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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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.

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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

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