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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Nickel Digital Sees Growing Institutional Demand in UK for Crypto

More than half of institutional investors plan to invest more in crypto by 2023, according to a survey.

The London skyline

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USDC to Be Backed 100% by Cash, US Treasurys

The USDC developer revealed last month that only 61% of tokens were backed by "cash and cash equivalents."

Dollars

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Visa Takes First Step Into NFTs With CryptoPunk Purchase for Almost $150K

Visa bought CryptoPunk 7610, one of 3,840 "female" punks.

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Poly Network Hacker Releases Private Key for Remaining Looted $141M

In a note to the Poly Network team, the attacker referred to the saga as "one of the most wild adventures in our lives."

Hacker

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PayPal Brings Crypto Service to UK Customers

Rollout of PayPal's first expansion of its crypto offering outside the U.S. will begin this week.

PayPal HQ

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Sweden's Government Forced to Return $1.5M in Bitcoin to Drug Dealer: Report

That's the difference in value since the time of the dealer's prosecution while he was in jail.

Sweden flag

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OKEx Establishes $10M Fund for GameFi Projects

The cash will come from the exchange's $100 million OKEx BlockDream Ventures fund, which invests in blockchain projects.

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BlackRock Has Almost $400M Invested in Bitcoin Mining Stocks: Report

SEC filings dated June 30 show BlackRock with stakes in Marathon Digital Holdings and Riot Blockchain.

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Binance Tightens Customer Verification Requirements

New customers will have to supply a government ID and pass facial verification to meet Binance's "Intermediate" verification.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

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Polygon to Form Decentralized Autonomous Organization

Polygon's aim is for the DAO to attract 100 million users.

The Polygon team