The Fed meets today for its first rate decision under new governor Kevin Warsh. Crypto is rallying into it, with ETH up 3.5% and SOL 4% as of June 16, 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fed-first-rate-decision-kevin-warsh-crypto-rally-june-2026/

BlackRock debuted BITA, a Bitcoin income ETF that sells call options to pay double-digit yield while limiting upside. Here is the tradeoff, as of June 16, 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/blackrock-bita-bitcoin-income-etf-covered-call-june-2026/

The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark rate to 1%, the highest since 1995. The yen pared gains and altcoins held firm. Here is what it means for crypto.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/boj-hikes-1-percent-highest-since-1995-june-2026/

DTCC says it is close to a live demonstration of tokenizing securities held at The Depository Trust Company, the clearest step yet toward on-chain Wall Street settlement.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/dtcc-live-tokenization-demo-dtc-securities-june-2026/

The Bank of Japan is set to raise rates to a 31-year high and signal more hikes. Here is the yen carry-trade link to crypto, with ETH up 3.2% as of June 16, 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/boj-rate-hike-31-year-high-yen-carry-trade-crypto-june-2026/

Nous Research connected its Hermes agent to Stripe so it can make purchases, pay APIs, and provision SaaS on its own, with configurable safety limits as the guardrail.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nous-research-stripe-hermes-agent-payments-june-2026/

China's May retail sales fell for the first time in over three years. Here is the data, the deflation risk, and how it reads against a 3%+ crypto bid.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-consumer-spending-first-decline-since-pandemic-june-2026/

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says his instinct is that Bitcoin already bottomed at $60,000. The call lands while the Fear and Greed index reads 25.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/armstrong-bitcoin-bottomed-60k-fear-june-2026/

Ether, XRP and Solana each rose about 4% on June 16, 2026 as the Dow closed at a record on a US-Iran deal, yet crypto's Fear and Greed index held at 24.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/altcoins-outpace-bitcoin-dow-record-crypto-fear-june-2026/

US headline CPI hit its highest reading since 2023, yet ETH, SOL and XRP rose 4-6% on the day while the Fear & Greed index sat at 25. Here is the divergence.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/crypto-rallies-us-cpi-highest-since-2023-june-2026/