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

ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ

Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete, the Journal said.

ECB President Christine Lagarde. (Felix Schmidt/ECB Press)

Tech

Zcash targets November upgrade to make private payments up to three times faster

NU7 would reduce block times to 25 seconds while setting aside at least 60% of transaction fees to supplement mining rewards beginning in 2031.

Computer, network upgrade (JESHOOTS-com/Pixabay)

Finance

The Ondo Finance succession crisis gets messier as Kathleen Allman’s daughter alleges ‘dementia’, alcoholism and reckless spending

The estranged daughter of 77-year-old Kathleen Allman has petitioned a Hawaiian court to establish a limited conservatorship to protect her parents’ share of her brother’s stake in Ondo.

Nathan Allman sits on a panel at Consensus 2025

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Finance

How Circle’s institutional Arc blockchain got taken over by memecoins on day one

Circle blockchain Arc's first day was dominated by memecoins, and the traders behind them had already moved on by Thursday morning.

Arc first day volume (DefiLlama)

Finance

Blockchain finance platform Theo launches tokenized silver backed by $40 million in active leases

The onchain finance platform said thSLVR allows investors to retain exposure to silver while earning income from lending the metal to institutional borrowers.

Piles of gold and silver bars. (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

Finance

A LatAm telecom operator is putting part of its finances on Avalanche

Led by former IBM Blockchain partner Jules Miller, Iris is helping Bolivia's VIVA use stablecoins for settlement, dollar reserves and new financial services without replacing its existing telecom systems.

Jules Miller, CEO of Iris (Iris)

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Tech

Bitcoin Core 32 enters final testing with faster validation, fee changes and security fixes

The October update changes how nodes estimate transaction fees and process blocks, while fixing a wallet flaw that could let an authenticated user run commands on a node.

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