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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
- 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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- First-edition Charizard Sells for $1 Million in On-Chain TCG Record
The PSA 10-graded Base Set card had been purchased for $300,000 less than a year earlier before selling through Beezie’s marketplace.
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- 1789 Capital Seeks $3 Billion for Its Second Growth Fund
The investment firm tied to Donald Trump Jr. has raised about $2 billion from existing investors and manages more than $4 billion in assets.
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- Andy Previews Major Stock-Tokenization News From Asset Managers
The preview said the largest asset managers are strengthening ties with stock issuers, but it did not identify a company, issuer or announcement date.
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- Nscale Filing Shows One Customer Drove 73% of 2025 Revenue
The customer generated $24.1 million of Nscale’s $33 million in 2025 revenue. A financing agreement links the contract to Singapore-based Spring (SG) Pte. Ltd. and 2,304 Nvidia GPUs in Norway.
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- SoFi Bank Begins Mastercard Stablecoin Settlement for $25 Billion Card Program
SoFiUSD is now being used for settlement between financial institutions, Mastercard and merchants, while the full card-program migration remains incomplete.
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- Animoca Brands Pauses Currenc Merger, Delaying Nasdaq Listing
The companies halted reverse-merger talks after reassessing the timeline and changing market conditions. Animoca will continue evaluating paths to a public listing.
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- Variational Delays VAR Token Launch to Fourth Quarter 2026
Genesis allocations will account for 32% of total supply and unlock fully at the token generation event.
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- Aster Launches Grid 2.0 and Grid Marketplace
The update supports automated grid strategies alongside manual trades and lets users compare active strategies before copying and adjusting their parameters.
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- Binance Adds Spot Grid and DCA Bots for NVDAB and QQQB Pairs
The services went live Sept. 22 at 4 a.m. ET (08:00 UTC), while the listed spot pairs remain unavailable to U.S.-based users and several other jurisdictions.
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- Bybit Launches Fixed-Return Crypto Product With 17,000 USDT Pool
Bybit Odds offers Up/Down, Price Target and Price Range contracts, with payouts shown before trading and losses capped at the allocated amount.
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- CME Group Plans Bitcoin Cash, Uniswap Futures Launch Oct. 19
The proposed contracts would expand regulated derivatives access for two major crypto assets, with standard and micro contract sizes available for each.
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- Ives Ultra AI Fund Seeks NYSE Listing for Private AI Exposure
The proposed closed-end fund would invest at least 80% of its assets in artificial intelligence and AI infrastructure companies, with shares priced at $100 before listing approval.
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- trade.xyz Opens Event-Trading Markets on Its Platform
The platform now offers event-based markets as part of its services.
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- Anthropic Reaches More Than 300,000 Business Customers
The company said customers representing more than $100,000 in annualized revenue grew nearly sevenfold in one year. In August, 43.8% of U.S. businesses in a tracked group paid for Anthropic subscriptions or tokens.
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- Hut 8 Wins $140 Million Bid for Two Poolin Texas Data Centers
The deal covers Poolin’s Pyote and Tarbush sites and remains subject to approval by a U.S. bankruptcy court in New Jersey.
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- Flap Allocates $22.96 Million in Fees to Community and Treasury
The protocol distributed $13.6 million in holder rewards and added $115,000 to decentralized-exchange liquidity pools over 30 days.
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- Coinbase Launches Fixed-Rate Bitcoin Loans as Active Book Tops $1.4B
Borrowers can use Bitcoin as collateral for USDC while locking the interest rate and repayment date at the start of the loan.
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- Lion Group Holds 195,000 HYPE Tokens Valued at $18.2 Million
The company valued its HYPE treasury at about $18.2 million as of Sept. 21, 2026, and has not sold any tokens since establishing the holding.
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- Circle Launches StableFX as Global OTC FX Turnover Hits $9.6 Trillion
The institutional platform uses quote-based execution and onchain payment-versus-payment settlement for approved businesses trading supported stablecoin pairs.
