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John Kim
John Kim reports on the digital-asset business for TokenPost. Send corrections or tips to info@tokenpost.com.
Stories by John Kim
- Tetra Digital Group Launches CADD Stablecoin on Solana
The Canadian-dollar token is backed 1:1 by Canadian-dollar reserves and expands beyond Ethereum, Base and Tempo for payments, transfers, treasury operations and settlement.
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- Italy Sets Oct. 8 Meeting to Seek Higher Refinery Fuel Output
The government will ask domestic refiners to assess whether they can produce more gasoline, diesel and other petroleum products as fuel prices rise and international supply risks intensify.
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- Mantle Reaches 1,473 Tokenized Assets as Value Hits $476.1 Million
Distribution asset value rose 109.73% over the past 30 days, while the network’s tokenized asset count climbed from 71 at the start of 2026.
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- Akamai Shares Jump More Than 14% After Anthropic Contract
The seven-year agreement carries $11.6 billion in commitments and could expand by another $9 billion.
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- Gate Launches KII Contract Trading With Up to 20x Leverage
The exchange supports long and short positions and has added trading bots and copy-trading tools for KII.
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- Jumper Plans JUMP Token Sale Through Legion as It Separates From LI.FI
The sale would fund product development, user growth and expansion, while JUMP would be issued after the financing concludes.
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- Morgan Stanley Joins NEXTPredict NYC as Strategic Partner
The bank will lead the summit’s Institutional and Capital panel as prediction markets seek broader use in trading, forecasting and risk management.
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- Nscale Secures $3.36 Billion Convertible Financing Led by Third Point
The first $2.36 billion has closed, while Nvidia has committed an additional $1 billion expected in November 2026.
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- CoinMarketCap Acquires CoinGlass to Expand Derivatives Data
CoinGlass will keep its name, staff, products and pricing after the acquisition, expanding access to leveraged-market data.
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- Akamai Shares Jump 20% After Signing $11.6 Billion Anthropic Deal
The seven-year agreement will provide Anthropic with computing capacity as most megacap technology stocks rose in premarket trading Friday.
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- CoinMarketCap Completes Acquisition of CoinGlass Derivatives Platform
The deal adds open interest, funding-rate and liquidation data to CoinMarketCap, which serves 115 million monthly users.
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- Backpack Launches Cash Dividend Feature for Stocks and ETFs
Eligible dividend payments will be credited directly to users’ Backpack accounts.
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- Strategy Plans Daily Dividend Accrual for Four Preferred Stocks
The proposal covers STRF, STRC, STRK and STRD, with dividends accruing on weekends and holidays and paid the next business day.
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- AI Capital Spending May Reach $1.73 Trillion in 2026-2027
Six companies would need $1.42 trillion in revenue from 2028 through 2030 to meet a 15% annualized return target on AI computing investments.
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- Binance Alpha Adds Gstock (GSTOCK) to Expand Token Trading Access
The token was added to Binance Alpha on Sept. 25, giving Gstock a new venue for trading access.
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- Ethena and Binance Expand Basis Trading Into Equity Perpetual Contracts
The plan uses bStocks as tokenized spot collateral and Binance’s USDT-denominated equity perpetual contracts for hedging.
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- Ethena Adds Tokenized U.S. Stocks to USDe Backing Strategy
The move uses Binance bStocks as spot backing and stock perpetual contracts for delta-neutral hedging as open interest tops $2.9 billion.
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- Upbit to Remove Synthetix SNX/BTC Trading Pair on Sept. 28
The South Korean exchange will end support for the SNX/BTC market, and users must complete SNX withdrawals before Oct. 28.
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- HKEX Plans to Accept Chinese Bonds as Noncash Collateral in November
Eligible securities include Chinese government bonds, policy financial bonds held through Bond Connect’s Northbound Trading Link and overseas-issued Ministry of Finance bonds.
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- PayPal Expands PYUSD Stablecoin Access to 70 Global Markets
Eligible users can buy, hold, send and receive PayPal USD (PYUSD), transfer it to external wallets and convert it into local currency, subject to local rules.
