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  • August 28 · 4 min

    SEC Clears Evernorth XRP Treasury Company for Nasdaq Listing

    Evernorth wins SEC registration to list on Nasdaq as an XRP treasury company under ticker XRPN, a regulatory green light for XRP as an institutional balance-sheet asset. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/evernorth-xrp-treasury-company-nasdaq-sec-clearance-august-2026/

  • August 28 · 5 min

    Servicemember Faces Insider Trading Charges Over $1M Polymarket Bet

    US federal authorities are preparing insider trading charges against a servicemember who made over $1M on Polymarket using knowledge of military operations, per WSJ. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/servicemember-polymarket-insider-trading-classified-military-august-2026/

  • August 28 · 5 min

    Abu Dhabi Royal Backs 49% Stake in Trump-Linked Crypto Bank

    Sheikh Tahnoon's group reportedly holds a 49% stake in the holding company behind World Liberty's crypto bank plan, per a WSJ report. Here is what it means. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/abu-dhabi-tahnoon-world-liberty-crypto-bank-stake-august-2026/

  • August 28 · 4 min

    Bitwise's BSOL Sets Record Single-Day Volume for a Solana ETF

    Bitwise president Teddy Fusaro says the BSOL Solana ETF logged its highest single-day trading volume ever, as SOL climbs 7.8% in 24 hours. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solana-etf-bsol-record-single-day-volume-bitwise-august-2026/

  • August 28 · 5 min

    New Zealand's ACT Party Floats a Crypto Capital Gains Tax Waiver

    New Zealand's ACT Party proposes exempting cryptocurrency from capital gains tax, a policy that would leave crypto holders taxed only on income, not appreciation. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/new-zealand-act-party-crypto-capital-gains-tax-waiver-august-2026/

  • August 28 · 4 min

    MoonPay Adds Solana Lending to Its AI Payment Vault PayBox

    MoonPay integrated Kamino into PayBox, letting eligible users lend and borrow on Solana through ChatGPT or Claude. Here is what the move means for AI-driven payments. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/moonpay-kamino-paybox-ai-payment-vault-solana-august-2026/

  • August 28 · 4 min

    Bitcoin Posts Its Largest Weekly Dollar Gain on Record

    Bitcoin logged its biggest weekly dollar gain in history and largest percentage jump since March 2023, per Galaxy Research. Here is what moved the market. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-largest-weekly-dollar-gain-history-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 2 min

    Nexo Offers Australians Up to 10,000 USDC in a Deposit-Match Push

    Nexo is offering Australian clients up to 10,000 USDC via a 2% deposit match over six months. Opt in by Sept 30 and add $5,000+ within seven days. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nexo-australia-10000-usdc-deposit-match-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    Arthur Hayes Explains Why BitMEX Chose to Wind Down

    BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes lays out the reasoning behind the exchange's shutdown: regulatory scarring, lost market share, and a commoditized perp market. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/arthur-hayes-explains-bitmex-shutdown-wind-down-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    Mirae Asset Targets a $109B Digital Asset Business in South Korea

    South Korea's Mirae Asset is building a $109B digital asset unit spanning crypto, stablecoins, RWAs, and tokenized securities. Here's what the scale signals. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mirae-asset-109-billion-digital-asset-business-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    BlackRock: Kidnapping and Custody Fears Push Bitcoin Into IBIT

    BlackRock's Robbie Mitchnick says kidnappings, ransoms, and custody failures are pushing holders to move Bitcoin into the IBIT ETF for security, not yield. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blackrock-ibit-bitcoin-security-kidnapping-custody-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    UK Hands the Bank of England a Stablecoin Innovation Mandate

    The UK government plans to give the Bank of England a formal mandate to support payments innovation and stablecoins, adding a growth remit to its stability role. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uk-bank-of-england-stablecoin-payments-mandate-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    Saitama Token Exec Manpreet Kohli Loses UK Extradition Fight

    Manpreet Kohli, a former Saitama executive, lost his UK extradition fight and will face US fraud and market manipulation charges tied to the meme token. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/manpreet-kohli-saitama-token-extradition-us-fraud-charges-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    Grant Cardone Lifts Fort Lauderdale Fund's Bitcoin Target to 900 BTC

    Cardone Capital is raising the Bitcoin allocation on its Fort Lauderdale real estate project from 350 to 900 BTC, a roughly $43M increase, as Fed rate bets swing. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/grant-cardone-cardone-capital-900-btc-fort-lauderdale-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    Sui Co-Founder Launches Havenex, a Fully Regulated Crypto Exchange

    Sui co-founder Kostas Chalkias is building Havenex, a regulated crypto exchange promising institutional-grade transparency, with its Series A round already closing. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sui-cofounder-havenex-regulated-crypto-exchange-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    VanEck Calls a Bitcoin Bottom as All 12 Capitulation Signals Fire

    VanEck's Matthew Sigel called Strategy's Bitcoin sales a 'newspaper headline bottom' after all 12 of the firm's capitulation signals fired at once. BTC has since climbed 14% in a week. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vaneck-bitcoin-capitulation-bottom-12-signals-strategy-sales-august-2026/

  • August 27 · 4 min

    StarkWare Runs the First Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Transaction on Mainnet

    StarkWare says it executed the first quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction on mainnet. Here is what it proves about protecting BTC from future quantum attacks. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/starkware-first-quantum-safe-bitcoin-transaction-mainnet-august-2026/

  • August 26 · 4 min

    EtherFi Cash Adds In-Account Trading for Crypto, Stocks, and Gold

    EtherFi Cash now lets users buy, sell, and hold crypto, tokenized stocks, and gold in the same account they spend from, powered by xStocksFi. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/etherfi-cash-trade-hold-stocks-gold-august-2026/

  • August 26 · 5 min

    Dallas Fed Warns Tokenized Deposits Could Drain $700B From Bank Lending

    A Dallas Fed paper estimates tokenized deposits and stablecoins could pull $700B out of US banks' lending capacity if balances migrate on-chain. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/dallas-fed-tokenized-deposits-700-billion-bank-lending-august-2026/

  • August 26 · 4 min

    Revolut Launches EURR Euro Stablecoin, Enters the Coin Business

    Revolut has issued EURR, a euro-backed stablecoin, first for customers in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. Here is what the fintech's move means for crypto spenders. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/revolut-eurr-euro-stablecoin-launch-august-2026/

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