White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt says he is optimistic the CLARITY Act will pass, with a September 15 cloture vote now the target for the market structure bill.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/clarity-act-cloture-vote-september-15-white-house-bullish-august-2026/

Bitcoin fell 14.2% in Q2 2026 yet institutional ETF holdings rose 7.5%, per CryptoSlate. Banks added, hedge funds trimmed and sovereign holders sat still.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-q2-selloff-banks-bought-hedge-funds-cut-august-2026/

Maya Protocol halted its cross-chain network after an attacker chained six separate bugs to drain $1.7M, exposing how compounding flaws slip past audits.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/maya-protocol-halts-network-1-7m-chained-exploit-august-2026/

BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes says he is coming out of retirement to lead Flop Labs, where miners sell compute and AI agents spend $FLOP to run inference.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/arthur-hayes-flop-labs-compute-ai-inference-august-2026/

The FBI has reportedly identified alleged first-wave attackers in the Coldcard hardware wallet theft, per Bitcoin Magazine. What self-custody users should know.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fbi-identifies-coldcard-theft-attackers-august-2026/

Visa is scouting stablecoin settlement partners licensed in the US, UK, Canada and Singapore after Mastercard acquired BVNK, deepening a fight over crypto payment rails.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/visa-stablecoin-settlement-partners-mastercard-bvnk-august-2026/

Rizon now lets Deel payouts land directly in its US dollar account, spendable on the Visa card. Here is what the payroll integration changes for cardholders.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/rizon-deel-payroll-payouts-usd-account-august-2026/

The Ethereum Foundation launched Plataberget on August 17, a public testnet that runs the Glamsterdam fork on August 20 ahead of a Q4 2026 mainnet target.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-glamsterdam-plataberget-testnet-august-2026/

Harmony says it will roll its blockchain back to August 11, reversing more than 109,000 transactions. The plan reopens the debate over what finality means.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/harmony-blockchain-rollback-109000-transactions-august-2026/

Federal prosecutors charge Edward Zimbardi over a $165M crypto Ponzi scheme after his deportation from Fiji. What the case says about custody and fraud risk.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/edward-zimbardi-165m-crypto-ponzi-fiji-deportation-august-2026/