The CFTC charged a North Carolina commodity and crypto pool operator with a Ponzi-like fraud that took more than $14M from investors. Here is what it signals.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/cftc-charges-north-carolina-crypto-pool-operator-14m-ponzi-july-2026/

The SEC is preparing a crypto safe harbor proposal that could arrive as early as July 2026, offering DeFi, staking, and token projects a defined compliance path.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-crypto-safe-harbor-proposal-july-2026/

Michael Saylor argues the market misunderstands Strategy's Bitcoin breakeven ARR, saying the metric collapses if BTC keeps appreciating. Here is what it means.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/saylor-mstr-btc-breakeven-arr-clarification-july-2026/

Tokenized equities set a record $3.86B in June trading volume, with SpaceX tokens leading the pack. On-chain stock trading is scaling faster than expected.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tokenized-equities-record-3-86b-june-spacex-july-2026/

MiCA-compliant euro stablecoins grew 128% in market cap to $673.9M over the past year, CoinMarketCap data shows, as Europe's licensing regime reshapes spending rails.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/mica-euro-stablecoins-surge-128-percent-july-2026/

Galaxy Digital says it delivered 133 MW of critical IT load to CoreWeave at Helios, finishing Phase I of turning a former Bitcoin mining site into an AI data center.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/galaxy-digital-coreweave-helios-133mw-phase-one-july-2026/

Core Ethereum developers support Vitalik Buterin's Lean Ethereum roadmap but argue the 3-4 year timeline for STARKs and quantum safety should be compressed.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethereum-developers-compress-lean-ethereum-timeline-july-2026/

New Hampshire's Governor and Executive Council hold a hearing on July 8 over a $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond, a first for a US state.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/new-hampshire-100m-bitcoin-backed-municipal-bond-hearing-july-2026/

Vanguard, the $11T asset manager that spent years refusing crypto, has posted its first Head of Digital Assets role. Here is what the hire signals for retail.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vanguard-first-head-digital-assets-role-july-2026/

China now accounts for 38% of global fintech patent filings after a 10-fold jump in a decade, overtaking the US, per a Nikkei report. The rails race is on.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-38-percent-global-fintech-patents-overtakes-us-july-2026/