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  • 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/

  • August 31 · 3 min

    Russia's Regulated Crypto Market Targets $46B in Its First Year

    Russia's regulated crypto trading framework is projected to clear $46 billion in volume in its first year, WuBlockchain reports, as Moscow formalizes onramps under sanctions. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-regulated-crypto-trading-46-billion-first-year-august-2026/

  • August 31 · 4 min

    Robinhood Chain's App Revenue Tops Ethereum in a Single Day

    Robinhood Chain's 24-hour app revenue passed Ethereum and Hyperliquid L1 and ran nearly 6x Base's, per Wu Blockchain data, as of August 31, 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/robinhood-chain-app-revenue-overtakes-ethereum-august-2026/

  • August 31 · 4 min

    Coinbase CEO Armstrong Presses Congress to Pass the Clarity Act

    Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong urged Congress to pass the Clarity Act, arguing the market structure bill helps consumers, banks, and law enforcement alike. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-armstrong-clarity-act-market-structure-push-august-2026/

  • August 30 · 4 min

    Cronos Halts Its Chain After a $75M Tectonic Exploit

    Cronos paused block production after an attacker drained an estimated $75M from lending protocol Tectonic. Here is what happened and what it means for users. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cronos-tectonic-exploit-chain-halt-75m-august-2026/

  • August 30 · 4 min

    Crypto Shorts Lose $9.7B in a Week, the Largest Squeeze on Record

    A record $9.7B in short liquidations hit crypto over seven days as prices climbed. Here is what drove the squeeze and what it signals for leverage and funding. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-97-billion-short-squeeze-largest-liquidation-august-2026/

  • August 30 · 3 min

    Crypto.com Opens Airdrop Arena Round With $150K in RENDER

    Crypto.com launched a new Airdrop Arena event sharing $150,000 in RENDER for CRO allocators through Sept 28, with a 120% points boost at 1,500 CRO. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-com-airdrop-arena-render-150k-august-2026/

  • August 30 · 3 min

    Avici Completes Refunds With 10% Cashback After Solana Card Exploit

    Avici says every affected Solana card balance is refunded in full, plus an extra 10% cashback, after a contract exploit its partner Rain has now patched. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/avici-solana-card-refunds-complete-10-percent-cashback-august-2026/

  • August 30 · 5 min

    Deribit Pulls Its Public Proof of Reserves Page on September 1

    Deribit is removing its public Proof of Reserves page on September 1, 2026, ending daily balance verification for customers. Here's what changes for traders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/deribit-removes-public-proof-of-reserves-september-2026/

  • August 30 · 4 min

    Russia's Sberbank Plans to Take Bitcoin and Ether as Loan Collateral

    Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT as collateral for loans, per TASS, moving crypto into mainstream credit rails. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sberbank-bitcoin-ethereum-usdt-loan-collateral-august-2026/

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