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

AI models escaped OpenAI’s sandbox and hit Hugging Face. Crypto is where that gets dangerous

OpenAI said the systems had their cyber guardrails lowered for an internal benchmark, but the incident shows how autonomous exploit chains could pose a deeper threat to smart contracts.

OpenAI logo on a mobile phone. (Unsplash)

Policy

Russia’s parliament passes crypto market law with $3,800 annual cap for retail investors

While citizens still cannot use Bitcoin to buy groceries, the Kremlin is officially letting companies use digital tokens to bypass sanctions and other global trade hurdles.

Russia, Moscow (Alexander Smagin / Unsplash)

Markets

Clarity odds jump to 43% on Polymarket after unverified reports Trump agreed to ethics deal

Bettors moved the crypto market structure bill to a 43% chance of passing this year, up from a record low last week, though no bill text has appeared.

Polymarket (Britannica/SOPA Images)

Finance

Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September

Major banking heavyweights join a massive blockchain network test that will allow retail consumers to trade tokenized won freely across commercial lines.

Bank of Korea in Seoul (Sean Young/Wikimedia Commons)

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Finance

Hyperliquid plans to add decentralized prediction markets in upgrade to HIP-4

Permissionless prediction markets will become available first on testnet and later on mainnet, Hyperliquid said.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan

Finance

Cross-chain protocol Allbridge halts after $1.65 million flash loan exploit

The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Kamino to manipulate pool ratios, enabling them to withdraw assets at favorable rates before bridging funds.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Tech

Live updates: Bitcoin rises to one-month high of $65,700 before pulling back with stocks

Equity markets await second-quarter earnings reports from key tech firms, which begin this week.

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Tech

DOG Mode explains Bitcoin's next governance fight

Leonidas' DOG Mode client challenges Bitcoin's default relay policies, reopening a philosophical debate over censorship, free markets and who really governs the network.

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Finance

Japan's SBI Group is building Asia's first cross-border digital asset empire

The securities giant announced today the consolidation of Singapore-based Coinhako as part of a rapid regional expansion that includes a tokenization partnership with Ondo Finance.

SBI Holdings at Izumi Garden Tower in Tokyo (Chris 73/Wikimedia Commons)

Tech

DOG Mode vs. BIP-110: Inside the Bitcoin client built to bypass data restrictions

While BIP 110 wants to restrict data through a consensus change and has almost no miner support, a new DOG Mode client wants the opposite and requires no vote at all.

Leonidas's DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON token secured a coveted satoshi during the fourth Bitcoin halving. (DOG•GO•TO•THE•MOON)