News, Rumors and Opinions Friday 9-18-2026
Ariel: IQD Update from the Horse’s Mouth
9-18-2026
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The SEC’s September 17, 2026 Innovation Exemption removes regulatory barriers, enabling the DTCC to initiate asset tokenization on Ripple (XRP Ledger) in October. This aligns with the Central Bank of Iraq’s (CBI) digital Dinar (dIQD) framework, which enforces 1:1 parity with physical IQD through a permissioned ledger governed by the Trade Bank of Iraq, Rafidain, and Rasheed Banks.
Crucially, the Ministry of Finance’s declaration of financial sovereignty by September 30, 2026, formally ends the artificial program rate, decoupling the IQD from decades of suppression. This convergence is timed to precede Iraq’s October 15, 2026, 2027 budget release, which will formalize a new, market-reflective exchange rate backed by Iraq’s oil and gas reserves. Along with gold.
The DTCC-Ripple integration provides the infrastructure for instant conversion of dIQD into global digital assets, while the cessation of the program rate and mandatory 1:1 dIQD parity guarantees that physical IQD holders will realize the true value at exchanges.
The synchronization of U.S. regulatory approval, DTCC’s tokenization infrastructure, Iraq’s sovereignty declaration, and the impending budget rate creates a definitive pathway for IQD revaluation, ensuring holders can seamlessly transition physical holdings into the new digital financial system at the revalued rate.
The 2027 budget is due October 15th. Iraq’s 2027 budget will formalize the new exchange rate for the Dinar. That rate will be based on Iraq’s real economic value not the artificial “program rate.”
The digital Dinar (dIQD) is ready. The CBI’s digital Dinar (dIQD) is already designed to work on a permissioned ledger (meaning only trusted banks can touch it). When the new rate is announced, your paper IQD will be instantly convertible into digital Dinar (dIQD) at the new rate.
Source(s):
• https://x.com/Prolotario1/status/2100608370486984913
https://dinarchronicles.com/2026/09/17/prolotario-iqd-update-from-the-horses-mouth/
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Courtesy of Dinar Guru: https://www.dinarguru.com/
Frank26 I strongly believe...the lower notes have to be introduced with the new exchange rate simultaneously.
Stephen Everything is converging together. That's what makes this so freaking exciting. We're seeing bank restructuring and governance reform, international correspondent banking and trade finance normalization, US Treasury coordination and higher AML, CFT enforcement, exchange company supervision and reduction of questionable currency channels, liquidity absorption, stronger monetary policy tools, digital payment and deliberate reduction of cash dependence...If they were getting ready to do [an RV/RI] this would mean we're pretty much at the doorstep.
Jeff It's not coincidence that the cabinet is being delayed. That's planned...Completing the cabinet which completes the full government formation, ushers in the rate change. That's why they have to stall it. They have to delay it. It's planned. It's scripted. They're waiting to complete the cabinet until the rate change time period. Once they complete the cabinet...the rate will change quickly after that.
It’s a Wartime Economy, Gold Will Be Used as America’s WEAPON - Graham Summers
Daniela Cambone: 9-16-2026
"We're now in a wartime economy." Graham Summers explains why Washington’s focus on gold, stablecoins and critical minerals may signal a historic shift in America’s financial and national-security strategy.
Chapters:
00:00 Washington’s Quiet Shift on Gold
04:26 What Gold Sanctions Mean for Investors
07:40 Will More Countries Move Their Gold Out of the U.S.?
09:49 “We’re in a Wartime Economy”
13:00 Stablecoins and the New Financial System
14:37 Canada, Trump and the Battle for Critical Minerals