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.

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Finance

FTX US Attains $8B Valuation in $400M Fundraise Including SoftBank, Temasek

The cryptocurrency exchange intends to use the funds to launch new business lines and explore strategic investments and acquisitions.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. (CoinDesk TV)

Finance

MicroStrategy Will Continue Bitcoin Buying Unfazed by Market Plummeting: Report

The business intelligence company's strategy is to "buy and hold," CFO Phong Le said.

Phong Le, president and CFO of MicroStrategy

Policy

Indonesia's Regulator Warns Financial Firms Against Offering Crypto Sales: Report

Financial institutions are strictly prohibited from "using, marketing, and/or facilitating crypto asset trading."

Jakarta, Indonesia

Finance

Beatles Memorabilia From Julian Lennon's Collection to Be Sold as NFTs

The auction will take place on NFT marketplace YellowHeart on Feb. 7.

Julian Lennon (left) and Sean Lennon (right). (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney)

Policy

Chinese Government Rejects Metaverse Trademark Applications: Report

Those rejected include applications by NetEase, iQiyi and Xiaohongshu.

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Finance

Crypto VC Fund Pluto Digital to Go Public in Reverse Takeover of NFT Investments

NFT Investments is listed on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market in London.

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Policy

SEC Rejects First Trust SkyBridge's Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposal

The rejection filed Thursday comes as no surprise given the precedent set by the SEC for a preference for ETFs that track the bitcoin futures market.

SEC (Image via Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock)

Policy

SEC's Gensler Wants Greater Scrutiny for Crypto Exchanges: Report

"I've asked staff to look at every way to get these platforms inside the investor protection remit," he said.

Gary Gensler (Evelyn Hockstein/Getty Images)

Finance

Trading Technology Provider BlockFills Raises $37M for Expansion

The Series A was led by a number of institutional investors including Susquehanna Private Equity, CME Ventures and others.

Dólares estadounidenses (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto.com Says Hackers Stole Nearly $34M From Users

The hack prompted the site to now offer protection for funds of up to $250,000 in the event of a third party gaining unauthorized access to accounts.

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