Jamie Crawley

Jamie joined CoinDesk as a news reporter in February 2021 after writing widely about crypto and blockchain for two years in other roles. Away from crypto, Jamie runs a lot and loves all things sport. He holds small amounts of BTC, ETH, ADA and LTC.

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Technology

Bitcoin

Alpen Labs Looks to Scale Bitcoin With Zero-Knowledge Proofs Using $10.6M Funding

Alpen Labs has emerged from stealth mode following the funding round, having spent the last year developing Bitcoin rollup infrastructure to bring smart contract functionality...

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 10, 2024 at 3:11 p.m. UTC

Apr 10, 2024

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Markets

Grayscale

Grayscale CEO Says Bitcoin ETF Outflows Are Reaching Equilibrium: Reuters

Michael Sonnenshein said that some of the selling connected to settlements of bankrupt crypto companies like FTX is "largely behind us."

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 10, 2024 at 10:16 a.m. UTC

Apr 10, 2024

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Policy

Filecoin

Filecoin Liquid Staking Platform STFIL Claims Team Members Under Investigation by Chinese Police

Tokens on the platform were moved to an "unknown, external address" last week while its team members were under detention

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 9, 2024 at 9:29 a.m. UTC

Apr 9, 2024

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Finance

Crypto VC Firm Polychain Tops Up AI Platform Ritual's $25M Funding Round With 'Multimillion Dollar' Investment

Blockchain firms are attempting to address concerns that Big Tech giants like Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet will build an artificial-intelligence oligarchy

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 8, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Apr 8, 2024

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Finance

Galaxy digital

DWS, Galaxy Digital List Exchange-Traded Commodities Offering BTC, ETH Exposure in Germany

The products, which track the performance of the two largest cryptocurrencies by market value, carry a fee of 0.35% and were listed on the Deutsche Boerse on Thursday.

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 5, 2024 at 3:51 p.m. UTC

Apr 5, 2024

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Policy

Google

Google Takes Legal Action Against Alleged Crypto Scammers for Uploading Fraudulent Apps

The defendants are said to have committed hundreds of acts of wire fraud, "causing harm to Google and at least approximately 100,000 Google users."

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 4, 2024 at 12:07 p.m. UTC

Apr 4, 2024

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Markets

Fund flows

Crypto Funds Saw Inflows of $862M Last Week Following $1B of Outflows the Week Before: CoinShares

The recovery from the week before coincided with a recovery in BTC's price which sat at just under $70,000 on March 29, up nearly 10% on a week earlier

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 2, 2024 at 11:38 a.m. UTC

Apr 2, 2024

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Markets

Ethena

Ethena Labs' ENA Token Goes Live, Starts Trading at 64 Cents

Ethena has invited holders of USDe to claim their share of the airdrop of 750 million ENA tokens, equating to 5% of the total supply

By Jamie Crawley

Apr 2, 2024 at 9:22 a.m. UTC

Apr 2, 2024

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Cathie Wood's ARK Invest is buying more shares of crypto exchange Coinbase. (Marco Beller/Getty Images)

Markets

Ark 21shares

ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Hits $200M Daily Inflows for First Time

The bitcoin ETF market registered net inflows of $243.4 million as the BTC price teased a return north of $72,000, a week after sinking below $63,000.

By Jamie Crawley

Mar 28, 2024 at 12:51 p.m. UTC

Mar 28, 2024

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Finance

Bitcoin

BOB, a 'Hybrid' Layer-2 Blockchain Mixing Bitcoin and Ethereum, Raises $10M

The fundraising round was led by Castle Island Ventures and included participation from Mechanism Ventures, Bankless Ventures, CMS Ventures and UTXO Management

By Jamie Crawley

Mar 27, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 27, 2024

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