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

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)

Crypto Daybook Americas

Optimism creeps back into crypto, with the 2022 test still to come

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 17, 2026

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh stands in front of two American flags at a press conference.

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.

Bitcoin Logo

Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin loses touch with the Dollar Index, U.S. stocks ahead of the Fed

Your day-ahead look for Sept. 16, 2026

U.S. Federal Reserve headquarters in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Two Prime makes onchain finance push with $10 million-backed bitcoin yield vault

Two Prime expands into onchain finance with a bitcoin lending vault built on Pareto for institutional investors.

Alexander Blume, founder and CEO of Two Prime, speaks at Consensus 2026 in Miami (CoinDesk)

Finance

Deutsche Bank close to debuting crypto custody for institutions

The service will support a select range of cryptocurrencies at debut, including bitcoin and ether and stablecoins like USDC and EURC.

Deutsche Bank logo (Shutterstock)

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Finance

Circle debuts Arc blockchain which Jeremy Allaire calls ‘more consequential’ than USDC

The USDC issuer's chain is built for payments, tokenized assets and institutional finance as banks and payment giants pile into the stablecoin market.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

Policy

Crypto industry reacts after Clarity Act fails Senate vote

One of the most crucial U.S. regulations for crypto markets couldn't secure enough support to clear the Senate's final 60-vote hurdle.

Senator Cynthia Lummis (Senate webcast)