied about 25%. Here's what the reversal means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-etfs-best-month-2026-btc-up-25-august-september-2026/

  • September 2 · 4 min

    Pocket Bitcoin Leak Ties 291 Customers to Their Bitcoin Wallets

    Swiss service Pocket Bitcoin exposed compliance records linking 291 customers' names and addresses to public Bitcoin wallets. Funds were safe, but privacy was not. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/pocket-bitcoin-leak-291-users-identities-wallets-september-2026/

  • September 2 · 4 min

    Global Money Supply Hits Record $150 Trillion: The Crypto Angle

    Global broad money supply reached a record $150 trillion in June, up $10.7 trillion YoY. Here is what the monetary expansion means for Bitcoin and crypto. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/global-money-supply-record-150-trillion-crypto-september-2026/

  • September 2 · 4 min

    21 Major Banks Plan Joint USD Stablecoin Launch by H1 2027

    Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo and 17 other banks aim to launch a shared USD stablecoin by mid-2027, with a euro version to follow. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/twenty-one-major-banks-joint-usd-stablecoin-h1-2027-september-2026/

  • September 2 · 4 min

    G20 Finance Chiefs Formally Recognize Digital Assets' Economic Role

    G20 finance ministers and central bank governors formally recognized digital assets in economic growth and pledged clearer rules and better cross-border payments. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/g20-formally-recognizes-digital-assets-economic-growth-september-2026/

  • September 1 · 4 min

    Crypto Token Buybacks Hit a Record $638M, Led by Two Protocols

    Token buybacks reached a record $638M, with Hyperliquid and Pump.fun driving nearly 90% of the total. Here is what the concentration says about onchain revenue. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-token-buybacks-record-638-million-hyperliquid-pumpfun-september-2026/

  • September 1 · 5 min

    Singapore Proposes Stablecoin License With 100% Reserve Rule

    Singapore's MAS proposes a stablecoin license requiring 100% reserve backing and banning interest to holders, setting a strict bar for issuers seeking approval. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/singapore-mas-stablecoin-license-100-percent-reserves-no-holder-interest-september-2026/

  • September 1 · 4 min

    Russia's Crypto Law Takes Effect: Oversight Replaces the Gray Zone

    Russia's cryptocurrency regulation went live on September 1, 2026, moving digital assets from an unofficial gray zone into a formal legal framework. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-crypto-law-takes-effect-september-2026/

  • September 1 · 4 min

    EU Moves to Keep Crypto Out of Tax-Advantaged Savings Accounts

    The EU is recommending member states exclude crypto from tax-advantaged savings accounts, cutting off a mainstream on-ramp for retail investors across the bloc. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eu-crypto-exclusion-tax-advantaged-savings-accounts-september-2026/

  • September 1 · 4 min

    Grayscale's Zach Pandl Ties AI Privacy Fears to Zcash

    Grayscale Research's Zach Pandl argues AI's appetite for financial data is reviving demand for privacy coins, with Zcash's zero-knowledge cryptography as a candidate solution. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zcash-ai-financial-privacy-grayscale-zach-pandl-september-2026/

  • September 1 · 4 min

    Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital Puts $300M Into Polymarket

    Donald Trump Jr.'s 1789 Capital is investing roughly $300M into Polymarket, one of the largest political-backed bets on a crypto prediction market to date. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-jr-1789-capital-300-million-polymarket-september-2026/

  • September 1 · 4 min

    Goldman Sachs and Jane Street Top XRP ETF Holder List in Q2

    Q2 13F filings show Goldman Sachs, Jane Street, and Millennium Management among the largest XRP ETF holders, a rare institutional footprint for a long-contested token. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-etf-top-holders-goldman-jane-street-millennium-q2-2026/

  • September 1 · 5 min

    Japan's FSA Seeks Tax-Filing Exemption for Trust-Type Stablecoins

    Japan's FSA has asked for a tax-filing exemption for trust-type stablecoins from April 2027, treating them as payment tools rather than income-generating assets. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-fsa-tax-filing-exemption-trust-stablecoins-2027-september-2026/

  • September 1 · 4 min

    Bitcoin in Transition: Inflows Meet Leverage and Early Selling

    Glassnode says Bitcoin is 'in transition' as institutional inflows collide with peak leverage and early holder selling. BTC sits at $78,738 on Sept 1, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-market-in-transition-institutional-inflows-leverage-distribution-september-2026/

  • August 31 · 5 min

    Ireland Blocks Crypto From State Savings Scheme Covering $203B

    Ireland is excluding crypto from a new tax-advantaged state savings scheme that covers 203 billion euros in deposits, while shares, bonds, funds and ETFs qualify. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ireland-bars-crypto-state-savings-scheme-203b-august-2026/

  • August 31 · 5 min

    Ankr ankrFLOW Exploit Drains $410K From MORE Markets Reserve

    An Ankr ankrFLOW contract flaw enabled an attacker to remove about $410,000 in WFLOW from MORE Markets and realize roughly $246,000 after slippage. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/more-markets-flow-evm-lending-exploit-9-3-million-august-2026/

  • August 31 · 4 min

    CFTC Fines Ex-White House Teleprompter Operator $172K for Insider Trades

    The CFTC ordered former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez to pay about $172,000 for trading presidential mention markets on speeches he saw first. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-perez-prediction-market-insider-trading-fine-august-2026/

  • August 31 · 4 min

    Chainalysis Sues U.S. Government, Says ICE Rigged a $95M Deal

    Chainalysis filed seven counts against the U.S. government, accusing ICE of rigging a $95M blockchain analytics contract. Here is what the dispute means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/chainalysis-sues-us-government-ice-95-million-contract-august-2026/

  • August 31 · 4 min

    Bitcoin Gets Quantum-Safe Transactions and a Post-Quantum Soft Fork Plan

    Bitcoin developers have made quantum-safe transactions possible and proposed a soft fork to defend the network against future quantum computers. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-quantum-safe-transactions-post-quantum-soft-fork-august-2026/

  • August 31 · 4 min

    115M XRP Short Meets Record ETF Inflows, Raising Squeeze Risk

    CFTC data shows a 115.7M XRP-equivalent net short just as US spot XRP ETFs post their best week at $110.49M in inflows. Here is the setup and the risk. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-115-million-token-short-etf-inflows-squeeze-risk-august-2026/

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