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.

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Policy

EU Says Russia, Belarus Sanctions Extend to Crypto

Crypto assets fall into the category of "transferrable securities" and are therefore clearly included in the scope of sanctions, the EU said.

EU Commission flag

Finance

Papa John's Plans NFT Drop Despite Prior Warning From UK Advertising Regulator

The collection of 19,840 NFTs has been minted on Tezos and takes the form of nine different pizza hot bag designs.

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Policy

EU Parliament Monetary Committee to Vote on MiCA Next Week

Wording that would have banned proof-of-work cryptos like bitcoin has been removed.

EU Parliament (areporter/Shutterstock)

Finance

Binance Sets Up Fiat-to-Crypto Payments Provider, Lends to FCA-Regulated Custodian

Bifinity supports 50 cryptocurrencies and major payment methods, including Visa and Mastercard.

Photo via Shutterstock

Finance

Crypto Exchange FTX Sets Up European Unit

The new division is based in Switzerland, with an additional base in Cyprus.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Manchester City Soccer Club Signs Deal With Crypto Exchange OKX

The partnership gives OKX a presence at the English Premier League champion's Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City's Etihad Stadium

Policy

EU Excludes 7 Russian Banks From SWIFT

The bloc is also studying whether crypto is being used to evade sanctions.

A European swift (TheOtherKev/Pixabay)

Policy

UK Regulator Bans Floki Inu Ads as 'Irresponsible'

The ASA said the ads "irresponsibly exploited" consumers' fears of missing out and trivialized investment in cryptocurrency.

Shiba inu (Melody Less/Unsplash)

Finance

Former Citigroup Executive Joins Provenance Blockchain as CEO

Morgan McKenney is the latest in a growing line of Wall Streeters leaving traditional finance for the cryptocurrency space.

exit, blocks

Finance

DeFi Platform Thetanuts Finance Raises $18M Seed Funding to Fuel Growth

The funding round was led by Three Arrows Capital, Deribit, QCP Capital and Jump Crypto.

Seed funding