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  • October 6 · 3 min

    Treasury Scraps $10K Reporting Rule for Crypto Sent to Private Wallets

    The US Treasury has dropped a proposed rule that would have forced reporting of crypto transfers over $10,000 to self-hosted wallets. Here is what changes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-treasury-scraps-10k-crypto-reporting-rule-private-wallets-october-2026/

  • October 6 · 4 min

    Google Cloud to Shut Down Its Blockchain Node Services by December 15

    Google Cloud is retiring its Blockchain Node Engine and RPC on December 15, 2026, and moving customers to QuickNode. What the exit means for crypto infrastructure. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/google-cloud-shuts-down-blockchain-node-engine-rpc-october-2026/

  • October 6 · 4 min

    FinCEN Drops Proposed Crypto Mixer and Unhosted Wallet Rules

    FinCEN withdrew its proposed crackdown on crypto mixers and unhosted wallet monitoring, saying the mixer rule risked chilling legitimate financial activity. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fincen-abandons-crypto-mixer-unhosted-wallet-rules-october-2026/

  • October 6 · 4 min

    Strive's $500M Buyback Cap Runs Past Its $284.7M Cash Pile

    Bitcoin treasury firm Strive set an optional $500M buyback ceiling for its SATA shares, $215.3M above its Oct. 2 cash of $284.7M, and moved to trim dividends. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strive-500m-sata-buyback-exceeds-cash-reserve-october-2026/

  • October 6 · 4 min

    Solana and J.P. Morgan Launch On-Chain Settlement Standard

    Solana debuts a delivery-versus-payment settlement standard built with J.P. Morgan input, letting institutions settle trades atomically on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-jp-morgan-institutional-settlement-standard-october-2026/

  • October 6 · 4 min

    Fairshake PAC Spends $6M on House Incumbents to Push CLARITY Act

    Crypto super PAC Fairshake is putting $1M each behind six House incumbents, all backers of the stalled CLARITY Act, as the bill waits in the Senate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fairshake-pac-6m-house-incumbents-clarity-act-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 4 min

    Strategy Closes Q3 Holding 848,000 Bitcoin and a $21B Gain

    Strategy added 334 BTC last week to reach 848,000 Bitcoin and booked a $21B digital asset gain for Q3, while steering more cash toward STRC buybacks. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/strategy-holds-848000-bitcoin-21b-q3-gain-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 4 min

    China's Stablecoin Wallets Grew 43-Fold Despite a Crypto Ban

    Chainalysis data shows unique P2P stablecoin wallets in China grew 43x from Q1 2024 to Q2 2026, a sign capital controls are pushing users on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-stablecoin-p2p-wallets-grew-43x-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 4 min

    BitMine Buys 15,112 ETH, Nears 5% of Ethereum Supply

    Tom Lee's BitMine added 15,112 ETH worth about $41M, pushing holdings to 6,016,414 ETH and 99% of the way to owning 5% of all Ethereum supply. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-buys-15112-ethereum-nearing-5-percent-supply-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 4 min

    Hyperliquid Perpetual Futures Land on the Bloomberg Terminal

    Hyperliquid perpetual futures data is now live on the Bloomberg Terminal, putting an onchain derivatives venue in front of institutional desks for the first time. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-perpetual-futures-bloomberg-terminal-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 4 min

    Treasury Crackdown Exposes Crypto's Role in $2M Hamas Funding Network

    The US Treasury disrupted a $2 million Hamas fundraising network that moved money through crypto, a fresh sign of how terror-finance enforcement now reaches onchain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/treasury-sanctions-crypto-hamas-fundraising-network-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 4 min

    XRP and SOL Spot ETF Inflows Crash 94% as Altcoin Demand Cools

    Weekly inflows into XRP and Solana spot ETFs fell more than 94% as institutional demand for altcoin products pulled back sharply, even as Bitcoin ETFs kept drawing cash. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-sol-etf-inflows-crash-94-percent-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 5 min

    OKX and NYSE Parent File With SEC to Tokenize 63 US Stocks

    OKX and Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the NYSE, filed with the SEC to put tokenized shares of more than 60 US-listed companies on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/okx-nyse-parent-file-tokenized-us-stock-platform-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 4 min

    S&P Global Builds a Risk Framework for $10B in DeFi Lending Vaults

    S&P Global Ratings launched a Vault Risk Assessment framework for onchain digital asset lending vaults, a market now holding $10B in deposits. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sp-global-defi-vault-risk-framework-10b-october-2026/

  • October 5 · 4 min

    Zcash Hires a Washington Lobbyist to Push Privacy-Friendly Crypto Rules

    Zcash has registered a Washington lobbying operation targeting the CLARITY Act and two digital asset tax proposals, putting privacy coins into direct US policy fights. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/zcash-washington-lobbyist-crypto-policy-october-2026/

  • October 4 · 3 min

    Bitcoin Core Patches Signing Flaw That Could Redirect a Payment

    Bitcoin Core merged a fix for a SIGHASH_SINGLE gap that could leave a transaction's recipient unbound, letting funds move without breaking the signature. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-core-patches-sighash-single-signing-flaw-october-2026/

  • October 4 · 4 min

    Banking Group Sues OCC to Block Crypto's 'Side Door' Into Banking

    The Independent Community Bankers of America is suing the OCC, arguing national trust charters hand crypto firms a side door into the US banking system. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/banking-group-sues-occ-crypto-trust-charters-october-2026/

  • October 4 · 5 min

    Russia's Finance Ministry Pays Staff in Digital Rubles for First Time

    Russia's Finance Ministry paid some of its own employees in digital rubles, the first government payroll in the CBDC a month after the nationwide rollout began. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-finance-ministry-digital-ruble-staff-payroll-october-2026/

  • October 4 · 4 min

    Japan Adds Crypto Exchange Garantex to Russia Asset Freeze List

    Japan has added crypto exchange Garantex to its Russia asset freeze list, extending coordinated international sanctions to crypto infrastructure used to move value across borders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/japan-sanctions-garantex-russia-asset-freeze-october-2026/

  • October 4 · 4 min

    Trump Names Jay Clayton, the SEC Chair Who Sued Ripple, as AI Czar

    Trump has tapped Jay Clayton, the former SEC chair behind the Ripple lawsuit, to lead a new Super Intelligence Force with a 120-day reporting mandate. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-names-jay-clayton-sec-ripple-ai-czar-october-2026/

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