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

A Bitcoin Startup Raised $50M to Allow Users to Trade With 'Bitcoin-Grade' Security

The raise brings Portal’s total funding to $92M as it pushes to make Bitcoin the anchor of tokenized and cross-chain markets.

16:0 Portal founders (Portal)

Finance

Startup M0 Raises $40M Series B as VCs Pile Into Stablecoins: Report

M0, which has now raised almost $100 million in capital do far, declined to disclose its valuation in the funding round

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Finance

Lygos Aims to Banish Ghosts of Crypto Lending Collapse With Non-Custodial Bitcoin Model

Built on Discrete Log Contracts from Atomic Finance, Lygos says its new BTC credit platform avoids the custodial risks that sank Celsius, BlockFi and Voyager.

Lygos co-founders (Lygos)

Markets

ARK Invest Buys $15.6M Shares of Ether Treasury Firm Bitmine

Bitmine is one of the largest corporate holders of ether, having purchased over 1.7 million ETH, worth just under $8 billion at current prices.

Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, at Consensus 2024. (Suzanne Cordiero)

Tech

Hemi Labs Raises $15M to Expand Bitcoin Programmability

The Jeff Garzik–backed network adds fresh funding as it pushes to merge Bitcoin’s security with Ethereum’s flexibility for DeFi applications.

Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Hemi Labs (TEDx)

Finance

Health-Care Firm KindlyMD Plans $5B Equity Raise for Bitcoin Treasury

The sale timing and amount will be determined by a variety of factors, including market prices, the company said.

Salt Lake City, Utah (Robin Saville/Pixabay)

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Markets

BONK Rallies Despite Market Volatility as Safety Shot Commits $25M in Token Financing

The Solana-based meme coin consolidates near $0.0000205 after a corporate financing deal boosts market confidence.

BONK, Aug. 26 2025 (CoinDesk)