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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Policy

Europe's high regulatory bar could spark new crypto industry M&A wave

As MiCA beds in and the U.K. finalizes its crypto framework, stringent regulation could spur mergers, acquisitions and closer ties with banks.

Europe (652234/Pixabay)

Policy

EU hits Russia with massive 21st sanctions package targeting $120B crypto network

The EU is considering a ban on third-country crypto services providers for the first time and is targeting 14 crypto companies, which it has not named yet.

European Union (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Markets

Poolin was bitcoin's biggest mining pool and now it's filing for bankruptcy

The Singapore-based company once controlled nearly a fifth of Bitcoin's global hashrate. Now it owes $173 million and is selling off what's left.

BTC: Poolin Hash Rate (Glassnode)

Policy

The SEC settles with Coinbase over its missing Gary Gensler texts

A new court status report reveals the agency will pay a flat fee to resolve a two-year fight over what former Chair Gary Gensler knew about Ethereum.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House

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Policy

Polymarket to challenge France’s nationwide website block

France’s regulator has said the platform still promoted illegal gambling and cited loss, identity-check and market-manipulation risks.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)

Markets

Crypto catches its breath as bitcoin settles into a holding pattern amid July rally

BTC is rangebound between $64,000 and $66,800 after a 13% recovery from July's lows, with macro markets offering little direction and WLFI the session's surprise standout at +12%.

Bitcoin price (CoinDesk)

Finance

24/7 financial rails: How BNY plans to eliminate the weekend lag in U.S. Treasuries

The bank will begin testing tokenized Treasuries on a private blockchain by year-end and expand its settlement network to cover more international trading hours.

BNY Mellon office (Vidar Nordli-Mathisen/Unsplash)

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Finance

Revolut hits $115 billion valuation in employee share sale: WSJ

The company reported strong 2025 performance, with a $2.3 billion pre-tax profit, $6 billion in revenue, and over 75 million customers.

Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky (Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile/Flickr)

Policy

Kalshi rolls out Midterm Hubs ahead of the November elections in the U.S.

The prediction markets platform seeks to position itself as the primary source for election odds ahead of the midterm elections this year.

U.S. elections (Joshua Woroniecki/Unsplash)