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

Tokenization's next use case is personalized portfolios, NYLIM executive says

Thomas Sy, head of multi-asset solutions at the $800-million asset manager, says blockchain can enable complex portfolio construction that's not yet possible in traditional finance.

Thomas Sy, head of multi-asset solutions at New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM)

Tech

How ethical hackers with just a $3,000 server found a flaw that could've put $70 billion in crypto at risk

A critical flaw in the Aptos blockchain, which was patched, gave researchers a near-90% success rate at breaking a core security guarantee, with attack costs of just hundreds of dollars.

Hacker facing screens with lines of code (Boitumelo/Unsplash)

Policy

UK's bold new crypto rules promise to unlock global trading, but huge compliance hurdles still threaten the rollout

The U.K. FCA's crypto framework has been praised for prioritizing global liquidity and institutional adoption, but the authorization process is expected to be daunting.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)

Markets

Bitcoin whales bought $16.7 billion of bitcoin in 2 weeks even as ETFs bled a record $4 billion

U.S. institutional demand had its worst month ever in June. Large holders absorbed the selling, marking a divergence that has shown up near past cycle bottoms.

A whale leaps out of the sea.

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Policy

ChatGPT developer OpenAI said to discuss offering U.S. government a 5% stake: FT

The proposal aims to give the American public a financial stake in AI while easing political scrutiny of the industry.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seated while speaking speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit.

Markets

Metaplanet buys another $170 million of bitcoin expanding treasury to 43,000 BTC

The Japanese firm, now the world's third largest publicly traded bitcoin holder, reported stronger Bitcoin Income Generation revenue.

Close up of the red circle at the center of the Japanese flag. (DavidRockDesign/Pixabay)

Markets

Taiko fully restores cross-chain bridge just 10 days after a $1.7 million hack

The protocol completed a multi-stage recovery that included an independent security review. The TAIKO token has surged as much as 136% in recent trading.

Open sign (Richard Balog/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin breaks above $60,000 after Fed Chair Warsh said inflation risks has come down

The Fed chair reiterated the central bank's commitment to its 2% inflation target while signaling artificial intelligence could reshape the economy and monetary policy.

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Web3

Mysterious Solana project World unveiled as fully onchain prediction market

The platform is now live within the Phantom wallet and at world.xyz, utilizing Chainlink as its primary oracle infrastructure for market data.

Laptop with markets monitor and charts. (Kanchanara/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin opens the third quarter in an historical red zone after rare losing first half

Bitcoin fell in both the first and second quarters of 2026, only the third time it has opened a year that way. In the two earlier instances, 2018 and 2022, the second half brought no rescue.

Bear. (Hans-Jurgen Mager/Unsplash)