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

EU opens MiCA consultation to review if crypto framework is still fit for purpose

The European Commission is seeking feedback on whether the EU’s landmark crypto regulatory framework remains suitable as digital asset markets and global policies evolve.

European Parliament building (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Markets

South Korean funeral company reveals $33 million loss on leveraged ether ETF bet

A Seoul-based funeral services firm disclosed tens of millions of dollars in unrealized losses tied to leveraged ether ETF investments.

Funeral coffin (Rhodi Lopez/Unsplash)

Policy

Too many cooks: How regulatory infighting is choking the UK's crypto hub ambitions

While the FCA opens its doors to market pilots, structural delays and legislative friction are fueling industry frustration over a framework trailing behind the U.S. and Europe.

Jonny Fry, a British blockchain and financial researcher, reveals frictions within the U.K. government

Tech

‘What's happening at the EF?’ Ethereum community looking for answers after high-profile departures

A wave of recent high-profile departures at the Ethereum Foundation has reignited longstanding questions from community members about what is going on inside the organization.

Ethereum Logo

Markets

Polymarket unlocks $5 trillion private market for retail traders, previously reserved for elites

Polymarket’s new private-company prediction markets let retail traders bet on startup milestones once reserved for Wall Street insiders.

(Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

JPMorgan says ether and altcoins won't catch up to bitcoin without a major network boom

The bank said ether and the broader altcoin market continue to trail bitcoin as weak network activity, sluggish DeFi growth and limited real-world adoption weigh on investor demand.

Trading screen

Markets

BSC’s quantum defense works. The trade-off is 40% slower transaction throughput.

BSC’s quantum-security test worked, but bigger transaction data slowed network throughput by about 40%.

Stylized BNB token logo (Midjourney/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Echo Protocol suffers $76 million exploit in eBTC minting attack on Monad

The Bitcoin-focused DeFi protocol suffered an attack whereby about 1,000 unauthorized eBTC $77 million were minted on the Monad blockchain

Hacker sitting in a room (Clint Patterson/Unsplash)