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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Finance

Blockchain Analytics Firm Chainalysis to Cut Jobs in Reorganization

The cuts will affect less than 5% of Chainalysis' staff, or about 40-50 people.

(Tom/Pixabay)

Finance

Blockchain Company Simba Chain Received $30M Funding Increase From US Air Force

The USAF has granted Simba Chain the increase as part of its aims of "identifying and advancing technologies that have the potential to secure its future dominance."

U.S. Air Force F-16s (Malachi Witt/Pixabay)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain's CFO Alex Appleton Quits

Appleton, who has served in this role since September 2020, is departing to "pursue other opportunities"

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX Had Around $1.4B Cash at End of 2022

The figure is around 19% higher than the $1.2 billion reported in November when FTX filed for bankruptcy protection.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Market Maker B2C2 Teams With Blockdaemon, Stakewise to Provide Ethereum Staking Liquidity

B2C2 says it will be the sole over-the-counter spot liquidity provider for the staked ether token sETH-h built on liquid staking platform Portara.

(Gumenyuk Dmitriy/Shutterstock)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific to Borrow $70M From B. Riley

The firm said the loan will enable it to replace an existing facility and give it "up to 15 months runway and significant flexibility."

Riot Platforms’ acquisition of Block Mining makes sense, JPMorgan says. (Sandali Handagama)

Policy

Sam Bankman-Fried Backed Charity Under UK Probe

The inquiry will investigate the extent of the risk to the charity's assets and whether the trustees are properly protecting the assets.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Exchange Gemini Emphasized FDIC Insurance in Communications With Earn Customers: Report

Gemini reportedly repeatedly implied that the assets of customers using its Earn product were safe thanks to being backed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Bank Silvergate Suspends Dividend on Preferred Stock

The bank is looking to preserve capital as it navigates recent volatility in the crypto industry.

(CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain Faces Class-Action Suit Over US Share Sale

Argo failed to disclose that it suffered from significant capital constraints as well as electricity and network difficulties, the suit says.

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)