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

DeFi Project Meerkat Raises Eyebrows With Claimed $31M Hack a Day After Launch

There are signs the hack was in fact an exit scam, according to reports.

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Markets

JPMorgan Survey: 78% of Institutional Investors Don't Plan to Invest in Crypto

While most wouldn't invest yet, 58% of respondents believe that crypto is "here to stay."

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Tech

Ripple Pilots Private Ledger for Central Bank Digital Currencies

The CBDC platform will be powered by the same blockchain technology as Ripple's public XRP Ledger.

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Finance

Crypto.com Launches $200M Fund for Crypto Startups

The Hong Kong-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange has set up a new venture arm to invest the $200 million.

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Markets

Banksy Work Physically Burned and Digitized as NFT in Art-World First

A group of crypto artists bought the Banksy piece "Morons" and burned it before issuing an NFT. It's an artistic statement, or something.

Banksy's "Morons" was bought by a group of crypto artists and burned as a statement.

Policy

Mining Firm Takes Landlord to Court to Retrieve Equipment Both Had Used

Aurum Capital Ventures and its landlord in Calgary, N.Y., fell out after a deal for the sale of the mining machines collapsed.

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Finance

Kings of Leon to Release New Album as NFT With Tokenized Tickets for Superfans

In addition to platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon, the album will be released in NFT form on blockchain platform YellowHeart.

Caleb Followill of the rock band Kings of Leon.

Tech

Bitcoin-Based DeFi Protocol Sovryn Raises $10M, Offers $1.2M Bug Bounty

The London-based DeFi project raised the equivalent of $10 million in bitcoin through the presale of its governance token.

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Markets

Hedge Fund Manager Daniel Loeb Says He's Taking a Crypto 'Deep Dive'

The New York-based hedge fund founder described cryptocurrency as a "real test of being open to new and controversial ideas."

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Finance

Bitfarms Plans Massive Bitcoin Mining Expansion With Purchase of 48,000 MicroBT Devices

The company expects the miners to increase its hashing capacity to 8.0 exahashes from its present 1.0 EH once all are operational.

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