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

DAWN raises $13M to expand decentralized broadband networks

The decentralized wireless protocol plans U.S. expansion and new international deployments as investors back a user-owned alternative to legacy internet providers.

Dawn (춘성 강/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

PayPal to use PYUSD stablecoin to fund AI infrastructure through USD.AI

The move links PayPal’s dollar-pegged token to onchain funding for GPUs and data centers, supported by a $1 billion customer incentive program.

PayPal logo on iphone screen (Marques Thomas/Unsplash)

Markets

ARK Invest buys another $25.4 million of COIN, BLSH, BMNR as crypto stocks slide

While the crypto market saw a brief rally during the U.S. morning, the gains were short-lived and the largest cryptocurrencies ended the day lower.

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood (CoinDesk)

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Tech

The Protocol: Bug that can drain all your tokens impacting 'thousands' of sites

Also: Ripple news, Aave protocol debate, and pudgy penguins takeover

Hacker sitting in a room

Finance

Securitize to offer first fully onchain trading for real public stocks in early 2026

The platform offers full legal ownership, with shares issued and recorded onchain, and provides real shareholder rights and self-custody.

Stock market price charts (Anne Nygård/Unsplash)

Markets

Norway's sovereign wealth fund supports Metaplanet bitcoin plan ahead of EGM vote

Norges Bank, which holds a 0.3% stake in Metaplanet voted in favor of for all five proposals ahead of the Dec. 22 EGM.

Norway flag (Corentin Julliard/Pixabay modified by CoinDesk)

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Policy

Bhutan commits up to 10,000 bitcoin to back new mindfulness-based economic hub

The Himalayan kingdom plans to deploy part of its sovereign bitcoin holdings to fund long-term development through Gelephu Mindfulness City.

Bitcoin Logo (Midjourney/modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Number of crypto users in the UK drops even as amount held increases

About 21% of people surveyed by the Financial Conduct Authority said they hold between $1,345 and $6,718, and the most popular cryptos are bitcoin and ether.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London, England (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)