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

Bitmine’s ETH buying slows as Tom Lee's firm shifts capital to share buybacks

Chairman Tom Lee said easing financial conditions could support crypto, even as the CLARITY Act failed to reach a Senate vote before the August recess.

Tom Lee Consensus Hong Kong 2026

Finance

Solana gets its first Strategy STRC product through Solstice Finance

The Solana vault splits income from Strategy’s preferred stock into a lower-risk senior token and a higher-risk junior token.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor (CoinDesk)

Finance

UK’s FCA to regulate tokenized gold to preserve London’s place as the top hub for bullion

The FCA said it will 'have more to say on' their approach to tokenization, as it draws up rules to put assets on the blockchain.

Gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

Markets

A rare CME shift: Hedge funds abandon structural shorts to bet on a bitcoin rally

CME leveraged funds turn net long as weak futures yields undermine the once-popular basis trade.

BTC: CME Futures Net Position by Leverage Funds (CryptoQuant)

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Finance

Robinhood brings crypto trading to UK in AI-powered all-in-one app

The trading firm is also introducing “Robinhood Cortex Digests for Crypto,” a generative AI-powered widget that analyses breaking news and other data.

London, UK (jhoanfull/Pixabay)

Tech

Bitcoin hits block 961,632 as the controversial BIP-110 soft fork attempt begins

The proposal has scant support from bitcoin miners and influential commentators have also voiced their opposition.

Fork in road (Beth MacDonald/Unsplash)

Finance

How a five-second trick let traders drain millions from Polymarket

After months of public warnings from onchain analysts, the prediction market is moving to time-weighted prices to make artificial price pushes too costly.

Shayne Coplan, founder and CEO of Polymarket (CoinDesk/Jesse Hamilton)

Policy

Russia cracks down on unlicensed crypto exchanges it claims are linked to Ukraine

The FSB said at least 20 individuals were arrested in connection with a ring that scammed an undetermined number of Russian citizens.

Russian police in Moscow. (Ivan Lapyri/Unsplash)

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Tech

Why Bitcoin's BIP-110 refuses to die despite near-zero miner support

BIP-110 has attracted only a sliver of miner support, yet its user-activated design means the proposal continues toward its activation date and (most likely) beyond.

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Crypto Daybook Americas

Bitcoin’s volatility has nearly disappeared. The risk hasn’t.

Your day-ahead look for Aug. 7, 2026

Warning, risk (Greg Montani/Pixabay)