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  • September 4 · 4 min

    OpenReserve Wins Initial U.S. Approval to Operate as a Blockchain Bank

    A U.S. banking agency granted OpenReserve preliminary approval to operate, one of the first blockchain-native banks to clear a federal regulator. Here's what it signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/openreserve-blockchain-bank-us-banking-approval-september-2026/

  • September 4 · 4 min

    IMF: El Salvador Stopped Buying Bitcoin With Public Funds

    The IMF says El Salvador has not used public money to buy Bitcoin since June 2025 and expects no further accumulation, quietly ending a landmark policy. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/imf-el-salvador-bitcoin-accumulation-halt-september-2026/

  • September 4 · 4 min

    Tether Faces $42M Suit From Thai Businessmen Over Frozen USDT

    Thai businessmen are suing Tether over $42M in USDT frozen in a pig-butchering scam case, testing when a stablecoin issuer can be held liable for locking funds. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-42-million-lawsuit-thai-businessmen-frozen-usdt-september-2026/

  • September 4 · 4 min

    Solana Launches Payment Channels So AI Agents Settle in One Transaction

    Solana rolled out Payment Channels, letting AI agents set a spending limit once and settle usage in a single on-chain transaction instead of signing every call. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-payment-channels-ai-agents-onchain-settlement-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 4 min

    Jane Street Commits $13B to Crusoe's AI Cloud Infrastructure

    Trading firm Jane Street signed a reported $13 billion cloud contract with Crusoe, the former Bitcoin miner now building AI data centers. Here is why it matters. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jane-street-crusoe-13-billion-ai-cloud-contract-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 4 min

    Coinbase Files With the SEC to List Single-Stock Perpetual Futures

    Coinbase has filed SEC registrations to bring single-stock perpetual futures to U.S. traders, a crypto-native derivative now aimed at equities. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-single-stock-perpetual-futures-sec-filing-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 4 min

    Strategy Raises $20.9B, Becomes 4th-Largest U.S. Equity Issuer

    Michael Saylor's Strategy has raised $20.9 billion in equity this year, ranking fourth among all U.S. issuers, to fund its Bitcoin accumulation as BTC trades near $80,945. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-fourth-largest-us-equity-issuer-20-9-billion-bitcoin-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 5 min

    Australia Sets Sept. 30 Crypto License Deadline, Fines Reach 10% of Turnover

    ASIC gave crypto firms until September 30 to apply for an Australian Financial Services licence or face fines up to 10% of annual turnover from October 1. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/australia-asic-crypto-license-deadline-10-percent-turnover-fine-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 4 min

    Nomura's Laser Digital Brings Institutional Fixed Income to Euler Finance

    Nomura's crypto arm Laser Digital is partnering with Keyring Network to launch institutional-grade fixed income products in DeFi, starting on Euler Finance. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nomura-laser-digital-euler-finance-institutional-fixed-income-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 4 min

    Standard Chartered Opens Institutional Crypto Trading Desk in the UAE

    Standard Chartered, a $367B global bank, launched institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading in the UAE, deepening the Middle East's push to become a regulated crypto hub. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/standard-chartered-institutional-crypto-trading-uae-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 4 min

    Stablecoins Are Quietly Becoming the Treasury Market's Debt Buyer

    Dollar-backed stablecoins now park billions in short-term US Treasuries, turning private crypto tokens into a steady buyer of government debt. Here is what that shift means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/stablecoins-treasury-debt-buyer-last-resort-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 4 min

    SEC Chair Atkins Expects the CLARITY Act to Clear the Senate

    SEC Chair Paul Atkins told Fox Business he anticipates the CLARITY Act will pass the Senate and reach Trump's desk. Here is what the market structure bill changes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-chair-atkins-clarity-act-senate-passage-september-2026/

  • September 3 · 4 min

    Coinbase Adds Anthony Armstrong to Board, Eyes 'Financial System for AI'

    Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong welcomed Anthony Armstrong to the board on September 3, 2026, with a stated goal of building the financial system for AI agents. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-anthony-armstrong-board-ai-financial-system-september-2026/

  • September 2 · 4 min

    Thailand Adopts Crypto Travel Rule With Self-Custody Wallet Checks

    Thailand's SEC now enforces the crypto Travel Rule, requiring exchanges to verify self-custodial wallet ownership and keep transfer records for five years. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/thailand-crypto-travel-rule-self-custody-wallet-checks-september-2026/

  • September 2 · 5 min

    Sality Botnet Dismantled After Eight Years of Crypto Theft

    CrowdStrike and the DOJ isolated 15,000+ machines infected by Sality, an eight-year malware operation that stole Bitcoin and Ethereum from victims worldwide. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sality-botnet-dismantled-crypto-theft-crowdstrike-doj-september-2026/

  • September 2 · 4 min

    Bitfinex Securities Lists Five Tokenized Notes That Trade Against Bitcoin

    Bitfinex Securities listed tokenized notes tracking Strategy, STRC, Metaplanet, H100 Group and Capital B, tradable against USD, USDT and Bitcoin for non-US investors. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitfinex-securities-tokenized-notes-strategy-metaplanet-september-2026/

  • 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/

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