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- Vitalik Buterin Praises Trueo as Prediction Market Plans Ethereum Move
The platform plans to migrate from Base to Ethereum, citing network effects, global integrations and alignment with its long-term goals.
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- DeFi Development Corp. Adds 101,381 SOL and SOL Equivalents to Treasury
Holdings reached approximately 2.49 million SOL and equivalents as of Sept. 18 after 4.24% weekly growth.
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- Bessemer Raises $5.75 Billion for AI Startups Across Growth Stages
The firm earmarked $1.75 billion for seed and early-stage companies and $4 billion for growth-stage startups across the AI stack.
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- HTX September Reserves Disclosure Contains USDS, USDD Balance Discrepancies
The disclosure listed 360,949.90 USDS at an address with no USDS and reported more USDD than the address held at the stated block height.
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- Binance to Reinvest SOXL Dividend Value Into SOXLB Tokens
Eligible holders will receive whole or fractional SOXLB units after deductions, while SOXLB/USDT trading remains available during the distribution.
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- Coinbase Suspends IoTeX Trading Across Its U.S. Platforms
The suspension took effect Sept. 23 at about 2 p.m. ET after Coinbase reviewed the token against its listing standards.
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- BitMEX Ends Trading, Charges Fees on Remaining Verified Balances
Users can still access accounts and withdraw funds after the Sept. 23 shutdown. Fully verified users face a monthly charge on balances left behind.
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- BitMEX Ends Trading, Leaves Users Five Days Before API Cutoff
The exchange halted trading, deposits and new positions at midnight ET Wednesday, while withdrawals remain open through its website.
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- Canada’s Six Largest Banks Explore Shared CAD Token Network
The project would begin with transfers of Canadian-dollar tokenized deposits between the banks, with no launch date announced.
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- Coinbase Launches Fixed-Rate Crypto Loans Through Morpho on Base
The new product lets borrowers set an interest rate and maturity date in advance, expanding Coinbase’s earlier variable-rate USDC lending service.
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- Microsoft Plans $15.2 Billion UAE Investment Through 2029
More than $7.3 billion was invested or spent through 2025, with another $7.9 billion planned for AI infrastructure, operations and workforce training through 2029.
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- BitMEX Ends Trading After 11 Years, Applies Fees to Leftover Balances
Withdrawals remain open, but new deposits will not be credited. Verified accounts face a monthly fee based on 1% annually or a $50 minimum, while broader charges begin Oct. 1.
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- Binance.US Launches Self-Custody Wallet for Eligible US Users
The wallet is built into the Binance.US app and supports multiple blockchain networks, thousands of tokens and hundreds of decentralized applications.
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- Metaplex Positions Vantage as a Solana Asset Trading Platform
The platform would extend Metaplex’s Solana-focused ecosystem beyond token creation and launches. Its ecosystem lists more than $14 billion in cumulative trading volume, 1 billion transactions and 1 billion digital as…
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- Tiger Global Discloses Cerebras Position Valued at $662.779 Million
The 2,999,000-share holding was valued as of June 30, after Tiger Global led Cerebras’ $1 billion Series H financing at an approximately $23 billion post-money valuation.
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- Superlogic Acquires Entravel Crypto Unit and Spree, Adds Animoca Stake
The deal adds 27 crypto partners to Bookit and brings Animoca Brands COO Minh Do onto Superlogic’s advisory board.
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- Silvia Repurchases 14.5% of Outstanding Shares, Holds 5,130 Bitcoin
The company bought back an additional 2.3% of its float since Sept. 15 and plans to continue repurchases while its stock trades below net asset value.
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- Crypto Ownership Reaches 66.7%, but Few Investors Integrate It Into Wealth Plans
Nexo’s survey of 1,000 affluent investors found that only 4.7% reached its threshold for structurally integrated crypto use.
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