Digital Assets
24X to Add Bitcoin and Ethereum to Standard Chartered Prime Brokerage
24X Bermuda Limited announced on November 10, 2026 that it had expanded its partnership with Standard Chartered to include digital-asset prime brokerage. The arrangement will enable Bitcoin and Ethereum trading on 24X’s institutional multi-asset platform, with the bank acting as…
Trump Media Posts $409.7 Million Profit on Digital Asset Gains
Trump Media & Technology Group reported $409.7 million of net income for the third quarter of 2026 in its November 9, 2026 results announcement, reversing a $54.8 million loss a year earlier as digital-asset and equity-securities gains drove the result.…
Ooki DAO (OOKI): Governance and Enforcement Risk
The Ooki DAO judgment shows how decentralization can leave legal obligations and operational dependencies intact.
BarnBridge (BOND): A DeFi Enforcement Case Study
The SEC’s BarnBridge settlement explains why structured DeFi products retain securities-law and operating risks.
Ren (REN): Funding and Network Shutdown Risk
Ren’s retreat from its original network illustrates the difference between token supply, bridge operations and a promised successor.
Serum (SRM): Upgrade-Key Risk After FTX
Serum’s breakdown after FTX shows how centralized upgrade authority can undermine decentralized market infrastructure.
TRUMP Token Falls Out of Top 100, Losing 29.69% Since Election Eve
Donald Trump’s official meme token has fallen out of CoinMarketCap’s top 100 cryptocurrencies, adding another market setback to the president’s bruising midterm election defeat. CoinMarketCap listed OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) at No. 101 , trading around $1.13 with a circulating market…
Schwab Crypto Expands to Five Assets With Three New Token Pairs
Charles Schwab announced on November 9, 2026 that clients can buy and sell Solana , Avalanche and Chainlink through Schwab Crypto accounts. The additions expand direct trading from bitcoin and ethereum to five digital assets through the SOL/USD, AVAX/USD and…
Blockchain Makes Wind Turbine Data Tamper-Evident
In the past few decades, wind power has become one of the world’s most important renewable power generation methods, in large part driven by the passive push for solar + wind power in China. In total, wind accounted for about…
Jonathan Schramm
Hyperliquid Strategies Posts $620.6 Million Profit on HYPE Gains
Hyperliquid Strategies Inc reported $620.6 million of net income on November 5, 2026, for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, with an $803.0 million net unrealized gain on HYPE tokens supplying most of the profit. The accompanying quarterly presentation shows…
Bitcoin’s Safe-Haven Role Depends on Market Conditions
Bitcoin’s ability to hedge against crises is central to its investment thesis. As “digital gold”, Bitcoin is expected to provide some level of protection against inflation and currency debasement. However, inflation and currency devaluation are not the only financial shocks…
Jonathan Schramm
Smart Contract Risk: Code, Oracles, Governance, and Upgrade Keys
A first-principles guide to Smart Contract Risk, including its operating chain, economics, authoritative records, failure modes, and the evidence investors or operators should verify.
Hut 8 Q3 Profit Rises on Digital Asset Gains as Revenue Declines
Hut 8 reported its third-quarter results on November 4, 2026: net income for the three months ended September 30 rose to US$189.5 million from $50.6 million in the same period of 2025, while revenue fell to $71.1 million from $83.5…
Riot Signs $28 Billion Corsicana Lease With Frontier AI Lab
Riot Platforms announced on November 4, 2026, a 15-year triple-net powered land lease with an unnamed leading Frontier AI Lab for its entire Corsicana campus. The agreement covers 910 megawatts of critical IT capacity on a contiguous 332-acre parcel and…
Tether’s Q3 Attestation Shows $1.5B Profit and a Nearly $8B Buffer
Tether International, S.A. de C.V. on October 30, 2026 published its attestation for the third quarter of 2026, prepared by BDO, covering the company’s Financial Figures and Reserves Report as of September 30, 2026 and the composition of the reserves…
