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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
- Aave’s Stani Says Protocol Could Eventually Add Energy as Collateral
Potential future categories include solar energy, batteries, graphics processing units, robots and space infrastructure, with the transition envisioned through 2050.
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- Bullish, Equiniti Form Coalition For Issuer-Backed Tokenized Securities
The group includes Alpaca, Apex Fintech Solutions and DriveWealth and will develop standards for issuance, registries, trading, settlement, custody and interoperability.
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- Kraken Parent Payward Spends Billions Building Financial Infrastructure
The company has expanded into futures, banking, tokenized stocks and institutional services through acquisitions and investments.
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- Micron Begins Commercial Shipments From $2.75 Billion India Investment
The Sanand facility is producing memory and storage products from DRAM and NAND wafers made elsewhere in Micron’s global network.
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- Sequans Communications Sells Final 314 Bitcoin, Ends Treasury Strategy
The semiconductor company has no cryptocurrency remaining on its balance sheet after selling 314 BTC in September.
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- NextEra Energy Backlog Reaches 35.1 GW as It Targets Data-Center Demand
NextEra Energy Resources added 3.6 GW of solar, battery storage and wind projects in Q2 2026 while expanding plans for large electricity users.
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- Bitwise, Vise Launch Crypto Model Portfolios for Advisers
The portfolios place crypto exchange-traded products alongside stocks, bonds and alternatives across Vise’s network of more than 135,000 accounts.
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- Solidigm Considers IPO That Could Raise About $15 Billion at Up to $150 Billion Valuation
SK hynix’s U.S. storage subsidiary is considering a listing as early as 2027. The plan comes amid broader activity in AI infrastructure and enterprise technology.
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- Swift and Wells Fargo Join LF Decentralized Trust With 15 New Members
The organization also unveiled CLPR, a bridgeless cross-ledger messaging lab, and highlighted Panurus, an enterprise tokenization project launched in June.
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- XRP Whales Accumulate More Than 470 Million as Ripple Adds RLUSD Integration
The tokens were valued at more than $720 million as holders of BlackRock’s BUIDL and VanEck’s VBILL gained a 24/7 route to exchange shares for RLUSD.
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- Oxford, OpenAI Launch Five-Year Collaboration With Bodleian Pilot
The pilot covers 3,500 public-domain dissertations dating from 1498 to 1884 and will test digitization, AI-enhanced metadata and transcription.
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- Anthropic Files Confidential SEC Registration Statement, IPO Timing Undisclosed
The company filed a draft S-1 on June 1 but has not set an offering size, share price, valuation, exchange or listing date.
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- Aero Sets Oct. 21 Launch Across Seven Blockchain Networks
The merged Aerodrome and Velodrome protocol will add Robinhood Chain and Arbitrum to its deployment while introducing a single Aero token.
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- Ethena Will End USDe-Linked Token Incentives and Inflation This Month
Incentives tied to USDe growth have fallen about 85% since the protocol’s first airdrop in 2024.
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- Ethena Governance Approves ENA Buybacks Tied to USDe Growth
The framework redirects up to 20% of protocol revenue once USDe reaches specified supply milestones. No revenue is redirected at the reported $4.07 billion supply level.
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- Lightspark Launches Visa Cards Playground for Digital-Asset Balances
The developer tool lets companies design, issue and test branded Visa debit cards funded by dollars, stablecoins or Bitcoin (BTC).
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- Gate to Add Seven Stock Tokens With Spot and Flash-Swap Trading
The tokens will be available for spot and flash-swap trading beginning Sept. 28, with USDT accepted for participation.
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- Kraken Launches U.S. Crypto Borrowing With Up to Three Times Buying Power
Kraken Borrow US is available to eligible customers in 48 states, with borrowing tied to collateral and potential automatic sales if a position deteriorates.
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- Aerodrome and Velodrome Plan Oct. 21 Merger Into Cross-Chain DEX
The planned Aero platform will combine AERO and VELO into one AERO token across seven networks. Both tokens rose more than 20% over 24 hours.
