Vanguard reports hardship withdrawals hit a record 6% in 2025, tripling the pre-pandemic rate. What this says about financial stress, crypto sentiment, and stablecoins.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vanguard-record-401k-hardship-withdrawals-6-percent-retirement-crisis-bitcoin-fear-crypto-stablecoins/

21Shares TDOT ETF gives US investors physically-backed DOT exposure with staking yield on Nasdaq, days before Polkadot caps supply at 2.1 billion tokens.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/21shares-first-us-polkadot-etf-tdot-nasdaq-11-million-seed-staking-yield-tokenomics-overhaul/

Hyperliquid's HIP-3 permissionless market set a record $1.2B in open interest, with oil and equity futures accounting for most of the top 30 contracts.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-permissionless-market-1-2-billion-open-interest-record-oil-equity-futures-hip-3/

13F filings reveal $540M in institutional Solana ETF purchases in Q4, led by Goldman Sachs, Electric Capital, and investment advisors holding over $270M.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/wall-street-540-million-solana-etfs-q4-goldman-sachs-investment-advisors-bloomberg-13f/

Broadridge integrates Crypto.com into its NYFIX network, giving 2,200 institutional participants FIX-based crypto order routing for the first time in Asia.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/broadridge-nyfix-crypto-com-institutional-order-routing-fix-protocol-2200-participants-asia/

The Bank Policy Institute, backed by JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, is weighing a lawsuit against the OCC over national trust bank charters granted to crypto firms.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bank-policy-institute-occ-crypto-national-trust-charter-lawsuit-jpmorgan-goldman-sachs/

The DOJ wants to retry Roman Storm on money laundering and sanctions charges after last year's hung jury, proposing an early October 2026 retrial date.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/doj-seeks-retrial-tornado-cash-roman-storm-money-laundering-sanctions-october-2026/

Oil plunges to below $90 as Trump signals the Iran conflict is winding down. Asian markets rebound, Bitcoin rises 3.4%, and the Strait of Hormuz remains the wildcard.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/trump-says-iran-war-very-complete-brent-crude-drops-10-percent-bitcoin-69000-asian-markets-rebound/

Artemis bridge data shows Ethereum attracted $2.1B in net capital flows YTD in 2026, even as ETF outflows hit $2.76B and exchange reserves drop to record lows.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-leads-all-chains-2-1-billion-net-capital-flows-2026-artemis-bridge-data-exchange-reserves-low/

Arthur Hayes published a detailed financial model projecting Hyperliquid's HYPE token to $150 by August 2026, backed by $1.4B revenue and 97% buybacks.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/arthur-hayes-hype-hyperliquid-150-target-maelstrom-buyback-revenue-model/