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

The ‘bottom is in’: Why Tom Lee says the Iran ceasefire is the starting gun for a massive bitcoin rally

The Fundstrat co-founder and largest corporate ether buyer on earth said the ceasefire means the worst is over. His company bought 71,252 ETH last week.

Bitmine chairman Tom Lee

Finance

RWA network Pharos lands a $1 billion valuation in $44M funding round ahead of mainnet debut

The company is building an "asset-native" network designed to handle regulated financial activity at scale, targeting a market it values at $50 trillion.

Stacks of 100 dollar bills (Dmytro Glazunov/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Saylor’s solo act: JPMorgan says Strategy is practically the only thing keeping crypto flows alive

Digital asset inflows totaled $11 billion in Q1, as institutional demand and ETF outflows left corporate buyers and venture capital as the primary sources of funding.

Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on March 20, 2025. (Nikhilesh De)

Tech

Bitcoin’s quantum threat is distant, but migration clock is ticking, says Adam Back

Researchers are advancing post-quantum protections even as current hardware remains far from breaking crypto systems

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

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Finance

Six Swiss banks join forces to build a unified digital franc

The initiative brings major lenders together to trial Swiss franc stablecoin in controlled environment with real transactions

UBS, the Swiss banking giant. (Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

South Korea takes away exchange discretion in a major anti-phishing crackdown

The new rules apply uniform criteria for withdrawal exceptions based on account history and transaction patterns.

South Korea's flag (Daniel Bernard/Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto-related stocks higher across the board after the ceasefire news

Bitcoin, equities, and gold rise while oil and volatility drop amid improving risk sentiment.

Trading charts on multiple screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay)

Markets

Crypto whale holding oil shorts walks away with $2 million in profit

A trader named Loracle closed his short position in oil futures early Wednesday, pocketing $2 million in profit.

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Tech

Grayscale says bitcoin's quantum problem is governance, not engineering

The asset manager's research arm argues the technical path to quantum-safe blockchains is clear but reaching consensus on protocol changes, especially what to do with Satoshi's coins, is the real obstacle.

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Markets

Crypto's $224 million inflow rebound was led by mostly one country and XRP

Switzerland accounted for 70% of global crypto ETP inflows last week with XRP products contributing more than half the total.

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