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  • August 21 · 5 min

    Bitcoin Jumps 21% After Treasury Buyback Plan Revives Debasement Bet

    Bitcoin trades near $77,600 as of August 21, 2026, up 21% since a Treasury buyback announcement revived the dollar-debasement trade. Glassnode data breaks it down. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-21-percent-treasury-buyback-dollar-debasement-august-2026/

  • August 21 · 4 min

    DOJ Expands Iran-Linked Hacking Case to 17 Defendants Over HBO Breach

    US prosecutors added defendants to an Iran-linked hacking case, tying six to HBO's 2017 breach and a Bitcoin ransom demand that climbed to about $6 million. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/doj-iran-hacking-case-17-defendants-hbo-bitcoin-ransom-august-2026/

  • August 21 · 4 min

    Japan Grants First New Crypto License in Four Years to Laser Digital

    Japan approved Laser Digital Japan for a crypto license, its first new grant in four years, clearing the Nomura-backed firm to supply liquidity to domestic providers. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-first-new-crypto-license-four-years-laser-digital-august-2026/

  • August 21 · 4 min

    Trump Pushes CFTC to Write Rules That Would Onshore Hyperliquid

    Trump says CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring the $200B on-chain venue Hyperliquid onshore, forcing regulators to define a legal on-chain exchange. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-cftc-onshore-hyperliquid-onchain-exchange-rules-august-2026/

  • August 21 · 4 min

    Bitdeer Locks In $400M Offtake for Half Its Malaysia AI Data Center

    Bitdeer AI has contracted roughly half its new Malaysia data center under a 5-year, ~$400M offtake deal and is targeting 350MW of AI cloud capacity by Q1 2028. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitdeer-400m-malaysia-data-center-ai-offtake-august-2026/

  • August 21 · 4 min

    MANTRA Chain Halts Its Network and Freezes All Transactions

    MANTRA Chain stopped block production and froze every transaction on August 21, 2026 after an unidentified incident, leaving OM holders locked out mid-rally. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mantra-chain-halts-network-freezes-transactions-august-2026/

  • August 21 · 5 min

    Franklin Templeton Wins SEC Clearance to Put ETFs Into Tokenized Fund

    The SEC cleared Franklin Templeton's ETFs and mutual funds to invest in its blockchain-based money market fund, a US first that folds tokenized assets into mainstream portfolios. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/franklin-templeton-sec-tokenized-money-market-fund-etfs-august-2026/

  • August 21 · 4 min

    CFTC Signals It Will Build a Crypto Regime Alone If CLARITY Stalls

    CFTC Commissioner Mike Selig says the agency will use existing authority to regulate crypto asset markets if the CLARITY Act stalls. Here is what that means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-mike-selig-unilateral-crypto-regime-clarity-act-stalls-august-2026/

  • August 20 · 4 min

    Injective Becomes First L1 to Register as an SEC Transfer Agent

    Injective says it is the first Layer 1 blockchain registered as an SEC transfer agent, a records role that could let tokenized securities settle on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/injective-first-l1-sec-transfer-agent-rwa-tokenization-august-2026/

  • August 20 · 5 min

    Kraken Freezes Up to $4.2M as HTX Address-Poisoning Reports Persist

    Kraken froze as much as $4.2M in user funds tied to an HTX-linked address-poisoning campaign. Here is how the scam works and how to avoid it. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kraken-freezes-4-2m-htx-address-poisoning-august-2026/

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