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- Bitdeer Maintains Zero Bitcoin Holdings After Selling 288.4 BTC
The Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner produced 288.1 BTC during the week ended Sept. 25 and said its net additions were zero BTC.
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- Bitget Schedules Two-Hour CEO AMA as Withdrawals Reopen in Phases
Gracy Chen and Xie Jiayin will take questions Monday as Bitget begins restoring withdrawals by asset through Oct. 2.
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- DOG Founder Leonidas Questions Bitget Delisting During Withdrawal Freeze
Bitget announced the delisting after a hack while users still could not withdraw DOG, widening price differences across exchanges.
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- Paxos Labs Launches PAXGy With a Gold-Leasing Strategy
The PAXG-backed token is designed to represent more gold over time while its token balance remains constant.
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- Galaxy Digital Adds $100 Million of sUSDS to Corporate Treasury
The firm also approved Sky Protocol’s savings token as collateral for institutional loans, allowing borrowers to keep earning the Sky Savings Rate.
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- Aave V4 Adds Coinbase Tokenized Shares as USDC Collateral on Base
Eligible users can deposit the tokenized shares and borrow USDC, but access is limited to qualifying jurisdictions outside the United States.
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- Atlas Energy Solutions Signs $613.5 Million AI Power Deals
The agreements cover balance-of-plant and generation equipment for a project backed by a frontier AI lab, with shipments scheduled from 2027 to 2028.
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- Circle's cirBTC Supply Reaches 4,300 Tokens Backed by 4,448 Bitcoin
Reserves exceed circulating cirBTC by about 147.518 BTC. Supply is split between the Arc and Ethereum networks, with most of it on Arc.
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- DeepSeek Introduces Peak and Off-Peak Pricing for V4-Pro API
The company’s reported annualized revenue reached about $1 billion in September as it targets a $7.5 billion funding round at a valuation near $75 billion.
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- Coinbase Expands Bank Infrastructure Through Bitcoin and Stablecoin Services
The company’s partnerships span direct Bitcoin access, multicurrency funding rails, custody, trading and stablecoin payments across banking platforms.
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- Coinbase Opens IPO Access With Oura Ring as First Offering
Users can apply through the Coinbase app for an allocation before public trading begins. Applications remain open until Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. ET (20:00 UTC).
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- Circle Discloses Co-Founder’s Board Exit and CFO Departure Plan
P. Sean Neville resigned immediately, while Jeremy Fox-Geen plans to leave by Dec. 31 or earlier if a successor is appointed.
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- Coinbase Launches Fixed-Rate USDC Loans Backed by Bitcoin
The loans set interest rates and repayment dates at origination, while unpaid balances may result in the collateral being taken.
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- Forward Industries Completes $25 Million Raise for Solana Treasury
The company sold 3.125 million shares at $8 each and plans to use the net proceeds primarily to acquire additional Solana.
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- Binance Invests $100 Million in Circle as Tokenized Markets Expand
Six Canadian banks are exploring Canadian-dollar tokenized deposits, while Blockchain.com and NYSE Group plan a venue for tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs pending regulatory approval.
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- Binance Opens Spot Trading for Hyperliquid’s HYPE Token
Trading began Sept. 24 in three pairs. Binance placed a Seed Tag on HYPE, warning of elevated volatility and risk.
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- Anthropic Proposal Gives Seven Founders 50.1% Voting Power
The proposed structure would preserve founder control after a public listing without granting additional economic rights.
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- Ethena Expands USDe Backing to Binance Tokenized Equity Trades
The partnership adds Binance bStocks and matching equity perpetuals to USDe’s yield strategy, extending it beyond crypto assets.
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- Tether Caps EQIBank Exposure at About $64 Million After U.S. Seizure
The exposure is less than 0.034% of Tether’s group assets after U.S. authorities seized roughly $89 million linked to EQIBank.
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- SoFi Moves Its $25 Billion Card Program to Stablecoin Settlement
SoFiUSD settlement is now live across SoFi Bank’s debit and credit card program on Mastercard’s global payments network.
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- 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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