Japan's 20% Flat Crypto Tax Bill Clears the Lower House

DTCC Nears a Live Tokenization Demo of Real DTC Securities

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/

Bank of Japan Heads for a 31-Year-High Rate, and Crypto Is Watching

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 Wires Its Hermes Agent Into Stripe to Spend Money

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 Consumer Spending Posts First Decline Since the Pandemic

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/

Brian Armstrong Says Bitcoin Probably Bottomed at $60,000

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/