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Riza Dagoc
Riza Dagoc reports on regulation, investing and the digital-asset business for TokenPost. Send corrections or tips to info@tokenpost.com.
Stories by Riza Dagoc
- Coinbase CEO Urges Voters to Weigh Crypto Positions Before Midterms
Brian Armstrong said crypto policy is not partisan and could influence whether the next generation of financial technology is developed in the United States.
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- Trump Rejects Iran Proposal While Keeping Talks Open This Week
Qatar is mediating between Washington and Tehran as nuclear provisions remain central to any return to direct negotiations.
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- OpenAI Calls for Government Role in Frontier AI Safety Standards
The proposed Standards Authority for Frontier AI would develop shared testing and audit standards, but its name, structure and government role remain unconfirmed.
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- California Law Bans Public Officials From Issuing Meme Coins
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law, which prohibits public officials in the state from issuing meme coins.
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- Québec Regulator Warns Pump.fun Is Not Authorized to Solicit Investors
The alert identifies Pump.fun, also known as Baton Corporation LTD, as a high-risk crypto-asset platform but does not announce a website or wallet-access ban.
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- Iran’s Crypto Mining Uses 14% of Peak-Summer Electricity Deficit
Mining consumes an estimated 700 million kilowatt-hours monthly and carries an annual fuel-equivalent burden of about $1.5 billion.
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- China Signals Intent to Approve Nvidia Chip Purchases by ByteDance, Alibaba
The possible purchases involve a newly released chip for high-end professional computers, not the familiar data-center GPU. The model and purchase scale were not provided.
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- U.S. Clarity Act Talks Collapse, Leaving Crypto Rules Unresolved
The breakdown leaves disputes over federal jurisdiction and the legal treatment of digital assets unresolved.
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- France Unveils $512 Million Fuel Aid Package for Workers, Businesses
The plan includes a €100 commuter payment, higher tax-free fuel benefits and an energy-voucher distribution moved to January 2027.
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- Treasury Secretary Bessent Says Core Inflation Remains Calm
Bessent said the Federal Reserve Board should remain open-minded.
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- SEC Staff Says Functional Networks Limit Buyback Securities Claims
The staff guidance addresses when a buyback announcement may count as a promise of managerial efforts under the Howey test.
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- U.S. Senate Fails Key Vote on Digital Asset Market Structure Bill
The procedural setback leaves the bill’s legislative future uncertain as lawmakers remain divided over ethics rules, stablecoin yields and decentralized finance risks.
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- Japanese Police Arrest 2 Over Alleged 81 Million-Yen Crypto Theft
The suspects allegedly impersonated Osaka prefectural police and demanded that a woman transfer crypto assets to prove her innocence in a fraud investigation.
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- Tennessee, Minnesota Tighten Rules as Crypto ATM Bans Take Effect
Tennessee made kiosk violations Class A misdemeanors July 1. Minnesota’s ban began Aug. 1, with removal from public locations required by Dec. 31.
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- French Woman Detained Over Alleged Verasity Token Manipulation
French authorities suspect Svetlana A. and Verasity founder Robert H. manipulated the Verasity (VRA) token and may have used proceeds to purchase real estate in Dubai.
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- Sixth Circuit Rules Kalshi Sports Contracts Are Not Federal Swaps
The ruling allows Ohio and Tennessee to apply their gambling laws to Kalshi’s sports-event contracts and removes a key federal shield for the platform.
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- Strategy’s Michael Saylor Proposes Five Digital-Asset Rights
The framework covers digital-asset creation, issuance, custody, transfer and use, plus expanded banking and digital-dollar services.
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- Appeals Court Upholds Pentagon’s Supply-Chain-Risk Designation of Anthropic
A 2-1 ruling upheld the Defense Department’s decision to bar Anthropic’s Claude from military use after the company refused to remove two safety restrictions.
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- SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Will Leave Agency on Oct. 2
Her departure will leave two active commissioners at the SEC. Peirce is set to join Regent University School of Law as an associate professor in November.
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- Australia Sets Oct. 1 AI and Data Centers Hearing After OpenAI Portal Access
The Senate inquiry will examine AI regulation, government agreements with global AI companies and data centers’ effects on communities, water and energy.
