The Fed left rates unchanged and the US dollar posted its steepest two-week drop. Crypto barely moved. Here is what the muted reaction says about positioning.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fed-holds-rates-dollar-two-week-low-crypto-july-2026/

Tokenized equity holder accounts reached a record 759K, up 92% in 30 days and 522% year-to-date per RWA.xyz. Here's what the onchain stock boom means.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-equity-holders-record-759k-rwa-july-2026/

Ten European institutions including ABN AMRO, DekaBank and Natixis CIB launched RL1, a member-owned blockchain built for tokenized assets and regulated markets.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/european-banks-rl1-blockchain-cooperative-tokenized-assets-july-2026/

El Salvador's president argues the 2008 financial crisis never ended, only moved, restating his case for Bitcoin as sovereign money. Here is the context.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bukele-2008-crisis-never-ended-bitcoin-july-2026/

Robinhood reported record second-quarter revenue of $1.3B and beat EPS estimates on record trading volume, a signal of where retail crypto demand sits in mid-2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/robinhood-record-1-3b-q2-revenue-retail-crypto-july-2026/

Gate.io opened Soft Staking on the USD1 stablecoin, paying up to 8% APR with no lock-up. Here is what the yield product means for Gate Card users.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gate-io-soft-staking-8-apr-usd1-july-2026/

Kenya lowered the minimum capital for stablecoin issuers by 40% to 300M shillings while giving its central bank power to restrict, suspend, or delist stablecoins.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kenya-stablecoin-capital-cut-central-bank-control-july-2026/

A UK policy sprint has named cross-border payments as the leading near-term use case for stablecoins, a signal that could reshape how crypto cards handle international spend.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uk-policy-sprint-stablecoins-cross-border-payments-july-2026/

Myanmar's Parliament passed an anti-scam bill setting prison terms of 10 years to life for crypto fraud and running online scam centers. Here is what it covers.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/myanmar-anti-scam-bill-crypto-prison-terms-july-2026/

Bitcoin miner Core Scientific reported Q2 revenue of $164.2M, more than double a year earlier, as AI and HPC colocation reshapes its business away from pure mining.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/core-scientific-q2-revenue-doubles-164m-ai-hpc-july-2026/