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

Crypto Investment Scam Losses in U.S. Grew 53% to $3.94B in 2023: FBI

Overall, investment fraud grew by 38% to $4.57 billion from $3.31 billion, according to the bureau's Internet Crime Report 2023, with crypto being the largest type of scam.

(David Trinks/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin Ordinals Wallet Oyl Raises $3M With Arthur Hayes, BRC-20 Creator Domo Among Investors

Multiple Ethereum NFT funds were also among the backers, marking their first investment in a Bitcoin-focused company

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Cryptography Firm Zama Raises $73M for 'Fully Homomorphic Encryption' Apps

The funding found was led by Multicoin Capital and Protocol Labs and included participation from Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Ethereum and Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood. The 'FHE' technology allows for processing of encrypted data, useful for privacy in blockchain and AI.

Rand Hindi

Markets

MicroStrategy Upsizes Convertible Debt Offering to $700M to Buy Even More Bitcoin

The company's convertible debt offering will have a conversion price at 42.5% premium to last close.

Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy (Michael.com)

Finance

Web3 App Store Magic Square Unveils $66M Grant Program

Magic Square's Ecosystem Grant Program consists of 120 million SQR, equivalent to 12% of the token's total supply.

bag of coins

Policy

European Crypto Exchange Bitstamp Receives In-Principle Approval in Singapore

Bitstamp describes itself as the "first crypto exchange with major European Union (EU) presence to secure in-principle approval in Singapore."

Bitstamp CEO Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux (Bitstamp)

Markets

Crypto Stocks Surge as Bitcoin Approaches All-Time Highs

Bitcoin topped $65,000 for the first time since November 2021 on Monday

16:9 Stock market rally (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Tech

Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Function 'OP_CAT' Dusted Off as Development Fervor Grows

Developers Ethan Heilman and Armin Sabouri view OP_CAT as a simple opcode that offers some of the general purpose functionality currently missing in Bitcoin

Armin Sabouri (left), one of the co-authors of the OP_CAT proposal; with Dan Gould, a Bitcoin developer; and co-author Ethan Heilman, in October at Chaincode Labs' Bitcoin Research Day, in New York. (Neha Narula)

Markets

Crypto Stocks Rally Pre-Market as Bitcoin Tops $46K

Bitcoin climbed over $46,000 for the first time in nearly a month early Friday, extending its gain for the week to nearly 10%.

16:9 Stock market rally (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Policy

Do Kwon Wins Second Chance to Appeal Extradition From Montenegro

The appeal is a minor victory for Kwon, who initially won an appeal in November only for it to be subsequently overturned.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)