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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Grayscale Added Nearly $1B in Crypto in 24 Hours

The digital asset manager added large numbers of altcoins to its holdings including horizen and livepeer.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein

Markets

UK Bank NatWest Denies Report it Will Totally Refuse Business Customers Who Deal in Crypto

This follows HSBC stating it would not be facilitating exposure to Coinbase or any other crypto-centric business.

London

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Deutsche Boerse Will De-List Coinbase Global Due to Missing Reference Data

The de-listing will apply until further notice.

Coinbase employees after the company's direct listing on Nasdaq in April.

Finance

RIT Capital Partners Acquires Stake in US Crypto Exchange Kraken

Terms have not been disclosed although the investment was disclosed to investors during a webinar in March.

Kraken co-founder and CEO Jesse Powell

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UK Asset Manager Baillie Gifford Invests $100M in Blockchain.com

The Edinburgh, Scotland-based company was also an early investor in tech giants Tesla and Google.

Edinburgh

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Ark Investment Management Ups Holdings in Coinbase

The firm has continued to sell shares in Square.

Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Investment Management

Markets

DeFi Protocol EasyFi Reports Hack, Loss of Over $80M in Funds

A company blog post reveals that private keys to the project’s admin account had been compromised.

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Markets

Facebook-Backed Diem Aims to Launch Stablecoin Pilot in 2021: Report

The pilot would see a single stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar.

Diem stablecoin pilot

Markets

PayPal-Owned Venmo Adds Bitcoin Buying and Selling

Customers will be able to buy and sell crypto on Venmo for a fee starting from $1.

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

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Online Retailer Newegg Accepting Dogecoin as Payment Option

The announcement coincides with “Doge Day” in which enthusiasts and traders are pumping the coin hard to get its price to $1.

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