Sujal

Be Eowyn Chen

- graduated Cum Laude from Harvard Uni
- started at Oliver Wyman as a consultant in NY
- joined binance in 2018, initially as special assistant to co-founder Yi He
- worked closely with Yi He on global expansion
- built Binance's central marketing team from the ground up
- her growth team drove 45% of Binance's new users in six months
- helped grow Binance's community to 10M+ members
- 2022: became CEO of TrustWallet
- grew users from 40M to 230M
- turned a $10M loss into nearly $90M revenue
- named to CoinDesk 's Top 50 Women in Web3 & AI
- 2026: stepped down from Trust Wallet
- returned to Binance as interim CMO

From Harvard grad to running the world's largest self-custody wallet, now back at Binance.

We sat down with Eowyn Chen and covered 3 things to check before joining an exchange, the hardest scams for exchanges to stop, why self-custody isn't for 90% of beginners, and Binance's roadmap to 1 billion users.

TOKENIZED EQUITIES COULD HIT $349B BY 2030

Binance Research says tokenized equities have grown 390.4% YTD to $4.43B as of September 15

Under its base-case scenario, the market could reach ~$349B by 2030

The bigger shift: tokenized stocks are increasingly being used across DeFi, lending, liquidity and collateral, not just held on-chain

NEAR INTENTS HALTED AFTER $3.8M SECURITY INCIDENT

NEAR Intents services were halted after a security incident caused an estimated $3.8M loss

The team says all affected funds will be fully compensated

🇮🇳 ₹6 TRILLION WIPED OUT FROM INDIA’S STOCK MARKET

Sensex fell over 700 points intraday, while Nifty slipped below 22,400 before recovering some losses

Heavy FII selling, rising U.S. bond yields, a weaker rupee and falling auto stocks weighe
d on Indian equities

🚀 BINANCE TOKENIZED STOCKS HIT $800M

Binance’s bStocks has reached around $800M in under four months, representing roughly 25% of the $3B tokenized stock market

The sector has grown more than 4x YTD, with tokenized stocks now making up around 8% of the $38B on-chain RWA market

Tokenized equities are rapidly expanding on-chain 📈

STOLEN ZEC MOVES INTO ZCASH PRIVACY POOL

ZachXBT says suspected DPRK-linked attackers moved ~2,700 $ZEC ($3.8M) from the Bitget hack into Zcash’s Ironwood shielded pool

Around 18,900 $ZEC ($28.3M) was reportedly stolen from Bitget

The move makes the funds harder to trace on-chain

🇺🇸 FTC OPENS AI SAFETY PROB

EThe FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over potential risks their technology could pose to consumers

The probe comes just one day after major AI firms agreed to voluntary safety standards with the Trump administration

The investigation could involve requests for company information and executive testimony

BINANCE PAY GOES LIVE AT PAYPAY MERCHANTS 🇯🇵

Binance Pay users visiting Japan can now spend crypto at 10M+ PayPay merchants nationwide

Crypto payments just got another major real-world use case

ED ARRESTS 2 IN HASHPE CRYPTO FRAUD CASE 🇮🇳

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested two accused in the HashPe cryptocurrency fraud money-laundering investigation

Both were produced before a Special PMLA Court and granted judicial custody

MORGAN STANLEY BUILDS CRYPTO LAB

Morgan Stanley has set up a Digital Asset Lab to test stablecoins, tokenization and DeFi

The bank will also explore tokenized deposits, CBDCs and tokenized money-market funds

TRUMP BRINGS AI GIANTS TO THE WHITE HOUSE 🇺🇸

Trump hosted top AI and tech leaders at the White House to discuss AI safety, innovation and development

The meeting focused on the U.S. AI industry and global competition

APPLE PAY FINALLY ARRIVES IN INDIA 🇮🇳

Apple Pay is now live in India with Axis Bank

• Initially supports eligible Visa & Mastercard credit cards
• Works with iPhone and Apple Watch for contactless payments
• RuPay and UPI are not supported through Apple Pay at launch

Apple is expected to expand support to more banks over time

💛 BINANCE ALTCOINS ARE SHOWING STRENGTH

CryptoQuant data shows 87% of altcoins listed on Binance have turned bullish

Momentum is picking up across the market, although rising exchange inflows suggest traders are also becoming more active

Interesting setup to watch as the market moves forward 👀

TETHER FREEZES $550M+ IN USDT LINKED TO IRAN

Tether says it worked with U.S. authorities to freeze roughly $550M in USDT connected to Iran’s Central Bank and sanctions-linked networks in 2026

More than $344M was frozen in April, followed by another $131M in July

USDT is increasingly being used as a tool for sanctions enforcement