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

FTX Reaches $32B Valuation With $400M Fundraise

The investment values the crypto exchange at the same level as Deutsche Boerse and more than Nasdaq or Twitter.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Crypto Has Parallels With Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Says Paul Krugman

The economist sees evidence that the risks of crypto are falling on those who do not know what they're getting into and are less able to handle the downsides.

Nobel Prize-winning Economist Paul Krugman, professor of international trade and economics at Princeton University, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Krugman discussed the performance of  bonds, Fed monetary policy, and the U.S. economy compared with that of Japan. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Crypto Industry Heavyweights Form Political Action Committee for US Midterms: Report

Backers of the PAC include top executives at FTX and SkyBridge Capital.

(Roibu/Shutterstock)

Finance

WisdomTree's Fourth-Quarter Crypto Assets Managed Rises 5-Fold

WisdomTree managed an average of $406 million in digital assets during the quarter, up from $79 million in the year-earlier period.

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Finance

Investment Firm L1 Digital Receives FINMA Approval for Collective Crypto Investments

The Zurich-based firm manages around $500 million in assets from institutional clients such as pension funds, family offices and wealth managers.

Zurich, Switzerland

Policy

US Lawmakers Challenge Infrastructure Bill's Definition of 'Broker'

The representatives propose following a definition which avoids placing "unworkable customer reporting obligations" on parties who do not, in fact, have customers, such as crypto miners and stakers.

House Bracing for Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Vote

Policy

Vladimir Putin Offers Hope for Crypto in Face of Central Bank Call for Ban

Crypto's risk must be offset against the country's "competitive advantages" when it comes to mining, Russia's leader said.

Vladimir Putin (Evgenii Sribnyi/Shutterstock)

Finance

Valkyrie Applies to List Bitcoin Miners ETF on Nasdaq

The Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF will invest at least 80% of its net assets in firms that derive at least 50% of their profit from bitcoin mining.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

Finance

FTX US Attains $8B Valuation in $400M Fundraise Including SoftBank, Temasek

The cryptocurrency exchange intends to use the funds to launch new business lines and explore strategic investments and acquisitions.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. (CoinDesk TV)

Finance

MicroStrategy Will Continue Bitcoin Buying Unfazed by Market Plummeting: Report

The business intelligence company's strategy is to "buy and hold," CFO Phong Le said.

Phong Le, president and CFO of MicroStrategy