Jamie Crawley

Jamie has been part of CoinDesk's news team since February 2021, focusing on breaking news, Bitcoin tech and protocols and crypto VC. He holds BTC, ETH and DOGE.

Jamie Crawley

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Finance

Starbucks to Offer NFT-Based Loyalty Program Using Polygon's Blockchain Technology

Starbucks Odyssey will allow customers to purchase digital collectible stamps in NFT form that offer benefits and immersive experiences

Starbucks ofrece un programa de fidelización basado en NFT. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Investor FTX Ventures to Take 30% Stake in SkyBridge Capital

The firm, founded by former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci, will invest some of the funds in crypto assets for its balance sheet.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Craig Barritt/Getty Images)

Finance

Venture Capital Firm MetaWeb Raises $30M for Early Stage Crypto Startups

Having operated in stealth mode for several months, the fund has invested in more than 30 startups.

U.S. Dollars (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Startup Mysten Labs Raises $300M From Industry Heavyweights at $2B Valuation

Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and the crypto wing of Andreessen Horowitiz were among the participants.

Mysten Labs has raised $300 million at a $2 billion valuation. (Shutterstock)

Finance

NBA to Develop NFT-Based Fantasy Basketball Game With Sorare

Sorare has become the "Official NFT Fantasy Partner" of the NBA.

NBA (Pixabay)

Finance

Binance Introduces Ether Staking in US as It Steps Up Competition With Rivals

Binance will start offering 6% annual percentage yield (APY) to its U.S. customers from as low as 0.001 ETH.

Binance.US CEO Brian Shroder (Binance.US)

Finance

DeFi Platform Kyber Says It Removed Attack Vector, Compensated Affected Wallet

The Sept. 1 exploit saw $265,000 stolen from one Kyber wallet.

Ethereum developers launch Hoodi testnet (Shutterstock)

Finance

Binance, Issuer of Third-Biggest Stablecoin, to Stop Supporting Larger Rival USDC

The action effectively removes the world's second-biggest stablecoin, USD coin, as a tradable asset on Binance's giant platform.

(Shutterstock)

Policy

Australian Federal Police Forms Cryptocurrency Unit to Tackle Money Laundering, Offshoring: Report

The unit was set up after the force's criminal asset confiscation command had seized more than $600 million from the proceeds of crime since its inception in February 2020.

Crime scene (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Revolut Said to Be Under Pressure From Regulator Over Risk of 'Material Misstatement' in Auditing: Report

The auditor of Revolut, a digital bank that earns up to 10% of revenue from crypto trading, was criticized by the U.K. accountancy and auditing watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC).

(Revolut)