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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Argo Blockchain to Buy 20,000 Mining Machines for West Texas Data Center

The 20,000 Bitmain Antminer S19J Pro machines will increase Argo’s hashrate by more than 2 exahash.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

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Zero Hash Eyes Expansion in DeFi, NFTs After Raising $35M

The funding round was led by the venture arm of Point72, the firm helmed by billionaire investor, and New York Mets team owner, Steven Cohen.

Edward Woodford, co-founder of Seed CX and Zero Hash (far right), appears on a panel at Consensus 2019.

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Visa Working on Interoperability Platform for Stablecoins, CBDCs

The channel would allow cryptocurrencies to be transferred between different blockchains.

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Bitfinex Halts Trading Due to Platform Outage

The crypto exchange said the issue has been resolved and all systems are operational.

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Bank of England Unveils CBDC Forum Members, Including Reps From Asos, PayPal and Spotify

The formation of two forums was announced in April to explore a potential UK CBDC that would exist alongside cash and bank deposits.

The Royal Exchange. (QQ7/Shutterstock)

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Ripple Launches $250M NFT Fund

Creators, brands and marketplaces will be given support to explore how the XRP Ledger’s speed and cost can support new use cases for NFTs.

Water ripple. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Verifone Partners With BitPay to Support Crypto Payments

Rollout will commence later this year across Verifone’s merchant network in the U.S.

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Stablecoin Pegged to Peru’s Currency Launches on Stellar

The coin has been created by Latin American digital token issuer Anclap and is 100% backed by local currency.

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Immutable X Token Sale Raises Over $12.5M in Under an Hour

Immutable X is aiming for its IMX token to be Ethereum’s “Stripe for NFTs,” offering gas-free NFT minting and trading.

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Fantom to Work With Orienbank to Help Develop a Possible CBDC for Tajikistan

The Fantom Foundation will work with OJSC Orienbank on a possible CBDC for use in the central Asian country.

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