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

NFT Investments Plans Listing on London Stock Exchange Growth Market

The company claims it will be the first investment company focused solely on the NFT market to launch on a stock market in a major jurisdiction.

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Japan to Adopt FATF Travel Rule for Crypto

The FSA wants to implement the rule by April 2022.

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Crypto Exchange Luno Hires CFO of Digital Banking Giant Monzo

Alwyn Jones is the latest in a group of digital banking executives to join crypto firms.

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UK Crypto Companies Now Have to Submit Financial Crime Reports

The new FCA policy will see the number of companies required to submit financial crime reports increase from 2,500 to 7,000.

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Cryptocurrency Wallet Startup imToken Completes $30M Series B Funding Round

The funding round was led by Qiming Venture Partners, and included Signum Capital, HashKey and IDG Capital.

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CoinShares Q4 Profit More Than Doubled

Assets under management at the now Nasdaq-listed CoinShares grew by over 300% in 2020.

Danny Masters, executive chairman at CoinShares

Finance

Bakkt Digital Wallet, for Bitcoin to Starbucks Points, Goes Live After Long Delay

The launch of its flagship consumer product was originally expected for early 2020.

Starbucks is a Bakkt launch partner.

Policy

UK to Focus Regulation on Stablecoins Rather Than Crypto in General: Report

“We believe the case for intervention in the wider cryptocurrency markets is less immediately pressing,” Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen said Tuesday.

Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen

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UK Tax Authority Updates Treatment of Crypto Assets to Incorporate Staking

This marks the first time that HMRC has released guidance specifically describing how staking is treated for taxation purposes. It has been assumed previously that staking comes under the umbrella of mining, thus the same guidance has applied.

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Crypto M&A Doubled to $1.1B in 2020: PwC

The average deal size went from $19.2 million in 2019 to $52.7 million in 2020, with a greater share of activity taking place in Europe and Asia.

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