Jamie Crawley

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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Backpack CFO Oliver  Sleafer (Backpack)
Crypto Exchange Backpack Appoints Stripe, Banking Veteran as CFO
Backpack was founded by Armani Ferrante and Tristan Yver, alums of defunct trading company Alameda Research and bankrupt crypto exchange FTX respectively
Backpack CFO Oliver  Sleafer (Backpack)
two fingers adding a coin to one pile of coins among many
Web 3 Startup Tensorplex Labs Raises $3M Seed Funding to Decentralize AI
Tensorplex said decentralization can help prevent tech giants monopolizing artificial intelligence, making them prone to biases or censorship.
two fingers adding a coin to one pile of coins among many
North Korea (Micha Brändli/Unsplash)
North Korean Crypto Hackers Have Stolen $3B Since 2017, Says UN Security Council: Report
A UN Security Council panel is investigating 17 crypto heists in 2023, for which North Korea may have been responsible, which were valued at more than $750 million
North Korea (Micha Brändli/Unsplash)
Police, crime (geralt/Pixabay)
Guilty Verdict for Woman Accused of Laundering Bitcoin Tied to Alleged $6B China Fraud: Bloomberg
Police in the U.K. seized over 1.7 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) worth of related bitcoin in 2018.
Police, crime (geralt/Pixabay)
Countdown (anncapictures/Pixabay)
Bitcoin's Halving May Be Here Sooner Than You Know (Again)
Several months ago, the halving was expected to take place on April 28; now it's on track to land on April 15. Blame the surge in bitcoin's price, which has attracted more min...
Countdown (anncapictures/Pixabay)
Vilnius, Lithuania (Shutterstock)
Lithuania-Licensed Crypto Bank Meld to Offer Tokenized RWAs to Retail Investors
Meld, which is in partnership with the layer-1 blockchain of the same name, has an agreement with DeFi platform Swarm Markets, which started a real-world asset platform in Dec...
Vilnius, Lithuania (Shutterstock)
Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)
Immutable, King River Capital, Polygon Labs Set Up $100M Web3 Gaming Fund
Immutable and Polygon Labs will identify investment opportunities while King River will manage the investment process and deploy the capital across game studios and web3 infra...
Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)
Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy Acquired Another 9,245 BTC for $623M
The company now holds approximately 214,246 bitcoins, which is more than 1% of all the 21 million of the tokens that will ever exist
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)
16:9 Europe (652234/Pixabay)
Galaxy Digital to Introduce Exchange-Traded Products in Europe in 'Matter of Weeks'
Galaxy Digital teamed up with asset manager DWS last April to develop ETPs designed to give Europeans access to digital-asset investment through traditional brokerage accounts...
16:9 Europe (652234/Pixabay)
Grayscale advert at the World Trade Center PATH station in New York (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Grayscale CEO Believes Bitcoin ETF Fees Will Drop Over Time: CNBC
GBTC has seen $12 billion in outflows since due in part to its high fees compared to its competitors
Grayscale advert at the World Trade Center PATH station in New York (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)