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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Web3

PwC Italy, SKChain Advisors to Build Blockchain-Based EU Digital Identity Product

The product will enable European companies and their customers to securely access digital platforms including those in the world of Web3.

European Union (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker DWF Labs Establishes $250M Liquid Fund

DWF Labs emerged as a prolific crypto investor in 2023, with investments involving buying several million dollars' worth of a project's token.

DWF Labs managing partner Andrei Grachev (LinkedIn)

Policy

South Korea Plans Sanctions Against KuCoin, Others: Report

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) classified a number of exchanges who are not registered as targets for sanctions

(Daniel Bernard/ Unsplash)

Finance

Data Storage Protocol Walrus Raises $140M in Token Sale Ahead of Mainnet Launch

The mainnet of the protocol, originally developed by Mysten Labs and built on layer-1 blockchain Sui, will launch on March 27

16:9 Walrus (Joffi2017/Pixabay)

Policy

Digital Euro Needed to Counter Stablecoins, Non-European Big Tech, ECB Chief Economist Says

Philip Lane said the prevalence of electronic payments using Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal "exposes Europe to risks of economic pressure and coercion."

European central bank (Maryna Yazbeck/Unsplash)

Tech

Bitcoin DeFi Expansion Faces Fork Dilemma as Developers Explore ZK Proofs

BitcoinOS contributor and crypto OG Edan Yago describes forks on Bitcoin as like "open-heart surgery."

Photo of Edan Yago standing in front of  a sponsor board. (Courtesy: BitcoinOS)

Finance

Kraken to Buy NinjaTrader for $1.5B to Enter U.S. Crypto Futures Market

The deal could be a way for the crypto exchange to move into another asset class and increase its users.

(Kraken)

Finance

Wallet Infrastructure Provider Privy Raises $15M to Develop Crypto Onboarding Rails

The company said the investment takes its total funding to over $40 million

Photo of Privy co-founders Asta Li and Henri Stern (Privy)

Finance

Blockchain Firm Crossmint Used by Adidas, Red Bull Raises $23.6M in Funding

Ribbit Capital led the investment round with additional participation from Franklin Templeton, Nyca, First Round, and Lightspeed Faction.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol to Eliminate Writing Smart Contracts for DeFi

The Series A investment was led by venture capital giant a16z's crypto arm, following a $6 million seed round in 2022.

16:9 Halliday CEO Griffin Dunaif (Halliday)