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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Finance

FC Barcelona Plans to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency: Report

The club has rejected offers to be associated with crypto enterprises because it wants to develop its own cryptocurrency and its own metaverse.

FC Barcelona fans. Credit: Shutterstock/Christian Bertrand

Policy

US Treasury Prohibits Transactions With Russia's Central Bank

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has also sanctioned the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

U.S. Department of the Treasury

Policy

US Shutters Embassy in Belarus Amid Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

As with mainstream financial markets, cryptocurrency has felt the ripples of the hostilities in Eastern Europe.

Minsk, Belarus

Policy

UK Government Wants More Power to Seize Crypto Assets: Report

The reforms will be set out under a new economic crime bill aimed at addressing the use of digital currencies to hide the origin of potentially nefarious funding.

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Finance

KuCoin Community Chain Launches $50M Accelerator to Nurture Ecosystem Projects

The program will finance initiatives such as a developers bounty, hackathons, incubation funds, liquidity support and listing recommendations.

KuCoin

Finance

Two European Soccer Clubs Cancel Sponsorship Deals With Bitci: Report

Sporting Lisbon pointed to the Turkish crypto firm's failure to make its payments.

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Finance

Bloomberg Integrates Elwood Technologies' Crypto Platform Into Buy-Side Order System

The integration will be available to mutual clients of Elwood and Bloomberg in Q2 of this year.

Bloomberg Terminal

Policy

Ukraine Central Bank Suspends Use of Electronic Money Following Russian Invasion

The ban is one of several restrictions imposed by the National Bank of Ukraine on the imposition of martial law in the country.

National Bank of Ukraine (Shutterstock)

Finance

Valkyrie Investments Offers Treasury Management Service to Blockchain Projects

The digital asset manager will offer cash flow management, proprietary investing and advanced reporting.

The Ride of the Valkyries.

Finance

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Ends Blockchain Payment Network Plan

Slow growth in transaction numbers caused by COVID-19 made it difficult to expand the business at the pace originally planned.

MUFG