Ripple Takes a Stake in Flutterwave at a $3.3B Valuation

Crypto's Fairshake PAC Spends $12M to Win Alabama's GOP Senate Primary

Fairshake, the crypto super PAC, spent over $12 million to push Barry Moore to a 56% win in Alabama's GOP Senate runoff, its biggest single-race bet of 2026. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/fairshake-12m-barry-moore-alabama-senate-primary-june-2026/

Hyperliquid Open Interest Jumps 32% as TradFi Perps Pass Bitcoin

HYPE futures open interest rose 32% in a week to about $3B, while stock and index perps on Hyperliquid hit $2.9B in OI, overtaking Bitcoin on the venue. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/hyperliquid-open-interest-32-percent-tradfi-perps-pass-bitcoin-june-2026/

BNB Chain Lists $SPXCB, an Onchain Token Tracking SpaceX, on PancakeSwap

BNB Chain says $SPXCB is live on PancakeSwap, giving 24/7 onchain exposure to SpaceX (SPCX) days after the company's record Nasdaq debut. Here is what it is. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/bnb-chain-spxcb-tokenized-spacex-pancakeswap-june-2026/

China Adds 26 Banks, Including Standard Chartered, to Its e-CNY Rail

China signed 26 financial institutions, including Standard Chartered, onto its cross-border digital yuan payment network, per CoinDesk. Here is why it matters. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/china-digital-yuan-26-banks-standard-chartered-cross-border-june-2026/

Senators Press Treasury to Clarify State Authority Under the GENIUS Act

A bipartisan group led by Cynthia Lummis is urging the Treasury to clarify how state authority works under the GENIUS Act, the US stablecoin law. Read the full article: https://www.spendnode.io/blog/lummis-senators-treasury-genius-act-state-authority-june-2026/