The Blockchain Association wants the SEC to rescind Rules 611 and 610(e), arguing the two-decade-old market structure rules cannot handle tokenized securities.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blockchain-association-sec-rescind-rules-611-610e-tokenization-august-2026/

Coinbase now lets traders go long or short on all 500 largest US companies in a single perpetual contract, pushing crypto derivatives deeper into stock exposure.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-us500-perps-launch-august-2026/

Ether Fi reports its self-custody crypto card has crossed $2B+ in annualized spend, with steady growth since August 2025. What the milestone means for cardholders.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ether-fi-2-billion-annualized-card-volume-august-2026/

Ether Fi expanded its on- and off-ramp network to support 30+ new currencies, giving cardholders more local ways to fund and cash out. Here is what changes for users.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ether-fi-adds-30-currencies-on-off-ramps-august-2026/

Austria's FMA fined Bitpanda EUR 70,000 in the country's first published MiCA enforcement case, a signal that EU regulators are moving from guidance to penalties.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitpanda-mica-enforcement-austria-70000-fine-august-2026/

Goldman Sachs calls a September Fed rate hike very unlikely, citing soft retail sales, cooling inflation and weak jobs data. Here's what it means for Bitcoin at $63,281.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/goldman-sachs-september-fed-rate-hike-unlikely-bitcoin-august-2026/

Stablecoin card top-up volume passed $1 billion in July for the first time, per CryptoRank, as USDC and USDT spending moves from niche to routine.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/stablecoin-card-topup-volume-1-billion-july-august-2026/

Ondo Finance says Ondo Stocks passed $1B in TVL and $27B in cumulative trading volume since its September 2025 launch, a marker for tokenized equities going mainstream.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ondo-stocks-tokenized-1b-tvl-27b-volume-august-2026/

Binance gave Moscow authorities transaction data used to charge a Russian IT specialist over donations to Ukraine, Reuters reports, years after it exited Russia.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-client-data-russian-prosecution-ukraine-donor-august-2026/

Nansen's new API executes trades directly: spot on Solana and Base, perps on Hyperliquid. The on-chain analytics firm now closes the loop from signal to fill.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nansen-trade-execution-api-solana-base-hyperliquid-august-2026/