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

Almost $7M in Bitcoin Held by Colonial Pipeline Attacker Is on the Move

Elliptic has linked the activity to ransomware group REvil, with which DarkSide has close ties, being hacked and forced offline by a U.S. government-led operation.

The DOJ tied a Latvian national for alleged participation in a cybercrime group.

Finance

Greenidge Generation to Expand Into Texas, Acquire South Carolina Site

Greenidge also doubled its order of S19j Pro bitcoin mining machines from Bitmain to 22,500 units.

Greenidge Mining center

Policy

Spanish Banks Are Preparing to Offer Crypto Services: Report

The Bank of Spain said in June it would provide instructions for entities wishing to register to provide crypto services. They’re still waiting.

Sede del Banco de España. (Shutterstock)

Policy

Facebook, Square, PayPal and Others Told to Hand Over Payments Info to Consumer Finance Watchdog

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to see information about the payments products, plans and practices of Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Square and PayPal.

Facebook

Finance

Houston Firefighters Pension Fund Makes Bitcoin, Ether Purchase

The fund has invested $25 million in crypto in what appears to be a first for a U.S. public pension plan.

fire

Finance

Asset Manager Pimco to Extend Crypto Involvement: Report

Pimco’s chief investment officer said some of the fixed-income firm’s hedge-fund portfolios are already trading crypto-linked securities.

Daniel Ivascyn, chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO), during a panel discussion at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, June 26, 2015. Ivascyn said at the same conference he expects the Pimco Total Return fund to rise to the top and that there is still room for core bonds amid rising interest rates. Photographer: Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Finance

Crypto Custodian Copper Eyes $2.5B Valuation in $500M Funding Round Talks: Report

Just five months ago, Copper raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Dawn Capital and Target Global.

copper coils

Finance

Purpose Investments Files to List 3 More Crypto ETFs in Canada

The Canada-based asset manager also plans to launch a privately offered fund providing exposure to decentralized finance (DeFi).

Canada (Shutterstock)

Finance

Hindenburg Research Offers $1M Reward to Uncover Tether’s Backing

The firm said it “has doubts” about Tether’s backing.

Zeppelin (Matthias Wewering/Pixabay)

Finance

Stronghold Digital Upsizes IPO Price to $19 a Share

Shares are expected to commence trading on the Nasdaq Global Market today under the ticker symbol “SDIG.”

Stronghold's power plant in Northeastern Pennsylvania.