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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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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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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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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New Ethereum-Based Derivatives Trading Platform Wins EU's MIFID License

CloseCross claims this is the first such license to be granted to a blockchain-based derivatives trading platform.

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Policy

TON Investor Threatens to Sue Telegram if Not Compensated: Report

The investor said it would go to court if its compensation demand was not met, according to Forbes Russia.

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Policy

Crypto Crime Siphoned Off Nearly $10.5B in 2020: Research

Blockchain analytics company Coinfirm noted that scams and fraud account for two thirds of the funds misappropriated.

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Markets

Gab, Refuge for the Deplatformed, Hacked for 'Pretty Much Everything' Including Trump Data

The data, provided to a whistle-blower site, is not being made public over privacy concerns.

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Markets

Citi: Bitcoin at 'Tipping Point' as Institutions Come on Board

Looking forward, a Citi report suggests bitcoin could "become the currency of choice for international trade."

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Markets

Singapore Uses Blockchain for Verification of COVID-19 Test Results

The city state's Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and Ministry of Health (MOH) have developed a set of open-source digital standards used to issue COVID-19 test results, known as HealthCerts.

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Markets

State of Wyoming Introduces Bill for Blockchain Filing System

Under the act, the state would implement a new filing system to "use blockchain technology as the the technological framework for the system," by the end of 2021.

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