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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Markets

Plans Afoot in South Africa for Country’s First Bitcoin ETF

Crypto startup DCX Capital will apply to convert its crypto index fund EC10 into an ETF.

South Africa may be getting its first bitcoin ETF.

Finance

Galaxy Digital Appoints Ex-Goldman Sachs Executive as Chairman

Mike Novogratz will remain as CEO as the firm plans for a U.S. stock offering later in the year.

Siobhan Loughran and Michael Daffey attend the Foundation of Contemporary Art's 5th anniversary exhibition on May 4, 2010 in London, England.

Markets

Robinhood Resolves Issues With Crypto Trading Amid Dogecoin Rally

The company’s Twitter post cited “unprecedented demand” leading to traders being unable to complete orders.

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Tech

Berlin Hard Fork Is Now Live on Ethereum

The upgrade incorporates four optimizations aimed at gas efficiency and improved security.

The Berlin hard fork prepares the way for Ethereum 2.0.

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Markets

AXA Switzerland Allows Customers to Pay in Bitcoin

The insurance provider says it will have the crypto converted into Swiss francs, instead of carrying BTC on its balance sheet.

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Finance

ConsenSys Project Virtue Poker Raises $5M Ahead of Mainnet Launch

The Ethereum project is expected to launch in full in May.

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Markets

Binance Allows Users to Trade Tokenized Stocks Starting With Tesla

Users will be able to purchase as little as one-hundredth of a Tesla share, with prices settled in Binance USD (BUSD).

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao

Markets

JPMorgan Testing Blockchain Solution to Improve Transfers With Taiwanese Banks

The solution, called “Confirm,” will enable participating banks to confirm recipients’ account information ahead of making payments in near-real time.

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Revolut Adds 11 Cryptocurrencies to Its Trading Offerings

Cardano (ADA), uniswap (UNI) and filecoin (FIL) were among those added.

City of London, UK with Lightning

Finance

Citi Completes Cross-Border Payments Pilot Using LACChain

Citi teamed with the Inter-American Development Bank to send cross-border payments between the U.S. and Latin America.

Payments went from IDB’s headquarters to a recipient in the Dominican Republic.