An XRP cross-chain bridge lost about $200,000 after its software counted spoofed deposits as real ones, letting an attacker mint and withdraw funds it never received.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/xrp-bridge-drained-200k-fake-deposits-august-2026/

Russia's central bank proposed letting Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT trade on regulated exchanges, a reversal after the country's new crypto law passed.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bank-of-russia-bitcoin-ethereum-usdt-regulated-exchanges-august-2026/

The OCC is pushing to revive new bank chartering and explicitly backing digital asset firms, a shift that could give crypto companies a federal on-ramp.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/occ-digital-asset-bank-charters-august-2026/

MoneyGram expanded its Ramps service to Solana, giving developers one API to move fiat in and out of crypto across its global cash network. Here is what it means.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/moneygram-ramps-solana-global-fiat-access-august-2026/

The SEC and CFTC filed parallel suits against Goliath Ventures and founder Christopher Delgado over an alleged $400M crypto Ponzi that promised liquidity-pool yield.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/sec-cftc-goliath-ventures-400m-crypto-ponzi-august-2026/

KuCoin says it earned ISO 22301:2019 business continuity certification, adding to its ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II credentials. What it means for KuCard users.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/kucoin-iso-22301-business-continuity-certification-august-2026/

Coinbase secured an FSRA license from Abu Dhabi's ADGM and named the emirate its international tokenization hub, opening tokenized securities to wallet holders.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coinbase-fsra-license-abu-dhabi-tokenization-hub-august-2026/

Coinbase policy chief Faryar Shirzad says the CLARITY Act has become a bipartisan crypto market structure bill with hundreds of Democratic amendments.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/clarity-act-bipartisan-comprehensive-package-democratic-amendments-august-2026/

A Bitcoin hard fork built on BIP-110 has produced only 2 blocks since Saturday while the main chain added about 300, exposing a chain with almost no hashrate.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bitcoin-bip-110-fork-stalls-2-blocks-failed-hard-fork-august-2026/

Forensic data shows the top five addresses now hold nearly 83% of the bitcoin stolen in the Coldcard hack, a concentration that could shape recovery odds.

Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/coldcard-stolen-bitcoin-83-percent-five-wallets-august-2026/