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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Policy

Bank of England Releases Discussion Paper on Stablecoins, CBDC

The paper focuses on the effects of private stablecoins on the cost and availability of lending and the challenges for monetary policy.

The Royal Exchange. (QQ7/Shutterstock)

Markets

Austrian Blockchain Company Builds Platform to Tokenize Solar Energy

The platform tokenizes output of solar-panel assets and allows customers to pay bills according to the power produced.

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Markets

FTX Acquires Naming Rights to Esports Organization TSM in $210M Deal

The deal is the largest in eports history.

Fortnite game

Markets

NYDIG, Stone Ridge Lead $25M Funding Round for Unchained Capital

NYDIG also committed to lend Unchained another $100 million, for a total commitment of $150 million.

Unchained Capital team

Markets

Florida Health-Care Company Accepting Bitcoin for COVID-19 Tests

The service is available at Progressive Care's PharmoRx locations in North Miami Beach.

Miami Beach (Antonio Cuellar/Unsplash)

Markets

Alibaba, Google Among More Than 300 Companies Seeking Singapore Crypto Licenses

Companies apply under the Payment Services Act, a comprehensive regulatory framework for companies handling activities relating to digital assets, including payments and trading.

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Markets

South Korea Plans to Tax Overseas Crypto Assets Starting in 2022: Report

Koreans will be required to pay tax when balances held with foreign virtual-asset businesses exceed 500 million won ($450,000).

Korean won

Markets

Nasdaq-Listed The9 to Buy Control of Mining Company Montcrypto

Montcrypto aims for a carbon-neutral infrastructure for cryptocurrency mining through the use of natural gas.

Natural gas tanks

Markets

Solana Launches $20M Fund to Advance Ecosystem in Korea

The launch comes only weeks after Solana drew $60 million in funding for projects in Brazil, Russia, India and Ukraine.

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Markets

Argo Blockchain's Bitcoin Holding Passes 1,000

May revenue fell to $7.8 million, 16% less than the month before.

Components used in bitcoin mining machines.