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- South Korean Industry Pushes Liquidity Safeguards for Stablecoins
Proposed rules would address initial circulation, redemptions, secondary-market liquidity and price-deviation disclosures after sharp moves in JPYC, PYUSD and EURC.
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- Sixth Circuit Lets Ohio, Tennessee Regulate Kalshi Sports Contracts
The ruling deepens a split among federal appeals courts over whether states or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission can oversee Kalshi’s event contracts.
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- Saudi Arabia Seeks Return to Prewar Strait of Hormuz Rules
Foreign Minister Faisal called for unrestricted passage without fees or limits, linking the waterway's status to global energy security and trade stability.
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- CFTC Files $950 Million Case Alleging Cash FX Group Forex Ponzi Scheme
The regulator alleges participants lost at least $406 million after being promised weekly returns of up to 15% from AI-powered trading.
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- CFTC Clarifies Tokenized Assets and Blockchain Records for Futures Firms
Updated FAQs address customer funds invested in legally permitted tokenized assets and allow blockchain technology to satisfy recordkeeping requirements.
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- Trump Plans AI Force as Search for New AI Czar Continues
No official appointee has been named. Prediction-market contracts price a 19.5% chance of renaming artificial intelligence by Sept. 30 and 58.5% by Dec. 31.
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- Kalshi Can Keep Offering Event Contracts in Ohio, Tennessee
A Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling allows Kalshi to continue operating its event-contract business in both states.
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- Iran Ties Strait of Hormuz Reopening to Its Conditions
Tehran said it will not compromise on its demands and is awaiting a mediator’s final message before deciding its next step.
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- Higher Rates Would Lift U.S. Debt to 222% of GDP by 2056
A modeled scenario puts debt 47 percentage points above the extended baseline, while raising deficits and slowing average annual GDP growth.
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- Tether Holds $114.96 Billion in U.S. Treasuries as Overseas Plan Emerges
Tether reported $187.75 billion in reserve assets as of June 30, while the proposed initiative could involve Treasury, State and the DFC.
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- River Financial Sues Blockstream Services Canada in Federal Contract Case
The case was filed Sept. 11 in the Northern District of California under diversity jurisdiction and includes a jury demand.
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- Trump Says He Approved Fuel Economy Rollback Affecting Biden-Era EV Rules
The final standards have not been publicly detailed, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy previously said they would be sharply lower than Biden-era rules.
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- Court Upholds Pentagon Exclusion of Anthropic as IPO Terms Remain Unset
A 2-1 ruling preserves the Pentagon-specific restriction while Anthropic’s possible IPO remains preliminary, with no offering price or confirmed timing.
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- U.S. and China Establish Super Intelligence Dialogue at Summit
The countries also reached consensus on favorable tariff treatment for $30 billion of non-sensitive goods in each direction, though no broad tariff cut was announced.
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- U.S. Diesel Export Ban Remains Unannounced as Prices Stay Near Record
The White House denied preparing a 90-day ban on Sept. 23 as officials weighed tax and regulatory measures to reduce fuel costs.
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- Senate Fails to Advance Clarity Act as Crypto Rules Shift to Agencies
A 49-50 procedural vote fell short of the 60 votes needed, leaving the SEC, CFTC, Federal Reserve and OCC to shape near-term policy.
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- U.S. Agencies Take Separate Crypto Steps After CLARITY Act Vote Fails
The SEC, CFTC and Federal Reserve issued targeted relief, enforcement guidance and stablecoin proposals after the Senate rejected a motion to advance H.R. 3633 on Sept. 15.
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- Federal Reserve Seeks Comment on GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules
The proposals would establish a framework for regulated payment stablecoin issuers through full-reserve requirements and an approval process.
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- Trump Rejects Iran Proposal To Reopen The Strait Of Hormuz
The president said the United States controls the waterway and that large volumes of oil are flowing through it.
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- Kalshi Loses Sixth Circuit Appeal Over Sports-Event Contracts
The unanimous ruling allows Ohio and Tennessee to regulate Kalshi’s sports contracts under state gambling laws, deepening a federal court split.
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