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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Tech

'DeFi on Bitcoin' Gets a Boost as BOB L2 Integrates $6B BTC Staking Protocol Babylon

The integration allows BOB, a "hybrid L2," to use Bitcoin as its anchor chain where transactions with assets from other chains can be irreversibly recorded.

BOB team (BOB)

Tech

WBTC Episode 'Reopened Old Wounds' of Centralized Failures: Bitcoin Builders Association

The venture between BitGo and BiT Global provided a reminder of the distrust many BTC holders still have for centralized custody, according to a new report

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Tech

Bitcoin's Memecoin-Like 'Runes' Get a Boost With AMM Launch on Stacks

Bitflow's automated market maker uses Stacks' Nakamoto upgrade with the aim of addressing some shortcomings inhibiting Runes trading.

16:9 Runes (Alex Volodsky/Pixabay)

Finance

Stablecoin Payments Platform BVNK Raises $50M to Fuel U.S. Expansion

The investment round was led by Haun Ventures and included contributions from Coinbase Ventures and Tiger Global.

Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Policy

SEC Approves Crypto Wallet Maker Exodus to List on NYSE American After Denying It in May

Exodus will list under its current ticker on NYSE American at the open of trading on Dec. 18

(stevepb/Pixabay)

Finance

Avalanche Raises $250M Amid Major Overhaul of Layer-1 Blockchain

The sale follows shortly after the Avalanche9000 upgrade went live in a testnet environment.

Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Hut 8 Rises 12% Pre-Market Amid Social-Media Talk of Partnership With Meta

HUT shares climbed to just under $30 as of 10:00 UTC, over 11.75% higher than its Wednesday closing price of $26.69.

A Hut 8 mining facility (hut8.io)

Policy

Russian Lawmaker Proposes Creating Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: Report

Anton Tkachev proposed "assessing the feasibility of creating a strategic BTC reserve in Russia by analogy with state reserve in traditional currencies."

Russian flag (Egor Filin/ Unsplash)

Tech

Eric Wall, Udi Wertheimer and Francisco Alarcon: Upgrading Bitcoin With Covenants

The founders of the popular Taproot Wizards JPEGs want to do more now to “make bitcoin magical again.”

(Pudgy Penguins)

Tech

David Tse: Bringing Staking to Bitcoin

It’s been a banner year for Babylon, the staking protocol co-founded by Tse.

(Pudgy Penguins)