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

London Commuters Face Ad ‘Assault’ by New Musk-Inspired Coin: Report

A coin named after Elon Musk’s shiba inu dog is being advertised to mass transit users in the U.K. capital with the slogan “Missed Doge? Get Floki”

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Bank of Spain Opens Registry for Crypto Service Providers

All entities, including banks that are already regulated, have to register.

Sede del Banco de España. (Shutterstock)

Finance

XDEFI Wallet Looks to Raise $12M in Initial DEX Offering

The IDO will take place in early November on MISO, the platform built for offering new tokens on SushiSwap.

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Nigeria’s eNaira CBDC Goes Live

The eNaira was developed by fintech company Bitt, whose digital currency management system is also behind the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s CBDC.

e-naira, nigeria

Finance

BlockFi to Develop Crypto Asset Management Products With Neuberger Berman

The new products will be housed in a separate entity called BlockFi nb.

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Almost $7M in Bitcoin Held by Colonial Pipeline Attacker Is on the Move

Elliptic has linked the activity to ransomware group REvil, with which DarkSide has close ties, being hacked and forced offline by a U.S. government-led operation.

The DOJ tied a Latvian national for alleged participation in a cybercrime group.

Finance

Greenidge Generation to Expand Into Texas, Acquire South Carolina Site

Greenidge also doubled its order of S19j Pro bitcoin mining machines from Bitmain to 22,500 units.

Greenidge Mining center

Policy

Spanish Banks Are Preparing to Offer Crypto Services: Report

The Bank of Spain said in June it would provide instructions for entities wishing to register to provide crypto services. They’re still waiting.

Sede del Banco de España. (Shutterstock)

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Facebook, Square, PayPal and Others Told to Hand Over Payments Info to Consumer Finance Watchdog

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to see information about the payments products, plans and practices of Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Square and PayPal.

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Finance

Houston Firefighters Pension Fund Makes Bitcoin, Ether Purchase

The fund has invested $25 million in crypto in what appears to be a first for a U.S. public pension plan.

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