Japan's $214B SBI Group will issue a regulated yen-linked stablecoin as early as this week, per Nikkei, putting a licensed megabank-scale issuer behind the yen on-chain.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sbi-group-regulated-yen-stablecoin-june-2026/

A Nasdaq tech selloff dragged crypto lower on June 23, 2026. BTC sat at $62,204, ETH at $1,650 and SOL down 7% as the Fear and Greed Index hit 19.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-market-drops-nasdaq-tech-selloff-june-2026/

Allfunds Blockchain, a platform administering close to EUR 1.8 trillion across 3,300 institutions, is extending tokenized funds to Solana via ioBuilders' Asseto.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/allfunds-tokenized-funds-solana-june-2026/

THORChain restarted all network activity more than a month after a $10M exploit, deploying security upgrades and a full vault migration before reopening swaps.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/thorchain-resumes-trading-vault-migration-10m-exploit-june-2026/

The KOSPI fell 9.99% and halted trading after Korea's FSS admitted it rushed leveraged ETFs. Bitcoin dropped below $63,000 as $714M in crypto liquidated.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/south-korea-kospi-crash-etf-misstep-bitcoin-below-63000-june-2026/

Ripple has secured preliminary approval toward a full MiCA license, a step that would let it passport regulated crypto services across all 30 EEA countries.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-preliminary-mica-license-eu-casp-june-2026/

The US Senate voted 85-5 for a housing affordability bill that bars the Federal Reserve from issuing a retail digital dollar through 2030. Here is what it means.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-senate-housing-bill-cbdc-ban-2030-june-2026/

Five former Ethereum Foundation researchers launched Ethlabs on June 23, 2026, funded by Bitmine, Sharplink and Joe Lubin to keep core protocol work going.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ethlabs-ethereum-rd-nonprofit-bitmine-sharplink-lubin-june-2026/

Altura redeemed $8.5M in USDT in 24 hours and began an orderly vault wind-down after a verifier dropped MainStreet. No hack, just a confidence run on yield.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/altura-vault-85m-redemption-mainstreet-contagion-june-2026/

Monevium Ltd entered special administration on 18 June 2026. Payment firms sit outside the FSCS, so customers rely on safeguarding alone to recover funds.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/monevium-special-administration-fca-emoney-june-2026/