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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Finance

Phillips Auction House to Accept Crypto for Banksy Artwork Sale

The auction house will accept bitcoin or ether for Banksy's “Laugh Now Panel A,” valued at between $2.82 million and $4.1 million.

Banksy's "Laugh Now Panel A," 2002

Markets

SBI Ripple Asia Launches Cambodia's First Cross-Border Remittance Service Using Blockchain

The service uses RippleNet to create a payments corridor between banks in Cambodia and Vietnam.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Tech

Amazon Offers Mining in the Cloud for New Chia Cryptocurrency

Users in China can set up on AWS to "farm" Chia's XCH cryptocurrency.

AWS

Finance

Citi Considering Crypto Services Amid Surge in Interest: Report

Trading, custody and financing are all said to be under consideration by the U.S. banking giant.

Citibank (TungCheung/Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Card Provider Simplex Being Acquired by Canadian Firm for $250M

The Visa network member provides users with crypto on-ramp/off-ramp capabilities using debit and credit cards.

Simplex

Markets

VanEck Launches ‘First of Its Kind’ Digital Assets ETF in Europe

The ETF is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse under the ticker “DAPP."

Gabor Gurbacs, director of digital-asset strategy at VanEck

Finance

Auto Insurer to Allow Policyholders to Send, Receive Payments in Bitcoin

San Francisco-based Metromile will purchase $10 million worth of bitcoin to offer policyholders an option for payment of claims.

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Markets

South Korea’s Dunamu Pledges Nearly $9M to Protect Crypto Investors: Report

The Upbit operator plans to set up a unit to help prevent fraud and assist victims of crypto crime, among other things.

Seoul

Finance

Bakkt App Will Allow Users to Spend Crypto on Cantaloupe's Retail Network

The new partnership will mean bitcoin and loyalty points can be used to buy items at more than a million Cantaloupe retail devices.

Bakkt President Adam White

Markets

Digital Currency Group Invests in South Korean Crypto Exchange

DCG has become the second-largest shareholder in blockchain company Streami, operator of crypto exchange Gopax.

Seoul, South Korea