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  • August 25 · 4 min

    Thailand's SEC Opens Public Consultation on Spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs

    Thailand's SEC is taking public feedback until September on draft rules for locally listed spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, opening a path for regulated crypto exposure. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/thailand-sec-consultation-spot-bitcoin-ether-etf-august-2026/

  • August 25 · 5 min

    Monad Proposes Passkeys and Social Recovery Without Address Changes

    Monad developers proposed upgradeable account authentication that adds passkeys, social recovery, key rotation, and post-quantum security while keeping the same wallet address. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/monad-upgradeable-account-authentication-passkeys-social-recovery-august-2026/

  • August 25 · 4 min

    India Plans First Tokenized Corporate Bonds in September, Settled in CBDC

    India will issue its first tokenized corporate bonds in September, settling them with the digital rupee for instant, atomic delivery-versus-payment, Reuters reports. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/india-tokenized-corporate-bonds-cbdc-settlement-september-2026/

  • August 24 · 4 min

    Solid Overhauls Rewards: Up to 50% AI Cashback, Fees to 0%

    Solid replaced its 10% cashback week with a permanent program: up to 50% cashback on AI tools, fees that fall to 0% by tier, and $FUSE staking to climb faster. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solid-rewards-revamp-50-percent-ai-cashback-fees-to-zero-august-2026/

  • 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

    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

    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/

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