Founder @Monochrome_EN | CEO @Monochromeasset | Stablecoin @commonwealthsec | Ex-CEO @Binance_AUS
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A few snapshots from the weekend at Sandown. Final round of the 2026 Monochrome GT4 Australia Series, and what a way to close it out.
Congratulations to the new champions, and to every team that put a car on the grid this season.
Monochrome is proud to be the official naming rights partner of GT4 Australia, and this was quite a way to wrap up our fourth year with the series.
See you in 2027.
Some thoughts on last night, from someone who ran Australia’s largest crypto exchange and now operates a regulated Bitcoin ETF business.
Roughly $6 billion left Binance’s hot wallets in the span of 20 minutes. Early findings point to a compromised engineer’s laptop, not a leaked key or a vulnerability in a smart contract. The attacker didn’t break in. They inherited the authority to move money, and the systems built to move it quickly did exactly that.
That detail matters more than the number. It’s the fourth major exchange breach in recent years with a similar signature. Smart contracts have become genuinely difficult to exploit. Signing infrastructure has not kept pace. The weak point in this industry often comes down to an employee and a device.
This serves as a reminder that the size of an exchange is not necessarily indicative of the strength of its operational security, governance, or internal controls.
Scale should never be mistaken for institutional robustness.
The response deserves credit. Around $3 billion frozen within hours, stablecoin issuers and blockchain foundations coordinating in real time, and Binance committing to cover the loss from its own balance sheet. That is what maturity looks like, and it’s why this isn’t Mt. Gox.
But it also exposes a trade-off every exchange makes and few talk about. Convenience and security pull in opposite directions. Every additional check introduces a delay for users. Instant withdrawals are a feature right up until the moment the wrong person gains the authority to move funds.
Running a regulated Bitcoin ETF changed how I think about this. In that world, money doesn’t move simply because a system determines that it should. It moves through a defined governance process, with independent reviews, approvals, and multiple layers of control.
It’s slow. It’s meant to be.
Crypto spent years removing that friction. Last night was a reminder of why some level of friction may have been necessary all along.
We carried that philosophy into Monochrome. Every outgoing transaction is reviewed by a person before it leaves. We don’t offer API withdrawals. No single person or device can independently move client funds.
In an industry working hard to automate everything, we decided that the movement of client funds is one area where human oversight should remain.
An in-kind withdrawal from a Bitcoin ETF can take days. A withdrawal from Monochrome Exchange takes longer than an instant automated transfer, by design.
Security is not just about technology. It is about governance, accountability, and knowing when not to automate.
Exchange security is hard, a balance between user experience and security.
Another Thursday in crypto.
BREAKING: Binance has been hacked with wallets across the Ethereum, Bitcoin, and TRON networks seeing outflows of -$5.7 billion.
The hack includes $1.45 billion worth of Bitcoin and $875 million worth of ETH.
If confirmed, this would mark the biggest hack in crypto history.
We expect more information shortly.
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Korea is open.
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Today I officially and publicly announce my involvement with Monochrome Asset Management ETF($IBTC) @MonochromeAsset and Monochrome Exchange @Monochrome_EN. Monochrome is a company that’s public shareholders register contains my name alongside members of the royal family of Malaysia. People all around the world from the underbaked to the trillionaires need safe custodianship of their assets however this becomes a geopolitical nightmare. This is demonstrated by the gold market and the lack of ability for central banks of the world to coordinate to independently verify with 100% certainty that all reserve gold assets are held 1:1 and its note equivalents are not fractional.
Bitcoin is the only asset in the world that anybody with a smartphone can verify is not subject to flaws that make it fallible to fractional reserve banking.
I’ve long championed Malaysia as the epicentre of crypto innovation. However as a British passport holder who has served his (then queen and) country, I salute with great respect the fact that the USA are the best at custodianship of crypto assets. (Because of its military industrial complex). It has an edge over Switzerland for being the “bank of banks” not because of anything warfare or defense related… The US edge over Switzerland when it comes to crypto is the fact that it is home to the United States Dollar… the USD.
My life has been horrible over the past few years as what I know makes me a target (in the kindest ways) to all of the banks across the Asia region and beyond. But I have a family that I have to keep safe.
If you want to know more then please find and follow me on my social media platforms.
Search for MrJoesLife on Instagram, X and MrJoes on TikTok.
My telegram group: lnkd.in/gD2kdb_D
My bio: discovered the bitcoin white paper around 2010 thanks to my cousin from Penang. Took it seriously in 2011. Purchased 50 bitcoins for US$100. For the rest check my LinkedIn bio. Quit a six figure investment banking job to make my life’s work about crypto. Met Vitalik Buterin before he launched ethereum in either Hong Kong or Singapore (can’t remember it was that long ago) and became a seed investor in Ethereum.
My mum and dad are first generation migrants in the UK from Malaysia and Hong Kong respectively. And they are aging there knowing that their only two sons need to be in Asia if the world is to get any real innovation in its financial services. I will make cross border payments fee less. I will tell banks how they can make their next billion dollars risk free. 100% upside and no downside besides hearing me out.
I love you more than I could ever express mum and dad. I hope you’re proud of me ❤️.
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我们的联合创始人 @jeffyew_，币安澳大利亚前 CEO，也是澳大利亚首只现货比特币 ETF 背后的创始人。
他为什么要做 Monochrome，RWA 赛道至今仍然搞错了什么，以及全球资本市场的下一步。👇
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7-Day Top 5 Gainers on Monochrome (October 19, 2026)
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BTC, gold, SPCX, NVDA perps, pre-IPO OpenAI. All on one account, on Monochrome. What are you trading right now?
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$MCR is live.
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$MCR is live.
As the native token of Monochrome Exchange, MCR lowers trading fees, unlocks access to Launchpad offerings and upcoming Digital IPOs, and is supported by a quarterly buyback and burn funded by platform's profit.
MCR/USDT spot trading is now open.
Trade it here: monochrome.exchange/en/trade…