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

Bitcoin DeFi Project Elastos Debuts BTC-Backed Stablecoin BTCD

BTCD developer Elastos' aim is to create a digital version of the Bretton Woods system, with BTC at its core rather than gold.

(engin akyurt/Unsplash)

Finance

Spain's BBVA Is Advising Clients to Invest Up to 7% of Portfolio in BTC, ETH: Reuters

The bank's head of blockchain solutions Philippe Meyer told the DigiAssets conference in London that it started advising on bitcoin in September last year

BBVA (Shutterstock)

Finance

TON-Based Protocol Affluent Wants to Make Telegram a Financial Super App

Affluent, which will be accessed as a mini app within Telegram, has debuted as a kind of "smart bank for crypto"

Telegram app on a smartphone (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)

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Tether Buys $82M Stake in Gold-Focused Investment Company Elemental Altus

Tether referred to increasing its exposure to gold as a "dual pillar strategy", alongside its holdings of over 100,000 BTC

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino on stage at Cantor Fitzgerald's event in New York (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Policy

Jack Ma's Ant International Seeks Stablecoin Licenses in Hong Kong, Singapore: Bloomberg

Hong Kong has been establishing a stablecoin regime since 2023, with the legislation expected to go into effect in August

Ant Group and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma (CoinDesk Archives)

Policy

Ukrainian Lawmakers Submit Bill for Creation of Crypto Reserve

Principal sponsor Yaroslav Zheleznyak described the bill as a "step [to] integrate Ukraine into global financial innovations"

16:9 Kyiv, Ukraine (Мария Антонова/Pixabay)

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South Korea's Ruling Party Wants to Allow Companies to Issue Stablecoins: Bloomberg

Under a proposed law, companies would be able issue their own tokens provided they meet equity capital requirements and can guarantee refunds through reserves.

South Korea's National Assembly