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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Markets

CoinShares Q4 Profit More Than Doubled

Assets under management at the now Nasdaq-listed CoinShares grew by over 300% in 2020.

Danny Masters, executive chairman at CoinShares

Finance

Bakkt Digital Wallet, for Bitcoin to Starbucks Points, Goes Live After Long Delay

The launch of its flagship consumer product was originally expected for early 2020.

Starbucks is a Bakkt launch partner.

Policy

UK to Focus Regulation on Stablecoins Rather Than Crypto in General: Report

“We believe the case for intervention in the wider cryptocurrency markets is less immediately pressing,” Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen said Tuesday.

Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen

Markets

UK Tax Authority Updates Treatment of Crypto Assets to Incorporate Staking

This marks the first time that HMRC has released guidance specifically describing how staking is treated for taxation purposes. It has been assumed previously that staking comes under the umbrella of mining, thus the same guidance has applied.

HMRC_Self_Assessment_tax_return

Markets

Crypto M&A Doubled to $1.1B in 2020: PwC

The average deal size went from $19.2 million in 2019 to $52.7 million in 2020, with a greater share of activity taking place in Europe and Asia.

pwc

Markets

Justin Sun Unveils Fund for 'Top-Notch' NFT Art Worth at Least $1M

The fund will only accept NFT art pieces with a price tag of at least $1 million.

Justin Sun speaks at Consensus 2019

Markets

Miami Mayor Wants City to Become Bitcoin Mining Hub

The mayor would love Miami becoming a bitcoin mining hub to harness the city’s nuclear power capability.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez

Tech

Cosmos Investors Vote to Approve Inter-Blockchain Communication

Allowing tokens to zip between chains could open up opportunities in decentralized finance; a service on one network could lend an asset from another.

The Cosmos project raised $17 million in 2017 to support a cross-blockchain future.

Markets

Germany's Central Bank Tests Blockchain Solution to Counter CBDCs

The Bundesbank has been looking for settlement solutions that do not require a CBDC.

Germany's central bank isn't so sure it wants a CBDC.

Policy

Dalio on Bitcoin: 'Good Probability' It Will 'Outlawed' by US Gov

The Bridgewater Associates founder said Wednesday that bitcoin has "proven itself" but could face something akin to the 1930s ban on owning gold.

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio