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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Finance

Fintech Provider Portal Raises $34M Seed Round for Bitcoin-Based Decentralized Exchange

Portal aims to offer a decentralized infrastructure for peer-to-peer swapping of BTC across different blockchains without the need for intermediaries, which heighten the risk of hacks.

16:9 Portal, door, entrance (Tama66/Pixabay)

Finance

Binance Now Allows Larger Traders to Keep Their Assets Elsewhere: FT

The move may reflect users' unease about Binance's regulatory dispute in the U.S., which saw it landed with a $4.3 billion fine in November

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Tech

Taproot Wizards Debut Sale of Bitcoin NFTs 'Quantum Cats' Marred by Tech Issues

The collection was on sale for 0.1 BTC ($4,300) each, meaning upwards of 300 BTC ($13 million) could have been raised if the full series of 3,000 had been placed.

Screenshot of "Quantum Cats" collection from the project's website. (Quantum Cats/Taproot Wizards)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Consolidates at $42K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 29, 2024.

BTC price FMA Jan. 29, 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Regains $41K in End of Week Rally

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 26, 2024.

BTC price Jan. 26, 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

ARK Bought $62.3M Worth of Own ETF in Last Week; Sold $42.7M of BITO

ARKW now holds $91.4 million of ARKB, constituting a 5.98% weighting of the fund's total value

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Markets

AI Agents Could Be Important 'Buyers' of Crypto, Says Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents would probably use crypto when conducting financial transactions, adding that bitcoin, ether or solana would be the three choices, Lonsdale said.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Holds $40K

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Jan. 25, 2024.

BTC price FMA, Jan. 25 2024 (CoinDesk)

Web3

Digital Asset Platform Web3Intelligence Raises $4.5M Ahead of New Token Rollout

The private funding round included participation from DAO MAKER, Shima Capital, and Gate.io among other investors

Karim Chaib, Web3Intelligence CEO (Web3Intelligence)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8 Hits Out at Short-Selling Report

Hut's shares slid more than 23% on Jan. 18 when short-selling firm JCapital Research said the USBTC merger had the makings of a pump and dump.

A photo of four mining rigs