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

Investment Firm Republic to Acquire Crypto Trader INX Digital for Up to $60M

The transaction is expected to close within eight months, subject to closing conditions

New York City (JLB1988/Pixabay)

Finance

Bybit Beefs Up Asset Security Following $1.45B Hack

The attack on Bybit in February, which saw nearly $1.5 billion worth of digital assets stolen, was the largest hack of a crypto exchange in dollar terms ever.

16:9 Security (LEEROY Agency/Pixabay)

Finance

New FTX EU Owner Backpack Initiates Customer Claims Process

Backpack, which purchased FTX EU for $32.7 million in January, directed customers to complete the first step of KYC verification.

FTX logo (Adobe Firefly)

Markets

Grayscale Lists 2 New Bitcoin ETFs Offering Income From BTC Volatility

The two New York Stock Exchange-listed funds are due to start trading on Wednesday.

A Grayscale ad campaign in New York's Penn Station. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Sony Begins Accepting USDC Payments in Its Singapore Online Store

Sony Electronics' Singapore has added cryptocurrency payments in partnership with crypto exchange Crypto.com.

Night view of Singapore from the habor. (Larry Teo/Unsplash)

Markets

VanEck Eyes BNB ETF Launch After BTC, ETH Product Success

VanEck's BNB ETF, if approved, would be the first such product listed in the U.S.

ETF (viarami/Pixabay)

Policy

Crypto Exchange OKX Appoints Linda Lacewell as Chief Legal Officer

Lacewell joined the exchange as a board member last year having previously served as Superintendent and head of the New York Department of Financial Services

OKX President Hong Fang speaking at Consensus Hong Kong, 2025 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Metaplanet Ups Bitcoin Holding to Over 4K BTC, Rakes Up Another 696 BTC

Metaplanet purchased the bitcoin for an average purchase price of around 14.6 million yen and has spent a total of 10.15 billion yen to buy bitcoin.

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

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Markets

Galaxy Digital Reaches $200M Settlement Agreement With NYAG Over LUNA Investments

Galaxy reported profit of $174 million and $365 million for Q4 and the full year of 2024, respectively

Mike Novogratz, founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital

Finance

French State Bank Bpifrance Plans $27M Investment in Digital Assets

The bank plans to support local blockchain projects in their early stages for the betterment of the broader blockchain industry in France

A French flag flutters atop a building (Pourya Gohari/Unsplash)