A solo home miner running a roughly $300 machine solved a full Bitcoin block worth about $232K against 149 million-to-1 odds. Here is the math behind the win.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/solo-home-miner-wins-232k-bitcoin-block-june-2026/

Bank of England's Megan Greene predicts stablecoin demand fades within five years as tokenized bank deposits take over. What it means for crypto payment rails.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/boe-greene-stablecoin-demand-fade-tokenized-deposits-june-2026/

A developer known as Florent recovered 1,003 ETH worth about $2M that had been stuck in a 2016 ICO smart contract for nine years. Here is what it means for on-chain funds.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/developer-rescues-1003-eth-2016-ico-contract-june-2026/

Coinbase has switched on direct Indian rupee deposits and withdrawals in India, cutting out third-party rails for one of crypto

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-direct-inr-deposits-withdrawals-india-june-2026/

Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US grabbed roughly $1B of Iranian crypto. Only $344M is documented, and the path into the Bitcoin reserve is far from clear.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/us-iran-1b-crypto-seizure-bitcoin-reserve-may-2026/

Coinbase is offering new One Card users $50 in Bitcoin for spending $100 in the first 30 days, on top of up to 4% back in BTC. Here is who qualifies.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-one-card-50-bitcoin-signup-bonus-may-2026/

Cointelegraph flags that ETH has never closed three straight red quarters. With ether at $2,024 on May 31, Q2 2026 is the test. Here's the setup.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/eth-third-straight-red-quarter-record-watch-may-2026/

Gravity Bridge lost about $5.4M on May 30 in a suspected signing-key compromise. Stolen USDC, ETH, and USDT moved through Binance and ChangeNow.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gravity-bridge-5-4m-key-compromise-exploit-may-2026/

Vietnam's Finance Ministry has proposed allowing SMEs to pledge digital and virtual assets as loan collateral, a step toward formalizing crypto in credit markets.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/vietnam-crypto-collateral-sme-loans-may-2026/

An ETF mirroring Republican lawmaker disclosures shows IBIT at 4% of holdings and Intel at 7.72%, tracking the same assets President Trump has promoted.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gop-lawmaker-portfolios-bitcoin-etf-intel-may-2026/