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

Solana-Based DEX Orca Raises $18M Series A Funding

Orca will use the fresh funding injection to continue developing its automated market maker (AMM).

orca, whale

Finance

Robinhood to Roll Out Crypto Wallet Fully by Early 2022

The app’s users can now join a waiting list to get early access to the wallet.

Robinhood's Crypto Wallet Waitlist

Policy

Banking Heavyweights Oppose Basel’s Proposed Rules on Crypto Capital Requirements

Banks including JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank oppose “overly conservative” proposals they say would prevent banks from getting involved in crypto asset markets.

Bank for International Settlements. Basel, Switzerland.

Finance

London-Based Open Banking Startup TrueLayer Raises $130M Led by Tiger Global, Stripe

The fundraise sees TrueLayer’s valuation surpass $1 billion, thus giving it “unicorn” status.

canary-wharf-london

Tech

Vee Finance Hit for $35M in Second Major Exploit on Avalanche

The platform was attacked for a total of 8804.7 ETH (around $26 million) and 213.93 BTC (around $9 million).

(Clint Patterson/Unsplash)

Policy

UK Parliament’s House of Lords Launches CBDC Inquiry

The deadline for responses on a possible U.K. central bank digital currency is mid-October.

U.K. Houses of Parliament (TTStudio/Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Sidechain–Based STO Approved by German Regulator

This marks BaFin’s first approval of a security token offering issued on the Liquid Network.

liquid, water

Finance

Solana-Based Music Marketplace Launches With Aspirations to Tokenize Royalties

Solo Music follows 3LAU’s Royal platform as music-industry crypto experimentation continues.

(OSABEE/Shutterstock)

Policy

China Stepping Up Campaign Against Hidden Crypto Miners: Report

Inspections are being carried out across several Chinese provinces in colleges and research institutions.

BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 30, 2006

Finance

Decentraland Invests in Decentral Games to Support Metaverse Poker

The money will help fund the rollout of ICE Poker, a new virtual game.

(Keenan Constance via Unsplash)