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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
- 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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- Strategy Keeps $21 Billion ATM Program Available for Future Bitcoin Purchases
Strategy bought 950 BTC with cash during the week ended Sept. 20 and sold no shares through the ATM program.
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- France Plans Saudi Deployment to Protect Yanbu Oil Facility
President Emmanuel Macron said France will send soldiers, radars and defense systems as Saudi Arabia restarts a pipeline supplying the Red Sea export hub.
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- OpenAI Pauses New $200 ChatGPT Pro Sign-Ups After Adding $100 Tier
The $100 plan launched April 9, 2026, with five times the usage of Plus, while existing $200 subscriptions continue to renew.
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- Ondo Launches Portfolios Based on BlackRock Strategies as ONDO Gains 25.59%
The three tokenized products are available only to eligible non-U.S. investors in permitted jurisdictions.
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- Ondo Finance Sought Sale After Founder’s Death With $3.8B Managed
The company’s tokenized U.S. Treasury and stock products exceed $3.8 billion in total value, while a control dispute may have stalled a sale.
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- Bullish, Equiniti Build Tokenized Securities Model Around Shareholder Records
The planned $4.2 billion acquisition would combine Bullish’s digital-asset exchange with Equiniti’s transfer-agent infrastructure and shareholder records.
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- Gnosis Pay Sets Dec. 20 Card Shutdown as It Shifts to Business Services
The crypto payments platform is ending its card program as it refocuses on business-to-business services.
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- NYSE Builds Infrastructure for Base-Case $5.5 Trillion Tokenized-Asset Market
NYSE Group and Blockchain.com plan to connect a future 24/7 tokenized-securities venue with crypto distribution and market-data networks, pending regulatory approvals.
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- Strive Accumulates More Than 1,100 Bitcoin This Week
The company is expected to purchase more than 135 additional BTC Thursday, based on funds raised for the transaction.
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- Enso Powers Ether.fi App Routing as It Lists More Than 100 Tokenized Assets
The app supports tokenized stocks, metals and crypto assets, while U.S. users cannot access its tokenized stocks and metals.
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- Nscale Files for NYSE IPO With $3.1 Billion Financing Agreements
The AI infrastructure company reported $140.6 million in first-half revenue and a net loss of approximately $1.02 billion.
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- Vitol Buys Up to 30 Million Barrels of Discounted Iraqi Crude
Iraq set September cargo prices $15 to $20.80 below official selling prices as tanker access through the Strait of Hormuz tightened.
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- Trust Wallet Adds MoonPay Trade Across Seven Networks
The integration supports trading across Tron, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Base, Solana, Bitcoin and Arc without leaving the wallet.
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- BitGo Launches Research Unit Led by Former NYDIG Global Head of Research Greg Cipolaro
BitGo Research will produce market commentary, thematic reports and data-driven analysis for institutional clients across digital asset markets and macro trends.
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- Sequans Sells Final 314 BTC and Ends Bitcoin Treasury Strategy
The French semiconductor company once held more than 3,200 Bitcoin (BTC). It used sales to repay convertible debt and now holds no cryptocurrency.
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- Databricks Acquires Row Zero as It Targets More Startup Deals
The deal will connect Row Zero’s cloud spreadsheet with Databricks’ Genie AI agent, while the company plans many more acquisitions.
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- StratEx Finance Ends Operations, Tells Users to Withdraw Liquidity
The platform’s QuickSwap vaults will no longer receive incentives or maintenance. A final shutdown date has not been provided.
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- Russia Starts Vostok Oil Exports Through New Arctic Route
The first shipment left the Bukhta Sever terminal on Sept. 6, opening a Northern Sea Route path as Rosneft works toward larger export volumes.
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- Doppler Finance Sets Sept. 28 Launch Date for XDP Token
The tokenized capital markets infrastructure project plans to issue XDP with a total supply of 10 billion tokens.
