Better Money Company raised $10M from a16z crypto to build a stablecoin clearinghouse. USDT excluded under the Genius Act. Paxos, Bridge, and MoonPay onboard.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/better-money-company-stablecoin-clearinghouse-a16z-10-million-seed-genius-act/

Moody's assigns a Ba2 rating to New Hampshire's $100M Bitcoin-backed municipal bond, the first rated crypto-collateralized bond in US public finance history.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/new-hampshire-bitcoin-municipal-bond-moodys-ba2-rating-100-million-waverose-bitgo/

Phantom wallet now has a virtual Visa debit card for US users. Fund with CASH stablecoin at 1:1 USD, spend anywhere Visa is accepted, and withdraw via ACH.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/phantom-wallet-debit-card-visa-cash-stablecoin-us-bridge-lead-bank/

DOJ charges Jonathan Spalletta for the 2021 Uranium Finance exploit on BNB Chain. He laundered $50M through Tornado Cash and bought rare collectibles.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/uranium-finance-hacker-charged-50-million-bnb-chain-exploit-black-lotus-pokemon-seized/

A federal court permanently bars KuCoin operator Peken Global from serving US users, capping a $297M DOJ settlement and adding a $500K CFTC penalty.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kucoin-permanently-barred-us-cftc-order-297-million-doj-peken-global-kyc/

New Google research finds fewer than 500,000 qubits could compromise Bitcoin. Taproot's exposed public keys widen the attack surface to 6.9 million BTC.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/google-quantum-bitcoin-taproot-500000-qubits-public-key-vulnerability/

Blumenthal and Warren demand SEC records after enforcement director Margaret Ryan resigned and fraud charges against Justin Sun were settled for $10 million.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/senators-probe-sec-enforcement-chief-exit-justin-sun-case-dropped-trump-crypto-ties/

Nasdaq scraps the 10% float minimum and adds a Fast Entry rule letting mega-cap IPOs join the Nasdaq 100 in 15 trading days, effective May 1, 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/nasdaq-drops-10-percent-float-minimum-fast-entry-rule-mega-cap-ipo-crypto-index-inclusion/

Gold fell 15% in March 2026, its worst monthly decline since October 2008. GLD saw record outflows while Bitcoin ETFs attracted $380M in a single day.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/gold-worst-month-since-2008-down-15-percent-march-bitcoin-outperforms-safe-haven/

Ripple Prime expands its Hyperliquid integration to HIP-3 commodity perpetuals, giving institutions onchain access to gold, silver, and crude oil futures.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/ripple-prime-hyperliquid-hip-3-gold-silver-oil-institutional-commodity-perps-onchain/