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  • October 21 · 5 min

    Mastercard Opens Agent Pay for Machines to Developers

    Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines, giving developers APIs, a toolkit, and a sandbox to test autonomous AI agent payments. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mastercard-agent-pay-machines-ai-payments-october-2026/

  • October 21 · 4 min

    CFTC Wins $288M Judgment Against EminiFX Crypto-Forex Ponzi

    Federal court orders EminiFX and founder Eddy Alexandre to pay over $288M in restitution and penalties for a crypto and forex Ponzi scheme. What it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-eminifx-288m-ponzi-judgment-october-2026/

  • October 21 · 4 min

    Kraken's 80 Basis Point Stablecoin Fee Gap Exposes Hidden Costs

    Kraken's USDC conversions can cost 1% or 0.20% depending on the route you pick, an $80 gap on a $10,000 trade. Payout fees and account rules add more. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kraken-stablecoin-fee-gap-hidden-costs-october-2026/

  • October 20 · 3 min

    MetaMask Card Opens UK Sign-Ups for Self-Custody Spending

    MetaMask has opened MetaMask Card sign-ups in the UK, letting users spend wallet balances on the Mastercard network directly from self-custody. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/metamask-card-uk-signups-open-october-2026/

  • October 20 · 4 min

    Tokenized Gold Could Hit $170B by 2031, World Gold Council Says

    The World Gold Council projects tokenized gold growing from $45B today to $170B by 2031. Here is what the forecast says about real-world assets moving on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-gold-170-billion-world-gold-council-october-2026/

  • October 20 · 4 min

    CFTC Tells Court CME Has No Standing to Challenge Perpetual Futures Rules

    The CFTC argued in a court filing that CME Group cannot challenge its perpetual futures policy because the exchange has not shown any harm from the approach. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-defends-perpetual-futures-policy-cme-legal-challenge-october-2026/

  • October 20 · 4 min

    MoneyGram Launches Stablecoin App That Hides the Crypto

    MoneyGram's new consumer app embeds stablecoin rails for cross-border transfers, letting users send and hold money globally without touching crypto directly. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/moneygram-stablecoin-app-borderless-money-october-2026/

  • October 20 · 4 min

    France Votes to Tax Crypto Swaps Into Stablecoins by a Single Vote

    France's National Assembly adopted an amendment taxing gains when crypto is swapped into MiCA e-money tokens, passing 38-37 with a January 2027 start. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/france-national-assembly-stablecoin-swap-tax-mica-october-2026/

  • October 20 · 4 min

    Mt. Gox Trustee Delays Creditor Repayment Deadline to October 2027

    Mt. Gox's trustee pushed the creditor repayment deadline back a year to October 31, 2027, extending one of crypto's longest-running settlement cases. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mt-gox-trustee-delays-creditor-repayment-october-2027/

  • October 20 · 4 min

    Ramp Applies for OCC Trust Bank Charter to Custody Crypto

    Ramp has applied to the OCC for a national trust bank charter that would let it offer fiduciary investment management and bank-level digital asset custody. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ramp-occ-national-trust-bank-charter-crypto-custody-october-2026/

  • October 20 · 5 min

    Russia Moves to Route Crypto Through Authorized Brokers

    Russia wants crypto trades funneled through authorized brokers and exchanges, raising the question of whether wallet-to-wallet transfers can survive state oversight. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/russia-crypto-authorized-brokers-exchanges-october-2026/

  • October 20 · 4 min

    Tether Rejects Senate Report Tying USDT to Iran Sanctions Evasion

    Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino pushed back on a US Senate report linking USDT to Iran, citing a 94% drop in Iran-linked stablecoin volumes and early freezes. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tether-ardoino-rejects-senate-iran-sanctions-report-october-2026/

  • October 19 · 3 min

    Coinbase Taps Thunes to Push Stablecoins Into Local Banks and Wallets

    Coinbase said it is working with Thunes to connect its stablecoin rails to local bank accounts and mobile wallets worldwide. The last-mile settlement angle for cardholders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-thunes-stablecoin-local-payments-october-2026/

  • October 19 · 4 min

    German Savings Bank Sparkasse Opens Bitcoin to 40 Million Customers

    Sparkasse, Germany's largest banking group, will let its roughly 40 million customers buy Bitcoin directly, a major step for mainstream crypto access in Europe. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/german-savings-bank-sparkasse-bitcoin-40-million-october-2026/

  • October 19 · 4 min

    Bitmine Nears 5% of All Ethereum After Latest 12,535 ETH Buy

    Bitmine added 12,535 ETH to reach 6,041,481 ETH, now 99% of the way to its target of holding 5% of Ethereum's total supply. Here is what the position means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitmine-6-million-eth-approaching-5-percent-ethereum-supply-october-2026/

  • October 19 · 4 min

    XRP Ledger Lending Protocol Nears Launch, Short 10 Validator Votes

    The XRP Ledger patched its forthcoming lending system with a Friday bug-fix upgrade, but the protocol still needs 10 more validator votes out of 29 to go live. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-ledger-lending-protocol-validator-vote-october-2026/

  • October 19 · 5 min

    JPMorgan Brings JPM Coin to Public Ethereum for Institutional Clients

    JPMorgan is deploying its JPM Coin deposit token on public Ethereum for institutional clients, per Bloomberg. Here is what the move means for onchain settlement. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/jpmorgan-jpm-coin-ethereum-institutional-october-2026/

  • October 19 · 4 min

    South Korea Weighs Crypto Tax Delay as Officials Meet Exchanges

    South Korea's finance ministry will reportedly meet major crypto exchanges this week as pressure builds to postpone the 20% crypto tax due in January 2027. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-crypto-tax-delay-finance-ministry-exchanges-october-2026/

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