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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Dutch central bank grants Qivalis e-money license for MiCA-compliant euro token

Backed by BBVA, BNP Paribas, and ING, Qivalis secured Dutch regulatory authorization to offer onchain euro settlement infrastructure.

The central bank of the Netherlands. (Can Pac Swire/Flickr)

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Proposed 31.4% French tax on regulated stablecoins could drive crypto traders offshore

Chainalysis CEO in France Francois Volpoet warned the proposed 31.4% tax on regulated stablecoins could push traders toward unmonitored offshore channels.

France's National Assembly. (National Assembly/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Crypto exchange MNX takes on OKX, Bitget offering pre-IPO futures for AI giants

MNX is offering a different way to trade the future valuations of private AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek.

CROP 16:9 AI, brain, artificial intelligence (Growtika/Unsplash)

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UK crypto trader says almost $800,000 lost in knife assault as wrench attacks proliferate

A crypto trader in the U.K. claimed masked intruders stole nearly $800,000 in cryptocurrency at knifepoint, furthering concerns of "wrench attacks" spreading in the country.

A man holds a penknife in a threatening manner.

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South Korea blocks 27 crypto exchanges, including Bitmart and Kucoin

The country’s regulators are stepping up their earlier restrictions on mobile apps to websites, targeting unregistered exchanges before investors report losses.

Financial Services Commission in Seoul, South Korea. (Wikiwater2020/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Federated Hermes joins Wall Street's tokenization push with plans for first onchain fund shares

The $911 billion Pittsburgh-based asset manager is teaming up with Prometheum to bring blockchain-based share classes of its funds to traditional brokerage accounts.

Skyline view of Pittsburgh, PA (Venti Views/Unsplash)

Finance

Russia’s largest bank Sberbank secures approval to trade crypto

Sberbank plans to open crypto trading to all clients Dec. 1 and is already testing BTC, ETH and USDT trades in its app.

Sberbank branch in Brno (Perituss/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Bitcoin diverges from South Korean stocks as AI concerns deepen the Kospi selloff

South Korea’s chipmakers lead another sharp selloff as concerns over AI spending and Chinese competition grow, while bitcoin holds well above its summer lows.

KOSPI vs BTC (TradingView)

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UK court ruling boosts government’s chances of keeping $5 billion in seized bitcoin

The decision concerns 61,000 BTC seized by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation into Zhimin Qian, who pleaded guilty to defrauding thousands of people in China.

London High Court (Shutterstock)

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Palantir's Europe head warns the region is 'missing the boat' on AI just as it did with the internet

The Palantir UK chief said the U.S. is racing ahead on enterprise AI while Europe hesitates, and explained why he thinks the company faces intense political attacks.

(Cheng Xin/Getty Images)