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

Citigroup Digital-Assets Driver Itay Tuchman to Depart

Tuchman's next move may be into a digital-assets firm.

(TungCheung/Shutterstock)

Policy

Nigeria's CBDC eNaira Used for Nearly $10M Worth of Transactions Since October

The eNaira app has been downloaded 840,000 times and has 270,000 active wallets

The eNaira wallet registration page (CoinDesk)

Finance

World's Biggest Companies Invested $6B in Blockchain Firms September-June: Study

Google parent Alphabet participated in four funding rounds that raised a total $1.5 billion, Blockdata found.

Money growing from the ground. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Mining Rig Maker Canaan Sees 'Prolonged Headwinds' After Challenging Quarter

CEO Nangeng Zhang cited a slumping bitcoin price and COVID-19 lockdowns in China.

Mining rigs in Plattsburgh, N.Y. (Fran Velasquez/CoinDesk)

Finance

World Bank Affiliate IFC Backs Blockchain-Based Platform for Carbon Offsets

The Carbon Opportunities Fund aims to push investments for tokenized trading of carbon credits.

(Spencer Watson/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner PrimeBlock Cancels Listing Plans, Terminates $1.25B Merger With 10X Capital

The two firms terminated their agreement, which would have allowed Prime Blockchain to go public, by mutual consent on Aug. 12

Bitcoin mining rigs (Image credit: Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Former CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump Joins Crypto Risk Monitoring Firm Solidus Labs as Adviser

The appointment reflects the broader trend of former top government officials taking roles at crypto firms after departing from their public service roles.

Former CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump speaking at Consensus 2022. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Digital Bank Revolut Gets Approval to Offer Crypto Services Throughout Europe

The authorization will let the firm, which was valued at $33 billion in a recent funding round, offer crypto services to its 17 million customers in the European Economic Area.

(Revolut)

Finance

Abrdn Buys Stake in Digital Exchange Archax

With the investment, the U.K. asset manager has become Archax's largest outside shareholder.

Asset manager WisdomTree (WETF) managed crypto assets worth $265 million in Q2, a decrease of nearly 12% compared to the equivalent figure of $300 million a year ago (Tumisu/Pixabay)

Policy

US Regulators Consider Asking Large Hedge Funds to Disclose Crypto Exposure

The proposal involves adding a question about digital assets to reporting requirements that also cover private credit and equity and real estate.

SEC Building (Shutterstock)