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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Policy

Digital Euro Needed to Counter Stablecoins, Non-European Big Tech, ECB Chief Economist Says

Philip Lane said the prevalence of electronic payments using Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal "exposes Europe to risks of economic pressure and coercion."

European central bank (Maryna Yazbeck/Unsplash)

Tech

Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

BitcoinOS contributor and crypto OG Edan Yago describes forks on Bitcoin as like "open-heart surgery."

Photo of Edan Yago standing in front of  a sponsor board. (Courtesy: BitcoinOS)

Finance

Kraken to Buy NinjaTrader for $1.5B to Enter U.S. Crypto Futures Market

The deal could be a way for the crypto exchange to move into another asset class and increase its users.

(Kraken)

Finance

Wallet Infrastructure Provider Privy Raises $15M to Develop Crypto Onboarding Rails

The company said the investment takes its total funding to over $40 million

Photo of Privy co-founders Asta Li and Henri Stern (Privy)

Finance

Blockchain Firm Crossmint Used by Adidas, Red Bull Raises $23.6M in Funding

Ribbit Capital led the investment round with additional participation from Franklin Templeton, Nyca, First Round, and Lightspeed Faction.

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol to Eliminate Writing Smart Contracts for DeFi

The Series A investment was led by venture capital giant a16z's crypto arm, following a $6 million seed round in 2022.

16:9 Halliday CEO Griffin Dunaif (Halliday)

Policy

ECB's Villeroy Says U.S. Crypto Support Could Trigger Next Financial Emergency

The U.S. "risks sinning through negligence," Villeroy said in an interview with French newspaper La Tribune Dimanche

 Banque de France's Governor François Villeroy de Galhau (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Solv Raises $10M for Bitcoin Reserve Offering to Drive Institutional BTC Finance Adoption

Solv is attempting to offer an "on-chain MicroStrategy" model, referencing the Michael Saylor-founded software company that now owns nearly 500,000 BTC

Heading of Bitcoin Whitepaper

Policy

Lawyer Requests Interpol Red Notice for Libra Founder Hayden Davis: Report

Attorney Gregorio Dalbon raised the procedural risk of U.S. citizen Davis remaining at large and of his financial resources allowing him to stay in hiding

Argentina has created a national committee to help develop blockchain technology. (Unsplash)

Tech

Binance Labs-Backed Network Hemi Debuts $440M Mainnet to 'Unify' Bitcoin, Ethereum

Hemi Labs has signed up dozens of protocols, including decentralized exchange (DEX) Sushi, liquid staking token pumpBTC and oracles RedStone and Pyth.

Photo of Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Hemi Labs