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John Kim
John Kim reports on the digital-asset business for TokenPost. Send corrections or tips to info@tokenpost.com.
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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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- Forward Industries Plans $25 Million Raise to Expand Solana Treasury
The company would sell 3,125,000 shares at $8 each, while Solana Company, DeFi Development Corp. and Upexi disclose sizable SOL holdings.
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- MSX Launches Stock Tokens Tied to Expedia Group and Shopify
The Sept. 24 launch uses EXPE and SHOP. Second-quarter 2026 revenue and booking or merchandise volume increased for both companies.
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- Qualcomm, Amazon Expand AI Chip Partnership With Warrant Tied to Up to $60B in Payments
The companies will develop customized AI inference silicon and optical connectivity solutions reaching up to 1.6 terabits per second for AWS data centers.
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- RockawayX Launches $150 Million Plan to Tokenize Private Credit
The Catapult initiative will support tokenized credit products across trade finance, asset-backed securities, CLOs and real estate-related lending.
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- Public Adds AI Agents for Prediction-Market Trading Through Kalshi
Users can approve fixed strategies that monitor event contracts tied to rate decisions, regulatory approvals and company metrics, then alert or trade when preset conditions are met.
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- HIFI Raises $37 Million in Series A Led by Left Lane Capital
The stablecoin infrastructure company will use the funding to expand payment products and tokenized capital-markets infrastructure. Its valuation was not disclosed.
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- UK Banks Complete First Live Tokenized-Deposit Customer Transactions
Seven banks used programmable sterling deposits in two remortgage completions and a consumer marketplace purchase, with funds released when conditions were met.
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- HIFI Raises $37 Million to Scale Tokenized Capital Markets Platform
The New York-based company processes more than $7 billion in annualized volume across 87 countries and is expanding across bank rails and digital assets.
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- Saudi Aramco Studies Two More Oil Export Routes as Hormuz Risks Persist
The company is examining additional overseas storage, including in Japan, while keeping existing alternatives available through the Red Sea and Egypt.
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- ICE Invests in tZERO Funding Round for Tokenized Securities
The round supports tZERO’s longer-term infrastructure plan as ICE develops a NYSE-affiliated platform for tokenized securities.
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- Crusoe’s Inference ARR Tops $100 Million as Firmus Plans $5 Billion IPO
A $65 million annual agreement accounts for about 60% of Crusoe’s inference contract ARR, while Firmus expects a $77 million fiscal first-half loss.
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- Bybit Broadens Platform as Pure Crypto Exchange Model Fades
The exchange’s “Make Your Move” campaign highlights access to stocks, gold, forex and indexes alongside digital assets.
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- Nscale Files for NYSE IPO as Revenue Reaches $140.6 Million
The AI cloud services provider posted a $1.02 billion net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2026.
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- Mynt Sets Terms for Potential Record Philippine Stock Exchange IPO
The GCash parent could raise about ₱92.32 billion including a full overallotment option, but regulatory approval is still pending.
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- China Life Disclosures Show About 118 Billion Yuan in 2026 Fund Subscriptions
The company announced commitments totaling about 118 billion yuan across three funds, including a planned 49.99 billion yuan contribution to a semiconductor fund.
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- Binance Expands HYPE Support Across Lending, Leverage and Trading
The exchange added Hyperliquid’s token to Earn, one-click buying, Convert, VIP borrowing and margin services.
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- Binance to Add HYPE Earn, Spot Buying, Swaps and Leverage Access
The exchange will open a flexible Simple Earn product at 11 a.m. UTC and add HYPE borrowing and margin pairs the same day.
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- IBM Links Swift Ledger to Tokenized Deposit Transactions
A new ISO 20022 adapter lets financial institutions issue instructions for tokenized deposits through standard payment messages and supports round-the-clock transfers and settlement.
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- Evernorth Merger Faces Sept. 30 Vote on Nasdaq Listing Under XRPN
Armada Acquisition Corp. II shareholders will decide whether to approve a deal that could create a publicly traded XRP treasury company.
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- Island Raises $400 Million at $6.4 Billion Valuation
The Dallas-based browser security company will expand research, international operations and its workforce as demand grows for defenses against rogue artificial intelligence agents.
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- Mint Launches Web3 Gaming Platform Ahead Of Q4 2026 Token Event
Players earn XP through casino and sportsbook activity, with Season 1 leaderboard results set to determine initial allocations of the planned $MNTD token.
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- MeshWallet Raises $10 Million for TRON-Based USDT Wallet
The Tallinn-based wallet lets users pay transaction fees in USDT instead of holding TRX and will use the funding to expand its product and user ecosystem.
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- OKX Plans KiiChain KII USDT Perpetual Contract for Sept. 24
The contract will support maximum leverage of 20x. KiiChain is an on-chain foreign-exchange layer for stablecoins and real-world assets.
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- Coinbase Outlines Deribit Integration With More Than 100 New Contracts
The rollout covers five market areas, including pre-IPO perpetual contracts, a new matching engine and Coinbase spot liquidity for Deribit trading.
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- Meta Guides Up to $145 Billion in 2026 Capital Spending
The upper end of Meta’s capital-expenditure range is about double its 2025 spending and exceeds the estimated 2025 military budgets of Germany and India.
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- Revolut Tests Face-Recognition Payments in UK Before Wider Launch
The digital bank is initially offering the service through Kiss the Hippo, with broader availability planned later this year.
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- Binance Offers $800,000 XRP to Ripple USD (RLUSD) Holders
The four-week campaign starts Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. ET, but residents of the United States and its territories are ineligible.
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- India Raises LPG Output as Hormuz Disrupts Gulf Supply Routes
India imports about 60% of its LPG, with roughly 90% of those imports normally passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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- Binance to Add HYPE Spot Trading With Three New Pairs Sept. 24
Trading will open at 7 a.m. ET in HYPE/USDT, HYPE/USDC and HYPE/TRY. Deposits begin one hour earlier, while withdrawals are scheduled for Sept. 25.
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- Binance Will List Hyperliquid’s HYPE Token With Seed Tag
The listing will expand access to the native asset of the decentralized derivatives platform.
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- U.S. Stablecoin Interest Rises to 56% With Bank-Style Protections
A survey of 2,192 U.S. adults found interest rose from 36% when stablecoins included fraud protection and deposit insurance similar to banks.
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- Luno, Halogen Capital and Kenanga Explore Malaysian UMYR Pilot
The proposed stablecoin would be backed 1:1 by Malaysian ringgit reserves and used to test settlement for tokenized money market funds.
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- Long.xyz Prioritizes Liquidity Growth Over Fees and Yield Incentives
Founder Nate said deeper liquidity and wider asset distribution are taking priority as Long.xyz develops tokenized-stock trading pairs.
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- JR Kyushu Plans Financial App Using SBI Holdings Infrastructure
The app is targeted for fiscal 2027 and would begin with banking services before expanding into securities and crypto assets.
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- Bitget Lists Polymarket IPO Pre-Market Perpetual Contract
The USDT-settled contract supports leverage of up to 20x and trades 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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