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- Anthropic Files Confidential Draft S-1 as Revenue Run Rate Crosses $47 Billion
An estimate put the company’s annualized revenue run rate above $65 billion by the end of July, while Anthropic has not set an offering date, share count or price.
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- Thore Graepel Seeks Tens of Millions for Metis Reasoning
The former Google DeepMind researcher is developing AI systems designed to plan and act under uncertainty. No financing round has been publicly completed.
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- MGM Resorts Shares Sink 9% After People Withdraws Takeover Bid
Barry Diller’s company offered $48.30 per share for MGM Resorts’ remaining public stock and already held a 26.1% stake.
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- Qivalis Advances Euro Stablecoin Plans for Cross-Border Trade Finance
The Amsterdam-based venture says its planned stablecoin would support payments and settlements, but Dutch authorization remains pending.
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- Lovable Says Annualized Revenue Crosses $600 Million as Visits Near 1 Billion
Co-founder Fabian Hedin said revenue rose from about $500 million in June, while user-created apps receive nearly 1 billion visits each month.
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- Ondo Launches BlackRock-Customized Onchain Portfolio Tokens for Eligible Non-U.S. Investors
The first three tokens give eligible investors outside the U.S. exposure to professionally designed, automatically rebalanced asset baskets.
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- Ando Launches AI Team Messenger With $20 Million in Funding
The platform gives AI agents identities as workspace members and lets them join channels, group conversations and calls alongside human employees.
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- Binance Wallet Launches Hold-to-Earn Feature for Three Stablecoins
The feature offers estimated APRs of 1.5% for U, 4.75% for USDe and 3.6% for USDS without staking, locking funds or smart-contract interaction.
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- Saudi East-West Pipeline Restarts, Yanbu Loading Had Not Resumed
Crude is moving toward Red Sea refineries after a low-rate restart, but tanker loading at Yanbu had not resumed as of Sept. 24.
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- Cardano Proposal Seeks 23 Million ADA for Fireblocks Integration
The plan would add support for Cardano Native Tokens alongside ADA and establish infrastructure for staking and governance delegation on Fireblocks.
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- Anchorage Digital Plans Institutional Bitcoin Staking Support on Stacks
The planned support would enable institutions to fund Bitcoin bonds through Stacks and receive weekly BTC rewards while maintaining custody of their assets.
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- Nu Holdings Launches U.S. Products With Stablecoin Payment Support
The offering includes a 3.50% APY account, transfers and credit products, while Nu Global supports USDC and EURC balances across more than 35 countries.
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- The Clearing House Picks Quant for Tokenized-Deposit Payment Network
The planned system will connect tokenized deposits with RTP and CHIPS networks and is expected to open to financial institutions in the first half of 2027.
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- Binance Schedules 14 Pair Removals as HYPE Trading Opens
The exchange will add Hyperliquid’s HYPE in three spot pairs, but U.S. users cannot trade them. Seven spot and seven margin pairs face removal Sept. 24-25.
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- FOMO Generates About $320,000 in Seven-Day Builder Fees
The integration ranked second behind Phantom in seven-day fee generation through Hyperliquid Builder.
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- Ledger Partners With Payward to Bring Tokenized Stocks to Cold Storage
Ledger devices will support Payward’s xStocks platform, including transaction signing before trades are completed and access through Ledger’s device-based services.
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- Solari Capital Emerges From Stealth After Investing About $350 Million
Founded by AJ Scaramucci, the firm has backed projects across artificial intelligence, computational biology, aerospace, energy, semiconductors, robotics and blockchain infrastructure.
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- ARK Venture Fund Prepares Tokenized Class for OpenAI, Anthropic Exposure
The proposed structure would record fund ownership on distributed-ledger technology and could trade through regulated alternative trading systems.
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- Bullish Lists Bitcoin Options Expiring in January 2028
The European-style, USDC-settled contract expires at 3:05 a.m. ET (8:05 a.m. UTC) and extends options coverage to approximately 2.5 years.
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