Latest from Jamie Crawley
Bank of Israel Unveils Possible Design of 'Multipurpose' Digital Shekel
The central bank stressed that no decision has been made whether to issue a CBDC, therefore the design presented should only be considered a preliminary one

Crypto Custodian Taurus Expands Footprint to Turkey Through BankPozitif Collaboration
Turkey's economic woes have buoyed crypto adoption in recent years as users have turned to cryptocurrency as a lifeline against double-digit inflation

Layer-2 BOB's 'Bitcoin DeFi' Continues Progress With Fireblocks Integration
Fireblocks users can now earn yield on their BTC holdings via BOB's network

Coinbase, NEAR, Others Form Alliance to Develop Open AI Services
The Open Agents Alliance (OAA) consists of NEAR AI, the payments and AI arms of crypto exchange Coinbase and an array of other blockchain and AI projects.

FBI Seeks Crypto Industry Help to Track, Block Laundering of Bybit Hack Funds
The FBI reiterated North Korean involvement, and identified the activity as TraderTraitor.

Ondo Finance to Bring RWAs to Mastercard Network
Mastercard's MTN incorporates API-enabled blockchain tools to allow banks to streamline domestic and cross-border transactions

ARK Invest Swaps Nearly $9M of Its Own Bitcoin ETF for Coinbase
The rout in the cryptocurrency market on Tuesday brought about record outflows from spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S

Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise Bolsters Balance Sheet With $70M Equity Raise
The raise was led by Electric Capital and included participation from MassMutual, Highland Capital, Haun Ventures and ParaFi Capital

Mavryk Dynamics Secures $5.2M for Blockchain-Powered Real-World Asset Ownership
Mavryk Dynamics aims to simplify RWA tokenization and DeFi integration, making digital asset ownership more accessible.

USDe Stablecoin Developer Ethena Raises $100M: Bloomberg
USDe's market cap has jumped to around $6 billion this month, becoming the third largest stablecoin behind Tether's USDT and Circle's USDC