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- Nanexa Shares Surge 150% After Novo Nordisk Licensing Deal
The agreement gives Novo Nordisk rights to use Nanexa’s technology across up to five injectable-drug programs, with potential upfront, milestone and royalty payments.
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- KuCoin Opens Tokenized Stock Trading While Excluding U.S. Users
The Solana-based products track Apple, Robinhood, Strategy and SpaceX equities, with trading beginning Sept. 23 at 10:30 and 11 a.m. ET.
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- Hormuz Traffic Slows as VLCC Rates Stay Near Record Highs
Twelve vessels crossed the strait on Sept. 22 as Gulf VLCC charters exceeded $1 million per day during the week.
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- Saturn Plans STRN Token Generation Event in Fourth Quarter
The Season 2 campaign could receive up to 5% of STRN’s total supply, with the allocation tied to the event date and campaign duration.
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- BitMEX Opens Withdrawals to US Users After KYC During Wind-Down
Eligible users in Canada, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Seychelles and Myanmar can also retrieve available balances after completing identity verification.
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- Hut 8 Wins $140 Million Bid for Poolin’s Texas Data Centers
The bid covers Poolin’s Pyote and Tarbush sites and is about 2.7 times the stalking-horse offer that opened the auction.
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- MoonPay Signs Deal to Acquire North Capital for More Than $60 Million
The all-stock transaction would make North Capital a wholly owned MoonPay subsidiary and add regulated brokerage, custody and clearing capabilities.
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- MoonPay Deal Would Add Regulated Private-Market Infrastructure
The proposed merger with North Capital would expand MoonPay into brokerage, advisory, clearing, custody and secondary trading for private securities.
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- DeltaForesight Completes ¥324 Million Cumulative Financing for Yen Crypto Project
The JPY DeFi protocol is designed to let users mint JPYdf against overcollateralized Bitcoin, Ether and stablecoin deposits instead of yen reserves.
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- Lightspeed India Partners V, LLC Files SEC Notice With $0 Sold
The April 27 filing lists an indefinite offering amount and zero investors for the Mauritius-based venture capital fund vehicle.
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- Only Four of 20 Largest Crypto Treasury Companies Trade Above Holdings Value
The gap weakens the financing model these companies use to raise funds through stock issuance and increase their Bitcoin holdings.
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- US Authorities Seize $89 Million Linked to Tether Partner EQIBank
The assets represent about 80% of EQIBank’s currency holdings as the institution faces liquidation risk tied to litigation involving Capstone Ltd.
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- Oracle Japan Shares Jump 7% on Record Quarter as U.S. Parent Sells Off
Sales rose 13% to a record fiscal first-quarter level, while cloud revenue increased 31.7% and drove a larger share of the business.
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- Blockchain.com, NYSE Explore 24/7 Tokenized U.S. Stock Access
The proposed service would connect eligible global customers to tokenized stocks and ETFs through NYSE’s planned digital trading venue, pending infrastructure development and regulatory approvals.
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- Ark Invest Chief Questions Hyperliquid’s Path Into U.S. Markets
Lorenzo Valente said separating U.S. liquidity from Hyperliquid’s permissionless markets could weaken the product as real-world-asset perpetuals expand.
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- Circle Launches 24/7 Stablecoin FX Settlement Service on Arc
StableFX uses request-for-quote pricing and smart contracts to settle eligible stablecoin foreign-exchange trades for approved institutions and enterprises.
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- Tether Says EQIBank Funds Make Up Less Than 0.034% of Assets
EQIBank, an offshore digital bank licensed in Dominica, faces liquidation risk after related assets were seized in the United States.
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- NYSE Tests Avalanche for Planned Tokenized Securities Platform
The New York Stock Exchange has evaluated Avalanche for about a year, while ICE has not confirmed a blockchain network for the planned platform.
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- Bitget Disables Withdrawals Across 4,930 Asset-Network Entries
The halt followed a $165 million transfer to a single address, while deposits and spot trading remained online.
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- ARK Invest Announces Ethereum Tokenization for Venture Fund Interests
The ARK Venture Fund will use Securitize’s infrastructure to give eligible investors an onchain representation of fund interests.
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