Spanish lenders Sabadell and Bankinter plan to join a euro stablecoin consortium alongside nine other European banks under MiCA, per Expansion.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sabadell-bankinter-european-stablecoin-consortium-may-2026/

Coinbase rolls out support for self-managed super funds in Australia, giving SMSF trustees direct crypto access inside a retirement pool worth over $1 trillion AUD.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-australia-smsf-self-managed-super-funds-may-2026/

Aave raised the GHO borrow cap to 150 million on its Core instance, signaling steady demand for the protocol's native stablecoin as DeFi TVL hits records.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-gho-borrow-cap-150m-core-may-2026/

Aave is fighting a $71M crypto seizure motion tied to KelpDAO funds and a North Korea debt claim, arguing the protocol has no custody over the disputed ETH.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/aave-court-block-71m-crypto-seizure-north-korea-may-2026/

Tetra Trust has launched CADD, a CAD-pegged stablecoin issued by a federally regulated trust company and backed by Shopify and National Bank of Canada.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/tetra-trust-cadd-cad-stablecoin-shopify-national-bank-canada/

Circle led a Monday rally in crypto-linked equities, jumping nearly 20% as the Senate

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/circle-20-percent-surge-clarity-act-crypto-stocks-may-2026/

Binance launches Withdraw Protection, a new account safeguard that adds friction to suspicious withdrawals and gives users a window to reverse risky transfers.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/binance-withdraw-protection-launch-may-2026/

FINRA approved Securitize to expand its broker-dealer activities and custody tokenized securities, a key regulatory step for tokenized fund growth in the US.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/securitize-finra-broker-dealer-tokenized-securities-custody-may-2026/

Pavel Durov says Telegram will take a direct lead on TON and run the network's largest validator, tightening the messenger's grip on the chain.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/telegram-ton-largest-validator-durov-may-2026/

The DTCC, which clears $114 trillion in securities annually, plans a July pilot and October launch for a new tokenized securities platform.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/dtcc-tokenized-securities-july-pilot-october-launch-may-2026/