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

Binance makes fighting crypto crime more difficult, says new report

The New York Times says a quiet change to Binance's compliance rules is forcing international law enforcement to navigate slow-moving government treaties to get user data.

(Vadim Artyukhin/Unsplash)

Web3

1inch opens Aqua liquidity protocol across 13 chains

Liquidity providers can keep assets in their own wallets, using one balance to back multiple positions without splitting capital across different pools.

(Dimitris Vetsikas/Pixabay)

Finance

BitMEX and BitMart may be first casualties of crypto trading slump

Trading volumes across major centralized platforms fell down to $1.05 trillion, marking the quietest stretch of activity for the digital asset market in over two years.

Closed sign (Tim Mossholder/Unsplash)

Policy

Thailand's SEC alleges Bitkub concealed cyberattack that led to $50 million hack

Bitkub was the victim of a cyberattack in May 2021, which led to hacks stealing 1.7 billion baht across 16 different digital assets.

Bangkok, Thailand (Walkerssk/Pixabay)

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Markets

Bitcoin ETFs post third straight weekly inflows despite $465 million in late-week losses

The vast majority of the activity was concentrated in BlackRock’s IBIT product accounting for nearly $415 million of the outflows.

Bitcoin ETF flows, July 24 (SoSoValue)

Policy

Europe's high regulatory bar could spark new crypto industry M&A wave

As MiCA beds in and the U.K. finalizes its crypto framework, stringent regulation could spur mergers, acquisitions and closer ties with banks.

Europe (652234/Pixabay)

Policy

EU hits Russia with massive 21st sanctions package targeting $120B crypto network

The EU is considering a ban on third-country crypto services providers for the first time and is targeting 14 crypto companies, which it has not named yet.

European Union (Guillaume Périgois/Unsplash)

Markets

Poolin was bitcoin's biggest mining pool and now it's filing for bankruptcy

The Singapore-based company once controlled nearly a fifth of Bitcoin's global hashrate. Now it owes $173 million and is selling off what's left.

BTC: Poolin Hash Rate (Glassnode)

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Policy

The SEC settles with Coinbase over its missing Gary Gensler texts

A new court status report reveals the agency will pay a flat fee to resolve a two-year fight over what former Chair Gary Gensler knew about Ethereum.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House

Policy

Polymarket to challenge France’s nationwide website block

France’s regulator has said the platform still promoted illegal gambling and cited loss, identity-check and market-manipulation risks.

Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)