Jamie Crawley

News Reporter

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.

Latest from Jamie Crawley

Markets

MicroStrategy Acquires 12,000 More BTC With Convertible Senior Notes Proceeds

The software firm, founded by staunch bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, now holds 205,000 BTC worth around $14.7 billion

Mar 11, 2024

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

Markets

Unibot Tanks 33% After Ending Collaboration With Solana Group

From trading at a high of $77 at the start of the European morning on Monday, UNIBOT sank 40% to around $45.51 before rebounding slightly

Mar 11, 2024

16:9 Market decline (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Markets

Cathie Wood's ARK Invest Sold Nearly $150M Coinbase Shares Last Week

ARK Invest aims to have no individual holding surpass a 10% weighting of an ETF's value, making such large sell-offs necessary when an asset surges in value

Mar 11, 2024

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.

Mar 8, 2024

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

Mar 7, 2024

Scattered pile of $1 bills (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.

Mar 7, 2024