Jason Scott

Key Takeaways: DTCC plans July live trades before an October rollout for tokenized securities markets. Participation includes over 50 firms across banking, custody, trading, and digital asset sectors. …

Key Takeaways: Binance introduced Withdraw Protection to block on-chain withdrawals during user-selected lockdown windows. Coercion risks can bypass passwords, 2FA, and other standard digital safeguards. Users can choose …

Key Takeaways: CENTCOM denied reports of 2 IRGC missiles striking a U.S. ship during Trump’s Project Freedom. Fearing disruptions to 20% of global crude, WTI futures spiked to …

Key Takeaways: Gamestop offered $55.5B for Ebay at $125/share, with TD Bank providing $20B in debt financing. The bid draws on Gamestop’s $519M bitcoin position, built from 4,710 …

Global cryptocurrency exchange OKX has announced a collaboration with asset management giant BlackRock and multinational bank Standard Chartered to introduce a new utility framework for tokenized real-world assets …

Key Takeaways: Zcash (ZEC) surged past $400 on May 3, marking its first climb to that level since early 2026. Over $10.5 million in ZEC short positions were …

Frustrated by the confusing and scattered process of finding educational funding, a team of Filipino college students took matters into their own hands. They built iSkolar, a centralized …

Key Takeaways: $150 million in crypto shorts were liquidated in 60 minutes as bitcoin crossed $80,039. Binance futures showed a 62.8% short ratio before the breakout, one of …

Key Takeaways: On May 2, China’s MOFCOM invoked the Blocking Statute against U.S. OFAC sanctions on 5 local oil refiners. SMU’s Henry Gao notes this 1st use of …