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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Markets

ARK Invest Sold $5M Worth of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Shares Last Week

The sales took place as the discount for Grayscale's bitcoin investment vehicle narrowed to its lowest in over two years, a sign of escalating optimism that a spot bitcoin ETF will finally be approved in the U.S.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

Finance

Sam Bankman-Fried Used Mackerel to Pay For a Haircut in Brooklyn Detention Center: WSJ

SBF was also seen giving crypto tips to prison guards, WSJ reported.

(Elizabeth Napolitano / CoinDesk)

Finance

Hong Kong Investment Firm Victory Securities Obtains Retail Crypto Trading License

The publicly traded company joins crypto-native firms HashKey Exchange and OSL Digital Securities with a license.

Hong Kong harbor skyline view into Kowloon

Policy

South Korea to Pilot CBDC With 100K Citizens in 2024

The Bank of Korea sees a CBDC as a potential answer to problems with existing government-issued grant systems, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic or childcare vouchers

A scattering of 50,000 South Korean-won notes

Finance

Crypto Banking Firm BCB Group CEO Quits 5 Months After His Deputy

Oliver Tonkin has replaced Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie at the crypto banking firm.

Former BCB Group CEO Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie (BCB Group)

Finance

Crypto Miner Phoenix Group Says UAE Initial Share Sale Was 33-Times Oversubscribed

Phoenix was looking to sell almost 18% of the company for a target raise of $368 million.

Abu Dhabi skyline at dusk

Finance

Tether Deposits of $1B With UK Financial Firm Are at Center of High Court Battle: FT

Tether deposited the funds with a subsidiary of investment bank Britannia Financial, according to the report, which cited filings made in the High Court.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Bullish Completes Purchase of CoinDesk: WSJ

Bullish, which is run by former NYSE President Tom Farley, bought 100% of CoinDesk from crypto-focused investor DCG in an all-cash deal

(Pixabay)

Finance

Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear Appointed as New OpenAI Chief

OpenAI ousted Sam Altman as its chief last week after the board said it no longer had confidence in his ability to lead the company

OpenAI (Jonathan Kemper/Unsplash)

Finance

Bitcoin-Focused Ordinals Project Taproot Wizards Raises $7.5M in Seed Round

Taproot Wizards, which describes itself as "magic internet JPEGs", offers a collection of Microsoft Paint images of wizards harking back to a 2013 bitcoin meme: "magic internet money."

TaprootWizards.com NFT (ordinals.com)